वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-40, verse-16

विसार्य निपुणां दृष्टिं ततो ऽपश्यत् खगाधिपम् ।
पितॄणां मातुलं राम सुपर्णमनिलोपमम् ॥१६॥

16. visārya nipuṇāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tato'paśyat khagādhipam ,
pitṝṇāṃ mātulaṃ rāma suparṇamanilopamam.

16. visārya nipuṇām dṛṣṭim tataḥ apaśyat khagādhipam
| pitṝṇām mātulam rāma suparṇam anilopamam

16. rāma tataḥ nipuṇām dṛṣṭim visārya khagādhipam
pitṝṇām mātulam anilopamam suparṇam apaśyat

16. Then, O Rāma, after casting his keen gaze, he saw Suparṇa, the lord of birds and the maternal uncle of the ancestors, who was like the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• विसार्य (visārya) - having spread, having cast

• निपुणाम् (nipuṇām) - keen, skillful, expert

• दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - gaze, sight, vision

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

• खगाधिपम् (khagādhipam) - lord of birds

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the Pitṛs

• मातुलम् (mātulam) - maternal uncle

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• सुपर्णम् (suparṇam) - Suparṇa (Garuda, lit. having beautiful wings)

• अनिलोपमम् (anilopamam) - like the wind, similar to the wind

Words meanings and morphology

विसार्य (visārya) - having spread, having cast

(indeclinable)

absolutive

derived from root sṛ (to move) with vi (apart) and causative ā (causing to spread)

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: sṛ (class 1)

निपुणाम् (nipuṇām) - keen, skillful, expert

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nipuṇa

nipuṇa - keen, skillful, expert

दृष्टिम् (dṛṣṭim) - gaze, sight, vision

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - gaze, sight, vision

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

imperfect tense

3rd person singular

Root: dṛś (class 1)

खगाधिपम् (khagādhipam) - lord of birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of khagādhipa

khagādhipa - lord of birds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaga+adhipa)

• khaga – bird (lit. sky-goer)
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler
  noun (masculine)

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the Pitṛs

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor, Pitṛ (divine ancestor)

मातुलम् (mātulam) - maternal uncle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātula

mātula - maternal uncle

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

सुपर्णम् (suparṇam) - Suparṇa (Garuda, lit. having beautiful wings)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suparṇa

suparṇa - Suparṇa, Garuda, having beautiful wings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+parṇa)

• su – good, excellent
  prefix/indeclinable
• parṇa – wing, feather
  noun (neuter)

अनिलोपमम् (anilopamam) - like the wind, similar to the wind

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anilopama

anilopama - like the wind, similar to the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+upama)

• anila – wind
  noun (masculine)
• upama – similar, comparable
  adjective

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