वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-61, verse-8

नाराजले जनपदे विद्युन्माली महास्वनः ।
अभिवर्षति पर्जन्यो महीं दिव्येन वारिणा ॥८॥

8. nārājale janapade vidyunmālī mahāsvanaḥ ,
abhivarṣati parjanyo mahīṃ divyena vāriṇā.

8. na arājale janapade vidyunmālī mahāsvanaḥ
abhivarṣati parjanyaḥ mahīm divyena vāriṇā

8. arājale janapade vidyunmālī mahāsvanaḥ
parjanyaḥ divyena vāriṇā mahīm na abhivarṣati

8. In a kingless country, the rain-bearing cloud, adorned with lightning and great thunderous roar, does not shower the earth with divine water.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अराजले (arājale) - in a kingless (country) (kingless, without a ruler)

• जनपदे (janapade) - in a country, in a region

• विद्युन्माली (vidyunmālī) - adorned with lightning, having garlands of lightning

• महास्वनः (mahāsvanaḥ) - with a great sound, loudly roaring

• अभिवर्षति (abhivarṣati) - showers down upon, sprinkles

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - the rain-bearing cloud (rain-cloud, god of rain)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth, ground

• दिव्येन (divyena) - divine, heavenly, celestial

• वारिणा (vāriṇā) - with water

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अराजले (arājale) - in a kingless (country) (kingless, without a ruler)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of arājala

arājala - kingless, without a ruler, anarchic

Compound of a (negation) + rājan (king) + la (suffix implying possession/presence, but here negation of it)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+rājan)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

जनपदे (janapade) - in a country, in a region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of janapada

janapada - country, district, realm, inhabited region

विद्युन्माली (vidyunmālī) - adorned with lightning, having garlands of lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidyunmālin

vidyunmālin - adorned with lightning, having garlands of lightning (an epithet for a thundercloud)

Compound of vidyut (lightning) + mālin (having garlands)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidyut+mālin)

• vidyut – lightning, flash of light
  noun (feminine)
• mālin – wearing a garland, crowned with flowers; having a chain or row
  adjective (masculine)
  From mālā (garland) + in (possessive suffix)

महास्वनः (mahāsvanaḥ) - with a great sound, loudly roaring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāsvana

mahāsvana - having a great sound, loud-roaring, noisy (an epithet for a thundercloud)

Compound of mahā (great) + svana (sound)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+svana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• svana – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound, roar)
  Root: svan (class 1)

अभिवर्षति (abhivarṣati) - showers down upon, sprinkles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of abhivarṣati

Present Active

From root vṛṣ (to rain, shower) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - the rain-bearing cloud (rain-cloud, god of rain)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain-cloud, thundercloud; god of rain (Vedic deity)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land, world

दिव्येन (divyena) - divine, heavenly, celestial

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of divya

divya - divine, heavenly, celestial, supernatural

From div (sky, heaven)

वारिणा (vāriṇā) - with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

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