वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-71, verse-2

अचिन्त्यान्यप्रमेयानि कुलानि नरपुंगव ।
इक्ष्वाकूणां विदेहानां नैषां तुल्यो ऽस्ति कश्चन ॥२॥

2. acintyānyaprameyāni kulāni narapuṃgava ,
ikṣvākūṇāṃ videhānāṃ naiṣāṃ tulyo'sti kaścana.

2. acintyāni aprameyāni kulāni narapuṅgava |
ikṣvākūṇām videhānām na eṣām tulyaḥ asti kaścana

2. narapuṅgava ikṣvākūṇām videhānām kulāni
acintyāni aprameyāni eṣām tulyaḥ kaścana na asti

2. O best among men (narapuṅgava), the lineages of the Ikṣvākus and the Videhas are inconceivable and immeasurable. No one is comparable to them.

Words meanings summery:

• अचिन्त्यानि (acintyāni) - unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable

• अप्रमेयानि (aprameyāni) - immeasurable, boundless, unknowable

• कुलानि (kulāni) - families, lineages, clans, races

• नरपुङ्गव (narapuṅgava) - O best among men, O bull among men

• इक्ष्वाकूणाम् (ikṣvākūṇām) - of the Ikṣvākus, of the descendants of Ikṣvāku

• विदेहानाम् (videhānām) - of the Videhas, of the people of Videha

• न (na) - not, no

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these lineages (of these)

• तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal, comparable, similar

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

Words meanings and morphology

अचिन्त्यानि (acintyāni) - unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of acintya

acintya - unthinkable, inconceivable, beyond thought

Gerundive

From a- (negation) + cintya (gerundive of √cint)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cintya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• cintya – to be thought, conceivable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  from root √cint (to think) with suffix -ya
  Root: cint (class 10)

अप्रमेयानि (aprameyāni) - immeasurable, boundless, unknowable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aprameya

aprameya - immeasurable, unknowable, boundless

Gerundive

From a- (negation) + prameya (gerundive of √mā with pra)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prameya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• prameya – to be measured, measurable, knowable
  adjective
  Gerundive
  from root √mā (to measure) with upasarga pra and suffix -ya
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 2)

कुलानि (kulāni) - families, lineages, clans, races

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan, house

नरपुङ्गव (narapuṅgava) - O best among men, O bull among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narapuṅgava

narapuṅgava - best of men, lion among men, bull among men

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nara+puṅgava)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• puṅgava – bull, chief, preeminent, excellent
  noun (masculine)

इक्ष्वाकूणाम् (ikṣvākūṇām) - of the Ikṣvākus, of the descendants of Ikṣvāku

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ikṣvāku

ikṣvāku - name of a legendary king, founder of the solar dynasty, his descendants

विदेहानाम् (videhānām) - of the Videhas, of the people of Videha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of videha

videha - name of an ancient kingdom and its people (ruled by Janaka), without a body

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these lineages (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Can refer to masculine or neuter plural. Here refers to 'kulāni' (lineages), which is neuter, but the form 'eṣām' fits masculine plural genitive as well.

तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal, comparable, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

Gerundive

From root √tul (to weigh, compare) with suffix -ya

Root: tul (class 10)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

present indicative

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चन (kaścana) - no one (in combination with 'na') (anyone, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścana

kaścana - someone, anyone, a certain one (often used with 'na' for 'no one')

From kim (interrogative pronoun) + cana (indeclinable particle)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'no one'.

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