वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-49, verse-3

अथासाद्य तु कालिन्दीं शीघ्रस्रोतसमापगाम् ।
तत्र यूयं प्लवं कृत्वा तरतांशुमतीं नदीम् ॥३॥

3. athāsādya tu kālindīṃ śīghrasrotasamāpagām ,
tatra yūyaṃ plavaṃ kṛtvā taratāṃśumatīṃ nadīm.

3. atha āsādya tu kālindīm śīghrasrotasamāpagām
tatra yūyam plavam kṛtvā tarata aṃśumatīm nadīm

3. yūyam atha kālindīm śīghrasrotasamāpagām āsādya
tatra plavam kṛtvā aṃśumatīm nadīm tarata

3. Then, having reached the swift-flowing river Yamuna (Kālindī), you all should make a raft there and cross that river (Aṃśumatī).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, next

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having attained, having approached

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कालिन्दीम् (kālindīm) - the Yamuna river

• शीघ्रस्रोतसमापगाम् (śīghrasrotasamāpagām) - swift-flowing river

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

• प्लवम् (plavam) - raft, boat, float

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having performed

• तरत (tarata) - cross (you all)

• अंशुमतीम् (aṁśumatīm) - the Aṃśumatī river (another name for Yamuna)

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, next

(indeclinable)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having attained, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root sad with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कालिन्दीम् (kālindīm) - the Yamuna river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālindī

kālindī - the Yamuna river

शीघ्रस्रोतसमापगाम् (śīghrasrotasamāpagām) - swift-flowing river

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śīghrasrotasamāpagā

śīghrasrotasamāpagā - swift-flowing river

Compound describing a river with a swift current

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śīghra+srotas+āpagā)

• śīghra – swift, quick, rapid
  adjective
• srotas – stream, current, flow
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sru (class 1)
• āpagā – river, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from ā + √gam (to go) with feminine suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from 'tad' (that)

यूयम् (yūyam) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

प्लवम् (plavam) - raft, boat, float

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of plava

plava - raft, boat, float; swimming

Derived from root plu (to float, to swim)

Root: plu (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तरत (tarata) - cross (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of tṛ

imperative, 2nd person plural

Root tṛ, parasmaipada, imperative mood

Root: tṛ (class 1)

अंशुमतीम् (aṁśumatīm) - the Aṃśumatī river (another name for Yamuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṃśumatī

aṁśumatī - the Aṃśumatī river; radiant, possessing rays

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

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