वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-43, verse-3

तारिता नरशार्दूल दिवं याताश्च देववत् ।
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि सगरस्य महात्मनः ॥३॥

3. tāritā naraśārdūla divaṃ yātāśca devavat ,
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasya mahātmanaḥ.

3. tāritā naraśārdūla divam yātāḥ ca devavat
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi sagarasya mahātmanaḥ

3. naraśārdūla,
sagarasya mahātmanaḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi tāritāḥ ca devavat divam yātāḥ

3. O best of men (Rāma), the sixty thousand sons of the great-souled Sagara have been redeemed and have attained heaven like gods.

Words meanings summery:

• तारिता (tāritā) - delivered, redeemed (delivered, redeemed, caused to cross over)

• नरशार्दूल (naraśārdūla) - O best of men (vocative, addressing Rāma) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

• दिवम् (divam) - to heaven (to heaven, sky)

• याताः (yātāḥ) - gone (to heaven) (gone, arrived, departed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• देववत् (devavat) - like gods (like gods, god-like)

• षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

• पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons (specifically, sixty thousand sons) (thousands of sons, sixty thousand sons)

• सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled (Sagara) (of the great-souled, of the noble)

Words meanings and morphology

तारिता (tāritā) - delivered, redeemed (delivered, redeemed, caused to cross over)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tārita

tārita - caused to cross, delivered, saved, redeemed

Past Passive Participle (causative)

From causative of root 'tṛ' (to cross over).

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sons of Sagara.

नरशार्दूल (naraśārdūla) - O best of men (vocative, addressing Rāma) (O tiger among men, O best of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśārdūla

naraśārdūla - tiger among men, foremost of men, best of men

Compound: 'nara' (man) + 'śārdūla' (tiger). Metaphorical compound (upamitāsamāsa).

Compound type : upamitāsamāsa (nara+śārdūla)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as an epithet for Rāma.

दिवम् (divam) - to heaven (to heaven, sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - heaven, sky, celestial realm

Note: Object of 'yātāḥ'.

याताः (yātāḥ) - gone (to heaven) (gone, arrived, departed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yāta

yāta - gone, gone to, arrived at, moved

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yā' (to go).

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'putrasahasrāṇi'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

देववत् (devavat) - like gods (like gods, god-like)

(indeclinable)

From 'deva' (god) with suffix '-vat' (like, similar to).

Note: Qualifies 'yātāḥ'.

षष्टिः (ṣaṣṭiḥ) - sixty

(numeral)

Note: Used with 'putrasahasrāṇi' forming a compound-like sense.

पुत्रसहस्राणि (putrasahasrāṇi) - thousands of sons (specifically, sixty thousand sons) (thousands of sons, sixty thousand sons)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of putrasahasra

putrasahasra - a thousand sons

Compound: 'putra' (son) + 'sahasra' (thousand).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+sahasra)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'tāritāḥ' and 'yātāḥ'.

सगरस्य (sagarasya) - of Sagara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sagara

sagara - name of an ancient king, ancestor of Rāma

Note: Qualifies 'putrasahasrāṇi'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled (Sagara) (of the great-souled, of the noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble, illustrious

Compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'ātman' (soul, self).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'mahat' (great) used in compounds.
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Epithet for Sagara.

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