वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-42, verse-13

पाण्डुरैः सलिलोत्पीडैः कीर्यमाणैः सहस्रधा ।
शारदाभ्रैरिवाकीर्णं गगनं हंससंप्लवैः ॥१३॥

13. pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā ,
śāradābhrairivākīrṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ.

13. pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā
śāradābhraiḥ iva ākīrṇam gaganam haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ

13. pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā
gaganam haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ śāradābhraiḥ iva ākīrṇam

13. With white, gushing waters scattered a thousandfold, [the sea] became like the sky, which is covered with flocks of swans resembling autumnal clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• पाण्डुरैः (pāṇḍuraiḥ) - modifying gushing waters (by white ones, by pale ones)

• सलिलोत्पीडैः (salilotpīḍaiḥ) - by gushing waters, by water sprouts/surges

• कीर्यमाणैः (kīryamāṇaiḥ) - modifying the gushing waters (by those being scattered, by those being strewn)

• सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, manifold, a thousandfold

• शारदाभ्रैः (śāradābhraiḥ) - by autumnal clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - covered/filled (modifies gaganam) (scattered, covered, filled, confused)

• गगनम् (gaganam) - sky, atmosphere

• हंससंप्लवैः (haṁsasaṁplavaiḥ) - by flocks of swans

Words meanings and morphology

पाण्डुरैः (pāṇḍuraiḥ) - modifying gushing waters (by white ones, by pale ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍura

pāṇḍura - white, pale, yellowish-white

Note: Agrees with salilotpīḍaiḥ.

सलिलोत्पीडैः (salilotpīḍaiḥ) - by gushing waters, by water sprouts/surges

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of salilotpīḍa

salilotpīḍa - gushing water, water surge, jet of water

Compound of salila (water) and utpīḍa (gush, pressure).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (salila+utpīḍa)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• utpīḍa – gush, outburst, oppression
  noun (masculine)
  From root PĪḌ (to press) with prefix UT.
  Prefix: ut
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

कीर्यमाणैः (kīryamāṇaiḥ) - modifying the gushing waters (by those being scattered, by those being strewn)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kīryamāṇa

kīryamāṇa - being scattered, being strewn

Present Passive Participle

From root KṜ (to scatter, strew) in passive.

Root: kṛ (class 6)

सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, manifold, a thousandfold

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -dhā (indicating manner) from sahasra (thousand).

शारदाभ्रैः (śāradābhraiḥ) - by autumnal clouds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śāradābhra

śāradābhra - autumnal cloud

Compound of śārada (autumnal) and abhra (cloud).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śārada+abhra)

• śārada – autumnal, relating to autumn
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From śarad (autumn)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - covered/filled (modifies gaganam) (scattered, covered, filled, confused)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākīrṇa

ākīrṇa - scattered, covered, filled, strewn, confused

Past Passive Participle

From root KṜ (to scatter, strew) with prefix Ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective for gaganam.

गगनम् (gaganam) - sky, atmosphere

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gagana

gagana - sky, atmosphere, heaven

From root GAM (to go) with reduplication and suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject in the second part of the comparison.

हंससंप्लवैः (haṁsasaṁplavaiḥ) - by flocks of swans

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of haṃsasaṃplava

haṁsasaṁplava - flock/multitude of swans

Compound of haṃsa (swan) and saṃplava (flock, multitude).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+saṃplava)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• saṃplava – flock, multitude, overflowing, flood
  noun (masculine)
  From root PLU (to float) with prefix SAṂ (together).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Agent of ākīrṇam.

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