वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-4, verse-20

आश्चर्यमिदमाख्यानं मुनिना संप्रकीर्तितम् ।
परं कवीनामाधारं समाप्तं च यथाक्रमम् ॥२०॥

20. āścaryamidamākhyānaṃ muninā saṃprakīrtitam ,
paraṃ kavīnāmādhāraṃ samāptaṃ ca yathākramam.

20. āścaryam idam ākhyānam muninā samprakīrtitam
param kavīnām ādhāram samāptam ca yathākramam

20. muninā samprakīrtitam idam āścaryam ākhyānam
kavīnām param ādhāram ca yathākramam samāptam

20. This amazing narrative, proclaimed by the sage, is the supreme foundation for poets and has been concluded in due order.

Words meanings summery:

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, amazing thing

• इदम् (idam) - this

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, story, tale

• मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage

• सम्प्रकीर्तितम् (samprakīrtitam) - well-narrated, proclaimed, described

• परम् (param) - supreme, excellent, highest

• कवीनाम् (kavīnām) - of poets

• आधारम् (ādhāram) - foundation, support, basis

• समाप्तम् (samāptam) - concluded, finished, completed

• च (ca) - and

• यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, systematically

Words meanings and morphology

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, surprise, amazing thing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, surprise, amazement, extraordinary

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, story, tale

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, report, legend

Noun formed from verb

Root khyā with prefix ā, suffix ana.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

मुनिना (muninā) - by the sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, an inspired person

सम्प्रकीर्तितम् (samprakīrtitam) - well-narrated, proclaimed, described

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samprakīrtita

samprakīrtita - proclaimed, described, narrated, announced

Past Passive Participle

Root kīrt (to praise, recite) with prefixes sam and pra.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: kīrt

परम् (param) - supreme, excellent, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other, beyond

कवीनाम् (kavīnām) - of poets

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kavi

kavi - poet, wise man, seer, intelligent

आधारम् (ādhāram) - foundation, support, basis

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ādhāra

ādhāra - support, foundation, basis, receptacle, substratum

Noun formed from verb

Root dhṛ (to hold, support) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: dhṛ

समाप्तम् (samāptam) - concluded, finished, completed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāpta

samāpta - finished, completed, concluded, ended

Past Passive Participle

Root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: āp (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यथाक्रमम् (yathākramam) - in due order, systematically

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+krama)

• yathā – as, like, according to, in which manner
  indeclinable
• krama – order, succession, sequence, step
  noun (masculine)