वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-49, verse-5

क्रोशमात्रं ततो गत्वा नीलं द्रक्ष्यथ काननम् ।
पलाशबदरीमिश्रं राम वंशैश्च यामुनैः ॥५॥

5. krośamātraṃ tato gatvā nīlaṃ drakṣyatha kānanam ,
palāśabadarīmiśraṃ rāma vaṃśaiśca yāmunaiḥ.

5. krośamātram tataḥ gatvā nīlam drakṣyatha kānanam
palāśabadarīmiśram rāma vaṃśaiḥ ca yāmunaiḥ

5. rāma tataḥ krośamātram gatvā nīlam palāśabadarīmiśram
ca yāmunaiḥ vaṃśaiḥ kānanam drakṣyatha

5. Then, O Rāma, after going just one krośa from there, you will see a dark forest, interspersed with Palāśa and Badarī trees, and with bamboos growing along the Yamuna.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोशमात्रम् (krośamātram) - only a krośa (a measure of distance)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• नीलम् (nīlam) - dark, dark blue, dark green

• द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you (plural) will see

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove, wood

• पलाशबदरीमिश्रम् (palāśabadarīmiśram) - mixed with Palāśa and Badarī trees

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• वंशैः (vaṁśaiḥ) - by bamboos, with bamboos

• च (ca) - and, also

• यामुनैः (yāmunaiḥ) - of the Yamuna region, growing by the Yamuna

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोशमात्रम् (krośamātram) - only a krośa (a measure of distance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of krośamātra

krośamātra - only a krośa (a measure of distance, approx. 2 miles)

Compound meaning 'only a krośa'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krośa+mātra)

• krośa – a measure of distance (approx. 2 miles or 4 km); cry, shout
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kruś (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, size, measure
  adjective

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Ablative adverb from 'tad' (that)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

नीलम् (nīlam) - dark, dark blue, dark green

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nīla

nīla - dark, dark blue, dark green, black

द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you (plural) will see

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

future, 2nd person plural

Root dṛś, parasmaipada, future tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest, grove, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood, garden

पलाशबदरीमिश्रम् (palāśabadarīmiśram) - mixed with Palāśa and Badarī trees

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of palāśabadarīmiśra

palāśabadarīmiśra - mixed with Palāśa and Badarī trees

Compound describing something mixed with Palāśa and Badarī

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (palāśa+badarī+miśra)

• palāśa – Palāśa tree (Butea monosperma); leaf
  noun (masculine)
• badarī – Badarī tree (Indian jujube, Ziziphus mauritiana)
  noun (feminine)
• miśra – mixed, mingled, combined
  adjective
  Derived from root miśr (to mix)
  Root: miśr (class 10)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, hero of the Ramayana); pleasing, beautiful

वंशैः (vaṁśaiḥ) - by bamboos, with bamboos

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - bamboo, race, lineage, family

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यामुनैः (yāmunaiḥ) - of the Yamuna region, growing by the Yamuna

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yāmuna

yāmuna - relating to the Yamuna river, growing near Yamuna

Derived from Yamuna with suffix -a

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