वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-37, verse-19

अथ दीर्घेण कालेन रूपयौवनशालिनः ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि सगरस्याभवंस्तदा ॥१९॥

19. atha dīrgheṇa kālena rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ ,
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasyābhavaṃstadā.

19. atha dīrgheṇa kālena rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasya abhavan tadā

19. atha dīrgheṇa kālena sagarasya ṣaṣṭiḥ
putrasahasrāṇi rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ tadā abhavan

19. Then, after a long time, the sixty thousand sons of Sagara became endowed with beauty and youth.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• दीर्घेण (dīrgheṇa) - long, extended, prolonged

• कालेन (kālena) - after a period of time (by time, in course of time)

• रूपयौवनशालिनः (rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ) - endowed with beauty and youth

• षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

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

• सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were, they existed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

दीर्घेण (dīrgheṇa) - long, extended, prolonged

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, extended, prolonged, deep

Note: Agrees with kālena

कालेन (kālena) - after a period of time (by time, in course of time)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration

रूपयौवनशालिनः (rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ) - endowed with beauty and youth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rūpayauvanaśālin

rūpayauvanaśālin - possessing beauty and youth, endowed with form and youth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rūpa+yauvana+śālin)

• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• yauvana – youth, youthfulness
  noun (neuter)
• śālin – possessing, endowed with, rich in
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to a noun

Note: Agrees with putrasahasrāṇi

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)

सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sagara

sagara - Sagara (proper name of a king)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect, active voice

3rd person plural, imperfect tense

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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