वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-49, verse-4

ऋषिवाटाश्च दृश्यन्ते शकटीशतसंकुलाः ।
देशो विधीयतां ब्रह्मन्यत्र वत्स्यामहे वयम् ॥४॥

4. ṛṣivāṭāśca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ ,
deśo vidhīyatāṃ brahmanyatra vatsyāmahe vayam.

4. ṛṣivāṭāḥ ca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ deśaḥ
vidhīyatām brahman yatra vatsyāmahe vayam

4. brahman ca ṛṣivāṭāḥ śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ dṛśyante
yatra vayam vatsyāmahe deśaḥ vidhīyatām

4. And here are seen hermitages (ṛṣivāṭa) crowded with hundreds of carts. O revered one (brahman), let a place be designated where we may reside.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषिवाटाः (ṛṣivāṭāḥ) - hermitages, abodes of sages

• च (ca) - and

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

• शकटीशतसंकुलाः (śakaṭīśatasaṁkulāḥ) - crowded with hundreds of carts

• देशः (deśaḥ) - a place, a region

• विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be made, let it be arranged

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to Viśvāmitra. (O Brahmin, O revered one)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• वत्स्यामहे (vatsyāmahe) - we shall dwell

• वयम् (vayam) - we

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषिवाटाः (ṛṣivāṭāḥ) - hermitages, abodes of sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣivāṭa

ṛṣivāṭa - hermitage, abode of sages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ṛṣi+vāṭa)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
• vāṭa – enclosure, garden, path
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Passive

root dṛś, 1st class, passive voice, present tense, 3rd person plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शकटीशतसंकुलाः (śakaṭīśatasaṁkulāḥ) - crowded with hundreds of carts

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakaṭīśatasaṃkula

śakaṭīśatasaṁkula - crowded with hundreds of carts

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śakaṭī+śata+saṃkula)

• śakaṭī – cart, waggon
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkula – crowded, filled with, confused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam + kul, suffix -ta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: This adjective modifies 'ṛṣivāṭāḥ'.

देशः (deśaḥ) - a place, a region

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, country, region

विधीयताम् (vidhīyatām) - let it be made, let it be arranged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vidhā

Imperative Passive

root dhā, with prefix vi, passive voice, imperative mood, 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressed to Viśvāmitra. (O Brahmin, O revered one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, sacred knowledge, the Absolute (brahman)

Note: This is a vocative form of 'brahman' (masculine, referring to a person).

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

वत्स्यामहे (vatsyāmahe) - we shall dwell

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vas

Future Middle

root vas, 1st class, middle voice, future tense, 1st person plural

Root: vas (class 1)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

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