वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-39, verse-24

ददृशुः कपिलं तत्र वासुदेवं सनातनम् ।
हयं च तस्य देवस्य चरन्तमविदूरतः ॥२४॥

24. dadṛśuḥ kapilaṃ tatra vāsudevaṃ sanātanam ,
hayaṃ ca tasya devasya carantamavidūrataḥ.

24. dadṛśuḥ kapilam tatra vāsudevam sanātanam
hayam ca tasya devasya carantam avidūrataḥ

24. tatra te kapilam sanātanam vāsudevam ca tasya
devasya avidūrataḥ carantam hayam dadṛśuḥ

24. There they saw Kapila, who was the eternal Vasudeva, and the horse of that deity wandering not far away.

Words meanings summery:

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• कपिलम् (kapilam) - Kapila (the sage, identified with Vasudeva) (Kapila (name of a sage/deity), reddish-brown)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vasudeva (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna) (Vasudeva (son of Vasudeva, Krishna), belonging to Vasudeva)

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (eternal, ancient, everlasting)

• हयम् (hayam) - the horse (horse)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Kapila/Vasudeva) (his, its, of him/it)

• देवस्य (devasya) - of the deity (referring to Kapila/Vasudeva) (of the god, of the deity)

• चरन्तम् (carantam) - wandering (wandering, moving, going)

• अविदूरतः (avidūrataḥ) - nearby, not far away (not far off, nearby)

Words meanings and morphology

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

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

Perfect active 3rd plural

Reduplicated perfect form of root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कपिलम् (kapilam) - Kapila (the sage, identified with Vasudeva) (Kapila (name of a sage/deity), reddish-brown)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kapila

kapila - Kapila (a divine sage, an incarnation of Vishnu); reddish-brown

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of tad (that).

वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vasudeva (an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna) (Vasudeva (son of Vasudeva, Krishna), belonging to Vasudeva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Krishna (as son of Vasudeva); a name of Vishnu

Patronymic from Vasudeva.

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal (eternal, ancient, everlasting)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, everlasting, ancient, primeval

From sadā (always) + nūtana (new).

हयम् (hayam) - the horse (horse)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of haya

haya - horse, steed

Derived from root hi (to go, to move swiftly).

Root: hi (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Kapila/Vasudeva) (his, its, of him/it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

देवस्य (devasya) - of the deity (referring to Kapila/Vasudeva) (of the god, of the deity)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

From root div (to shine).

Root: div (class 4)

चरन्तम् (carantam) - wandering (wandering, moving, going)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - wandering, moving, going

Present active participle

Derived from root car with śatṛ suffix.

Root: car (class 1)

अविदूरतः (avidūrataḥ) - nearby, not far away (not far off, nearby)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the compound avidūra with the suffix -tas.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dūra)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative particle.
• dūra – far, distant, remote
  adjective (neuter)

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