वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-13, verse-6

प्राग्वाहाश्चोर्ध्ववाहाश्च तिर्यग्वाहाः समाहिताः ।
ताभ्यश्चैवाहृतं तोयं समुद्रेभ्यश्च सर्वशः ॥६॥

6. prāgvāhāścordhvavāhāśca tiryagvāhāḥ samāhitāḥ ,
tābhyaścaivāhṛtaṃ toyaṃ samudrebhyaśca sarvaśaḥ.

6. prāgvāhāḥ ca ūrdhvavāhāḥ ca tiryagvāhāḥ samāhitāḥ
tābhyaḥ ca eva āhṛtam toyam samudrebhyaḥ ca sarvaśaḥ

6. prāgvāhāḥ ca ūrdhvavāhāḥ ca tiryagvāhāḥ samāhitāḥ ca
eva tābhyaḥ toyam āhṛtam ca sarvaśaḥ samudrebhyaḥ

6. And water was collected from those rivers flowing eastward, flowing northward, and flowing transversely. Indeed, water was also brought from all the oceans.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राग्वाहाः (prāgvāhāḥ) - flowing eastward

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ऊर्ध्ववाहाः (ūrdhvavāhāḥ) - flowing northward (flowing upward, flowing northward)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तिर्यग्वाहाः (tiryagvāhāḥ) - flowing transversely (flowing obliquely/transversely)

• समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - collected (collected, gathered, composed)

• ताभ्यः (tābhyaḥ) - from those (from those (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - was brought (brought, fetched, collected)

• तोयम् (toyam) - water

• समुद्रेभ्यः (samudrebhyaḥ) - from the oceans

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - from all sides (entirely, completely, from all sides)

Words meanings and morphology

प्राग्वाहाः (prāgvāhāḥ) - flowing eastward

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāgvāha

prāgvāha - flowing eastward (referring to rivers)

From 'prāk' (east) and 'vāha' (flowing).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prāk+vāha)

• prāk – eastward, in front, formerly
  indeclinable
• vāha – flowing, carrying, stream, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry, flow).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to rivers (saritaḥ implied from previous verse).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्ववाहाः (ūrdhvavāhāḥ) - flowing northward (flowing upward, flowing northward)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ūrdhvavāha

ūrdhvavāha - flowing upwards; flowing northwards (referring to rivers)

From 'ūrdhva' (upward) and 'vāha' (flowing).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrdhva+vāha)

• ūrdhva – upward, elevated, erect
  adjective (masculine)
• vāha – flowing, carrying, stream, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry, flow).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to rivers (saritaḥ implied).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तिर्यग्वाहाः (tiryagvāhāḥ) - flowing transversely (flowing obliquely/transversely)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tiryagvāha

tiryagvāha - flowing obliquely, flowing crosswise (referring to rivers)

From 'tiryak' (obliquely) and 'vāha' (flowing).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tiryak+vāha)

• tiryak – oblique, horizontal, crosswise
  indeclinable
• vāha – flowing, carrying, stream, current
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vah' (to carry, flow).
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Refers to rivers (saritaḥ implied).

समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - collected (collected, gathered, composed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - collected, gathered, composed, attentive, placed together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place, put) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'saritaḥ' (rivers) or possibly refers to the waters (plural) being collected.

ताभ्यः (tābhyaḥ) - from those (from those (feminine))

(pronoun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers back to the rivers mentioned in the previous verse and the current verse (saritaḥ).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - was brought (brought, fetched, collected)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āhṛta

āhṛta - brought, fetched, collected, taken

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'hṛ' (to carry, take) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'toyam'.

तोयम् (toyam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of toya

toya - water

समुद्रेभ्यः (samudrebhyaḥ) - from the oceans

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - from all sides (entirely, completely, from all sides)

(indeclinable)

From 'sarva' (all) with suffix 'śas'.