वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-60, verse-1

तमग्निमिव संशान्तमम्बुहीनमिवार्णवम् ।
हतप्रभमिवादित्यं स्वर्गथं प्रेक्ष्य भूमिपम् ॥१॥

1. tamagnimiva saṃśāntamambuhīnamivārṇavam ,
hataprabhamivādityaṃ svargathaṃ prekṣya bhūmipam.

1. tam agnim iva saṃśāntam ambuhīnam iva arṇavam
hataprabham iva ādityam svargatham prekṣya bhūmipam

1. prekṣya tam bhūmipam svargatham,
agnim iva saṃśāntam,
arṇavam iva ambuhīnam,
ādityam iva hataprabham

1. Seeing that king, who had departed for heaven, extinguished like a fire, like an ocean devoid of water, and like the sun whose radiance is lost...

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (king) (him, that)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• संशान्तम् (saṁśāntam) - extinguished (extinguished, calmed, completely pacified)

• अम्बुहीनम् (ambuhīnam) - devoid of water (devoid of water, waterless)

• अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - ocean (ocean, sea)

• हतप्रभम् (hataprabham) - whose radiance is lost (whose luster is destroyed, deprived of splendor)

• आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun (the sun, a solar deity)

• स्वर्गथम् (svargatham) - departed for heaven (gone to heaven, attained heaven)

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - seeing (having seen, having looked at)

• भूमिपम् (bhūmipam) - king (king, ruler of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (king) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Used in comparison 'like fire'

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

संशान्तम् (saṁśāntam) - extinguished (extinguished, calmed, completely pacified)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśānta

saṁśānta - extinguished, calmed, tranquil, completely pacified

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'śam' (to be calm) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: śam (class 4)

Note: Modifies the implicit 'king' (tam bhūmipam)

अम्बुहीनम् (ambuhīnam) - devoid of water (devoid of water, waterless)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ambuhīna

ambuhīna - devoid of water, waterless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+hīna)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• hīna – deficient, devoid of, deprived of, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, forsake)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Modifies the implicit 'king' (tam bhūmipam)

अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, flood

Note: Used in comparison 'like an ocean'

हतप्रभम् (hataprabham) - whose radiance is lost (whose luster is destroyed, deprived of splendor)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hataprabha

hataprabha - whose luster is destroyed, deprived of splendor, dim, faded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+prabhā)

• hata – struck, killed, destroyed, lost
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance, luster
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies the implicit 'king' (tam bhūmipam)

आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun (the sun, a solar deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, a descendant of Aditi, a solar deity

Note: Used in comparison 'like the sun'

स्वर्गथम् (svargatham) - departed for heaven (gone to heaven, attained heaven)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svargatha

svargatha - gone to heaven, attained heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+gatha)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• gatha – gone, being, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhūmipam'

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - seeing (having seen, having looked at)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from verb root 'īkṣ' (to see, look) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Governs 'tam bhūmipam' and its adjectives

भूमिपम् (bhūmipam) - king (king, ruler of the earth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūmipa

bhūmipa - king, ruler of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+pa)

• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• pa – protector, guardian, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'pā' (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prekṣya'

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