वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-106, verse-7

सफेनां सस्वनां भूत्वा सागरस्य समुत्थिताम् ।
प्रशान्तमारुतोद्धूतां जलोर्मिमिव निःस्वनाम् ॥७॥

7. saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām ,
praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ jalormimiva niḥsvanām.

7. saphenām sasvanām bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām
praśāntamārutoddhūtām jalormim iva niḥsvanām

7. jalormim iva sāgarasya samutthitām saphenām
sasvanām bhūtvā praśāntamārutoddhūtām niḥsvanām

7. Like a wave that, having risen from the ocean foamy and noisy, is then agitated by a calm wind, and becomes silent.

Words meanings summery:

• सफेनाम् (saphenām) - foamy, with foam

• सस्वनाम् (sasvanām) - noisy, with sound

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having arisen as, having been (having been, having become)

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, belonging to the ocean

• समुत्थिताम् (samutthitām) - having emerged from (the ocean) (arisen, emerged, stood up)

• प्रशान्तमारुतोद्धूताम् (praśāntamārutoddhūtām) - agitated by a calm wind, tossed by a tranquil breeze

• जलोर्मिम् (jalormim) - a wave (water wave, billow)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• निःस्वनाम् (niḥsvanām) - soundless, silent, devoid of noise

Words meanings and morphology

सफेनाम् (saphenām) - foamy, with foam

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saphena

saphena - foamy, with foam

sa (with) + phena (foam).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+phena)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating "with".
• phena – foam, froth
  noun (masculine)
  From root phī (to swell).
  Root: phī (class 1)

Note: Modifies jalormim implicitly, or is a state of the agent of bhūtvā.

सस्वनाम् (sasvanām) - noisy, with sound

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sasvana

sasvana - noisy, with sound

sa (with) + svara (sound).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+svana)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating "with".
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound, roar).
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Modifies jalormim implicitly, or is a state of the agent of bhūtvā.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having arisen as, having been (having been, having become)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root bhū (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Absolutive describing the state of the wave (implicit subject).

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean, belonging to the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

sa (with) + gara (water) or sagara (Sagara's, referring to the king Sagara). Usually refers to the ocean.

Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Possessive, "of the ocean".

समुत्थिताम् (samutthitām) - having emerged from (the ocean) (arisen, emerged, stood up)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samutthita

samutthita - arisen, emerged, stood up

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam and ud.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, modifying jalormim.

प्रशान्तमारुतोद्धूताम् (praśāntamārutoddhūtām) - agitated by a calm wind, tossed by a tranquil breeze

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of praśāntamārutoddhūta

praśāntamārutoddhūta - agitated by a calm wind

Bahuvrīhi compound where uddhūta is the PPP, modified by praśāntamāruta (instrumental agent).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (praśānta+māruta+uddhūta)

• praśānta – calmed, tranquil, quiet, pacified
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śam (to be calm) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: śam (class 4)
• māruta – wind, air, god of wind
  noun (masculine)
  Related to marut (wind god).
  Root: mṛ (class 1)
• uddhūta – agitated, tossed, shaken up
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dhū (to shake) with prefix ud.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Modifies jalormim.

जलोर्मिम् (jalormim) - a wave (water wave, billow)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jalormi

jalormi - water wave, billow

jala (water) + ūrmi (wave).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ūrmi)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal (class 1)
• ūrmi – wave, billow
  noun (masculine/feminine)
  From root ṛ (to move).
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

Note: The object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

निःस्वनाम् (niḥsvanām) - soundless, silent, devoid of noise

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niḥsvana

niḥsvana - soundless, silent, devoid of noise

nis (without) + svana (sound).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+svana)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating absence.
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound, roar).
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular feminine, modifying jalormim.

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