वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-39, verse-15

तं ते प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा दिशापालं महागजम् ।
मानयन्तो हि ते राम जग्मुर्भित्त्वा रसातलम् ॥१५॥

15. taṃ te pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā diśāpālaṃ mahāgajam ,
mānayanto hi te rāma jagmurbhittvā rasātalam.

15. tam te pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā diśāpālam mahāgajam
mānayantaḥ hi te rāma jagmuḥ bhittvā rasātalam

15. rāma hi te tam diśāpālam mahāgajam pradakṣiṇam
kṛtvā mānayantaḥ te rasātalam bhittvā jagmuḥ

15. O Rama, indeed, they (the sons of Sagara), having circumambulated that great elephant, the guardian of the direction, and honoring him, proceeded, piercing through Rasatala.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• ते (te) - the sons of Sagara (they)

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation (as an act of reverence) (circumambulation (clockwise), on the right side)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

• दिशापालम् (diśāpālam) - the guardian of the direction

• महागजम् (mahāgajam) - the great elephant

• मानयन्तः (mānayantaḥ) - honoring, showing respect

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• ते (te) - the sons of Sagara (they)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they proceeded

• भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having split, having pierced, having broken through

• रसातलम् (rasātalam) - the lowest netherworld (Rasatala)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - the sons of Sagara (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation (as an act of reverence) (circumambulation (clockwise), on the right side)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pradakṣiṇa

pradakṣiṇa - right side, southern, auspicious, circumambulating clockwise

Note: adverbial use

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दिशापालम् (diśāpālam) - the guardian of the direction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of diśāpāla

diśāpāla - guardian of a direction

Compound type : tatpurusha (diśā+pāla)

• diśā – direction, quarter, region
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – guardian, protector
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pāl (class 10)

महागजम् (mahāgajam) - the great elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+gaja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

मानयन्तः (mānayantaḥ) - honoring, showing respect

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānayat

mānayat - honoring, respectful

present active participle (causative of man)

from causative stem of man + śatṛ suffix

Root: man (class 4)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - the sons of Sagara (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, an incarnation of Vishnu)

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having split, having pierced, having broken through

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: bhid (class 7)

रसातलम् (rasātalam) - the lowest netherworld (Rasatala)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rasātala

rasātala - Rasatala (one of the seven netherworlds)

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