वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-39, verse-22

समालभ्य ततः सर्वे कृत्वा चैनं प्रदक्षिणम् ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि बिभिदुर्वसुधातलम् ॥२२॥

22. samālabhya tataḥ sarve kṛtvā cainaṃ pradakṣiṇam ,
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi bibhidurvasudhātalam.

22. samālabhya tataḥ sarve kṛtvā ca enam pradakṣiṇam
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi bibhiduḥ vasudhātalam

22. tataḥ sarve enam samālabhya ca pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi vasudhātalam bibhiduḥ

22. After reverently touching the horse and circumambulating it clockwise, all sixty thousand sons began to dig into the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• समालभ्य (samālabhya) - having reverently touched (having touched, having grasped, having greeted)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thence, from that)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एनम् (enam) - him (the horse) (him, this (masc. acc. sg.))

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), turning to the right)

• षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

• पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons (referring to the 60,000) (thousands of sons)

• बिभिदुः (bibhiduḥ) - they dug (they dug, they pierced, they broke open)

• वसुधातलम् (vasudhātalam) - the surface of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

समालभ्य (samālabhya) - having reverently touched (having touched, having grasped, having greeted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root labh with prefixes sam and ā, followed by the suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: labh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter (then, thence, from that)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivation from tad (that).

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एनम् (enam) - him (the horse) (him, this (masc. acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - clockwise circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), turning to the right)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pradakṣiṇa

pradakṣiṇa - clockwise, respectful circumambulation, right side

षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭi

ṣaṣṭi - sixty

Feminine noun ending in -i.

पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons (referring to the 60,000) (thousands of sons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putrasahasra

putrasahasra - a thousand sons

Tatpuruṣa compound: putra (son) + sahasra (thousand).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+sahasra)

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

बिभिदुः (bibhiduḥ) - they dug (they dug, they pierced, they broke open)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of bhid

Perfect active 3rd plural

Reduplicated perfect form of root bhid.

Root: bhid (class 7)

वसुधातलम् (vasudhātalam) - the surface of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vasudhātala

vasudhātala - the surface of the earth, the ground

Tatpuruṣa compound: vasudhā (earth) + tala (surface/ground).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+tala)

• vasudhā – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, bottom, level
  noun (neuter)