वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-37, verse-17

सुमतिस्तु नरव्याघ्र गर्भतुम्बं व्यजायत ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि तुम्बभेदाद्विनिःसृताः ॥१७॥

17. sumatistu naravyāghra garbhatumbaṃ vyajāyata ,
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi tumbabhedādviniḥsṛtāḥ.

17. sumatiḥ tu naravyāghra garbhatumbaṃ vyajāyata
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi tumbabhedāt viniḥsṛtāḥ

17. naravyāghra sumatiḥ tu garbhatumbaṃ vyajāyata
tumbabhedāt ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi viniḥsṛtāḥ

17. But Sumati, O tiger among men, gave birth to a gourd-like mass of flesh. From the breaking of that mass, sixty thousand sons emerged.

Words meanings summery:

• सुमतिः (sumatiḥ) - Sumati (proper name)

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - An epithet for a heroic figure, here addressing Rama or Lakshmana (O tiger among men)

• गर्भतुम्बं (garbhatumbaṁ) - gourd-like fetus, mass of flesh resembling a gourd

• व्यजायत (vyajāyata) - gave birth, produced

• षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

• पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - sixty thousands of sons (thousands of sons)

• तुम्बभेदात् (tumbabhedāt) - from the breaking of the gourd/mass

• विनिःसृताः (viniḥsṛtāḥ) - emerged, came forth, issued

Words meanings and morphology

सुमतिः (sumatiḥ) - Sumati (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumati

sumati - Sumati (a proper noun, name of Sagara's second wife)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - An epithet for a heroic figure, here addressing Rama or Lakshmana (O tiger among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

गर्भतुम्बं (garbhatumbaṁ) - gourd-like fetus, mass of flesh resembling a gourd

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of garbhatumba

garbhatumba - gourd-like fetus, mass of flesh

Compound type : karmadhāraya (garbha+tumba)

• garbha – fetus, embryo, womb
  noun (masculine)
• tumba – gourd, calabash
  noun (neuter)

व्यजायत (vyajāyata) - gave birth, produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of jan

Imperfect, ātmanepada (middle voice)

3rd person singular, imperfect tense

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: jan (class 4)

षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

(numeral)

पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - sixty thousands of sons (thousands of sons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putrasahasra

putrasahasra - thousand sons

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (putra+sahasra)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

तुम्बभेदात् (tumbabhedāt) - from the breaking of the gourd/mass

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tumbabheda

tumbabheda - breaking of the gourd/mass

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tumba+bheda)

• tumba – gourd, calabash, mass
  noun (neuter)
• bheda – breaking, splitting, division
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhid- (to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

विनिःसृताः (viniḥsṛtāḥ) - emerged, came forth, issued

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viniḥsṛta

viniḥsṛta - emerged, come forth, issued from

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sṛ- (to flow, go) with prefixes vi- and nis-

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with putrasahasrāṇi (plural masculine by sense)

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