वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-49, verse-14

क्रोशमात्रं ततो गत्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
बहून्मेध्यान्मृगान् हत्वा चेरतुर्यमुनावने ॥१४॥

14. krośamātraṃ tato gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ,
bahūnmedhyānmṛgān hatvā ceraturyamunāvane.

14. krośamātram tataḥ gatvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
bahūn medhyān mṛgān hatvā ceratuḥ yamunāvane

14. tataḥ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau krośamātram gatvā
bahūn medhyān mṛgān hatvā yamunāvane ceratuḥ

14. Then, having traveled merely a krosa (a unit of distance), the two brothers Rama and Lakshmana, after killing many pure deer, roamed about in the Yamuna forest.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोशमात्रम् (krośamātram) - only a krosa, merely a krosa (a unit of distance)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, after that

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• मेध्यान् (medhyān) - suitable for hunting or consumption (pure, sacred, fit for sacrifice)

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

• चेरतुः (ceratuḥ) - they (two) roamed, they wandered

• यमुनावने (yamunāvane) - in the Yamuna forest

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोशमात्रम् (krośamātram) - only a krosa, merely a krosa (a unit of distance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of krośamātra

krośamātra - a krosa's measure, a distance of only a krosa

Compound type : tatpurusha (krośa+mātra)

• krośa – a measure of distance (approx. 2.25 miles or 3.6 km)
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – only, mere, just
  indeclinable (neuter)
  Suffix -mātra (used to form compounds indicating 'only' or 'just')

Note: Used adverbially to denote extent of space

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, after that

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: gam (class 1)

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana (the two brothers)

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (seventh incarnation of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (brother of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

मेध्यान् (medhyān) - suitable for hunting or consumption (pure, sacred, fit for sacrifice)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of medhya

medhya - pure, sacred, fit for sacrifice, suitable, proper

Gerundive/Participial suffix -ya

Root: medh (class 1)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, gazelle, wild animal

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having slain

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: han (class 2)

चेरतुः (ceratuḥ) - they (two) roamed, they wandered

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Liṭ) of car

Perfect tense (Liṭ) 3rd person dual

Root: car (class 1)

यमुनावने (yamunāvane) - in the Yamuna forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yamunāvana

yamunāvana - Yamuna forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (yamunā+vana)

• yamunā – the Yamuna river
  proper noun (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

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