वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-12

भगवंश्चापहस्तो ऽहं सरयूतीरमागतः ।
जिघांसुः श्वापदं किं चिन्निपाने वागतं गजम् ॥१२॥

12. bhagavaṃścāpahasto'haṃ sarayūtīramāgataḥ ,
jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadaṃ kiṃ cinnipāne vāgataṃ gajam.

12. bhagavan ca cāpahastaḥ aham sarayū tīram āgataḥ
jighāṃsuḥ śvāpadam kim cit nipāne vā āgatam gajam

12. bhagavan,
aham cāpahastaḥ sarayū tīram āgataḥ (aham) kim cit śvāpadam vā nipāne āgatam gajam jighāṃsuḥ

12. Oh venerable one, I, with a bow in my hand, came to the bank of the Sarayū, desiring to kill some wild animal or an elephant that had come to a watering place.

Words meanings summery:

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O blessed one

• च (ca) - and

• चापहस्तः (cāpahastaḥ) - one holding a bow, armed with a bow

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सरयू (sarayū) - the Sarayū river

• तीरम् (tīram) - bank, shore (of a river)

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come

• जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - desiring to kill, intending to kill

• श्वापदम् (śvāpadam) - wild animal, beast of prey

• किम् (kim) - some, any

• चित् (cit) - particle indicating indefiniteness; some, any

• निपाने (nipāne) - in a watering place

• वा (vā) - or

• आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come

• गजम् (gajam) - elephant

Words meanings and morphology

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O blessed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, blessed, divine, fortunate, worshipful

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चापहस्तः (cāpahastaḥ) - one holding a bow, armed with a bow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cāpahasta

cāpahasta - one holding a bow, armed with a bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cāpa+hasta)

• cāpa – bow
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself, ego

सरयू (sarayū) - the Sarayū river

(proper noun)

feminine, singular of sarayū

sarayū - name of a sacred river, flowing through Ayodhya

Note: Used as the first part of a compound noun

तीरम् (tīram) - bank, shore (of a river)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīra

tīra - bank, shore, edge, margin

आगतः (āgataḥ) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, approached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā' (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - desiring to kill, intending to kill

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desiring to kill, murderous, aiming to kill

Desiderative Participle

Derived from the desiderative stem of root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

श्वापदम् (śvāpadam) - wild animal, beast of prey

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvāpada

śvāpada - wild animal, beast of prey (lit. 'dog-footed')

किम् (kim) - some, any

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, some, any

चित् (cit) - particle indicating indefiniteness; some, any

(indeclinable)

निपाने (nipāne) - in a watering place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nipāna

nipāna - watering place for animals, drinking place

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

आगतम् (āgatam) - arrived, come

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, approached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with prefix 'ā' (towards)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

गजम् (gajam) - elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant