वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-106, verse-15

वृक्णभूमितलां निम्नां वृक्णपात्रैः समावृताम् ।
उपयुक्तोदकां भग्नां प्रपां निपतितामिव ॥१५॥

15. vṛkṇabhūmitalāṃ nimnāṃ vṛkṇapātraiḥ samāvṛtām ,
upayuktodakāṃ bhagnāṃ prapāṃ nipatitāmiva.

15. vṛkṇa-bhūmi-talām nimnām vṛkṇa-pātraiḥ samāvṛtām
upayukta-odakām bhagnām prapām nipatitām iva

15. nipatitām bhagnām prapām iva,
nimnām,
vṛkṇa-bhūmi-talām,
upayukta-odakām,
vṛkṇa-pātraiḥ samāvṛtām

15. Like a collapsed and broken public drinking-fountain (prapā), its ground-surface torn, sunken, completely covered by broken vessels, and its water consumed.

Words meanings summery:

• वृक्ण-भूमि-तलाम् (vṛkṇa-bhūmi-talām) - (the water-shed) whose ground-surface is torn/broken (whose ground-surface is torn/broken)

• निम्नाम् (nimnām) - (the water-shed) sunken (sunken, low, depressed)

• वृक्ण-पात्रैः (vṛkṇa-pātraiḥ) - by broken vessels

• समावृताम् (samāvṛtām) - (the water-shed) completely covered (completely covered)

• उपयुक्त-ओदकाम् (upayukta-odakām) - (the water-shed) whose water has been consumed (whose water has been consumed)

• भग्नाम् (bhagnām) - a broken (water-shed) (broken, shattered)

• प्रपाम् (prapām) - a public drinking-fountain (prapā) (public drinking-place, water-shed, well)

• निपतिताम् (nipatitām) - a collapsed (water-shed) (fallen down, collapsed)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

वृक्ण-भूमि-तलाम् (vṛkṇa-bhūmi-talām) - (the water-shed) whose ground-surface is torn/broken (whose ground-surface is torn/broken)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛkṇabhūmitala

vṛkṇabhūmitala - having a broken/torn ground-surface

Bahuvrīhi compound. bhūmitala is itself a tatpuruṣa: bhūmeḥ talam.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛkṇa+bhūmitala)

• vṛkṇa – torn, broken, cut, shattered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vrasc (to cut, tear)
  Root: vrasc (class 6)
• bhūmitala – ground-surface, earth-level
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpuruṣa compound.

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

निम्नाम् (nimnām) - (the water-shed) sunken (sunken, low, depressed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nimna

nimna - sunken, low, deep, depressed

From ni- √nam (to bend down)

Prefix: ni

Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

वृक्ण-पात्रैः (vṛkṇa-pātraiḥ) - by broken vessels

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vṛkṇapātra

vṛkṇapātra - broken vessel

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vṛkṇa+pātra)

• vṛkṇa – torn, broken, cut, shattered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vrasc (to cut, tear)
  Root: vrasc (class 6)
• pātra – vessel, cup, utensil, recipient
  noun (neuter)
  From √pā (to drink) + tra (instrumental suffix)
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Agent of 'samāvṛtām'.

समावृताम् (samāvṛtām) - (the water-shed) completely covered (completely covered)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - completely covered, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

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

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

उपयुक्त-ओदकाम् (upayukta-odakām) - (the water-shed) whose water has been consumed (whose water has been consumed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upayuktodaka

upayuktodaka - having consumed water

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (upayukta+udaka)

• upayukta – used, consumed, employed, suitable
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yuj (to join, employ) with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: und (class 7)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

भग्नाम् (bhagnām) - a broken (water-shed) (broken, shattered)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From √bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

प्रपाम् (prapām) - a public drinking-fountain (prapā) (public drinking-place, water-shed, well)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prapā

prapā - public drinking-place, water-shed, well, fountain

From pra- √pā (to drink)

Prefix: pra

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Object of implicit comparison.

निपतिताम् (nipatitām) - a collapsed (water-shed) (fallen down, collapsed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen, collapsed, descended

Past Passive Participle

From √pat (to fall) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, agreeing with prapām.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

Note: Particle indicating simile.

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