वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-39, verse-5

सगरस्य च पुत्राणां प्रादुरासीन्महात्मनाम् ।
पृथिव्यां भिद्यमानायां निर्घातसमनिस्वनः ॥५॥

5. sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ prādurāsīnmahātmanām ,
pṛthivyāṃ bhidyamānāyāṃ nirghātasamanisvanaḥ.

5. sagarasya ca putrāṇām prāduḥ āsīt mahātmanām
pṛthivyām bhidyamānāyām nirghāta-sama-nisvanaḥ

5. sagarasya ca mahātmanām putrāṇām pṛthivyām
bhidyamānāyām nirghāta-sama-nisvanaḥ prāduḥ āsīt

5. And for the great-souled sons of Sagara, as the earth was being pierced, there arose a sound like a thunderbolt.

Words meanings summery:

• सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of the sons

• प्रादुः (prāduḥ) - manifest, evident, appearing

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed, became

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled, of the noble, of the magnificent

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - in the earth, on the earth

• भिद्यमानायाम् (bhidyamānāyām) - in the being-pierced, as it was being split

• निर्घात-सम-निस्वनः (nirghāta-sama-nisvanaḥ) - a sound like a thunderbolt

Words meanings and morphology

सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sagara

sagara - Sagara (a mythical king)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of the sons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

प्रादुः (prāduḥ) - manifest, evident, appearing

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

imperfect active

3rd person singular imperfect active from root as

Root: as (class 2)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled, of the noble, of the magnificent

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnificent

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - in the earth, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world

भिद्यमानायाम् (bhidyamānāyām) - in the being-pierced, as it was being split

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhidyamāna

bhidyamāna - being split, being pierced

Present Passive Participle

Present passive participle of root bhid (to split, break)

Root: bhid (class 7)

निर्घात-सम-निस्वनः (nirghāta-sama-nisvanaḥ) - a sound like a thunderbolt

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirghātasamanisvana

nirghātasamanisvana - a sound like a thunderbolt

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nirghāta+sama+nisvana)

• nirghāta – thunderbolt, violent impact, crash
  noun (masculine)
  from nir- + han (to strike)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: han (class 2)
• sama – like, similar, equal
  adjective (masculine)
• nisvana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  from ni- + svan (to sound)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: svan (class 1)

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