वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-106, verse-14

क्षीणपानोत्तमैर्भिन्नैः शरावैरभिसंवृताम् ।
हतशौण्डामिवाकाशे पानभूमिमसंस्कृताम् ॥१४॥

14. kṣīṇapānottamairbhinnaiḥ śarāvairabhisaṃvṛtām ,
hataśauṇḍāmivākāśe pānabhūmimasaṃskṛtām.

14. kṣīṇa-pāna-uttamaiḥ bhinnaiḥ śarāvaiḥ abhisaṃvṛtām
hata-śauṇḍām iva ākāśe pānabhūmim asaṃskṛtām

14. ākāśe asaṃskṛtām pānabhūmim iva,
hata-śauṇḍām,
kṣīṇa-pāna-uttamaiḥ bhinnaiḥ śarāvaiḥ abhisaṃvṛtām

14. Like a neglected drinking ground, with its revelers vanished, completely covered in the open by broken shards of excellent drinking vessels from which the drinks have been depleted.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षीण-पान-उत्तमैः (kṣīṇa-pāna-uttamaiḥ) - by (shards of vessels) from which the best drinks have been depleted (by those whose best drinks are depleted)

• भिन्नैः (bhinnaiḥ) - by broken (shards/vessels) (by broken)

• शरावैः (śarāvaiḥ) - by broken pottery shards/vessels (by pottery shards, by plates/dishes)

• अभिसंवृताम् (abhisaṁvṛtām) - (the drinking ground) completely covered (completely covered/enveloped)

• हत-शौण्डाम् (hata-śauṇḍām) - (the drinking ground) with its revelers vanished (whose drunkards are killed/vanished)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the open (area of the drinking ground) (in the sky, in the open, in space)

• पानभूमिम् (pānabhūmim) - a drinking ground (drinking ground, tavern)

• असंस्कृताम् (asaṁskṛtām) - a neglected (drinking ground) (unkempt, unpurified, neglected)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षीण-पान-उत्तमैः (kṣīṇa-pāna-uttamaiḥ) - by (shards of vessels) from which the best drinks have been depleted (by those whose best drinks are depleted)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṣīṇapānottama

kṣīṇapānottama - having best drinks depleted

Bahuvrīhi compound, modifying śarāvaiḥ. pānottama itself is a tatpuruṣa: pānānām uttamam.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+pānottama)

• kṣīṇa – diminished, depleted, wasted away
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṣi (to waste, perish, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• pānottama – best drink, excellent beverage
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.

Note: Instrumental plural, agreeing with śarāvaiḥ.

भिन्नैः (bhinnaiḥ) - by broken (shards/vessels) (by broken)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhinna

bhinna - broken, split, divided

Past Passive Participle

From √bhid (to break, split)

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Instrumental plural, agreeing with śarāvaiḥ.

शरावैः (śarāvaiḥ) - by broken pottery shards/vessels (by pottery shards, by plates/dishes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarāva

śarāva - earthen plate, dish, pot, fragment of pottery

Note: Agent of 'abhisaṃvṛtām'.

अभिसंवृताम् (abhisaṁvṛtām) - (the drinking ground) completely covered (completely covered/enveloped)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhisaṃvṛta

abhisaṁvṛta - entirely covered, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

From √vṛ (to cover) with prefixes abhi- and sam-

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with pānabhūmim.

हत-शौण्डाम् (hata-śauṇḍām) - (the drinking ground) with its revelers vanished (whose drunkards are killed/vanished)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hataśauṇḍa

hataśauṇḍa - having its drunkards vanished/killed

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+śauṇḍa)

• hata – killed, destroyed, vanished, struck
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• śauṇḍa – drunkard, intoxicated person, addicted
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuṇḍ

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with pānabhūmim.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

Note: Particle indicating simile.

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the open (area of the drinking ground) (in the sky, in the open, in space)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space, open air

From ā-kāś (to shine upon)

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

पानभूमिम् (pānabhūmim) - a drinking ground (drinking ground, tavern)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pānabhūmi

pānabhūmi - drinking ground, place for drinking, tavern

Compound of pāna (drink) + bhūmi (ground).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāna+bhūmi)

• pāna – drinking, drink, beverage
  noun (neuter)
  From √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• bhūmi – ground, earth, land, place
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of implicit comparison.

असंस्कृताम् (asaṁskṛtām) - a neglected (drinking ground) (unkempt, unpurified, neglected)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asaṃskṛta

asaṁskṛta - unkempt, unpurified, unrefined, neglected

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Negation (a-) of saṃskṛta (prepared, refined). From √kṛ (to do) with prefix sam-.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃskṛta)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃskṛta – prepared, perfected, refined, consecrated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with pānabhūmim.

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