वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-63, verse-8

स्वप्ने पितरमद्राक्षं मलिनं मुक्तमूर्धजम् ।
पतन्तमद्रिशिखरात् कलुषे गोमये ह्रदे ॥८॥

8. svapne pitaramadrākṣaṃ malinaṃ muktamūrdhajam ,
patantamadriśikharāt kaluṣe gomaye hrade.

8. svapne pitaram adrākṣam malinam muktamūrdhajam
patantam adriśikharāt kaluṣe gomaye hrade

8. svapne aham malinam muktamūrdhajam pitaram
adriśikharāt kaluṣe gomaye hrade patantam adrākṣam

8. In a dream, I saw my father, who was soiled and had dishevelled hair, falling from a mountain peak into a murky pool filled with cow dung.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father (accusative)

• अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw

• मलिनम् (malinam) - soiled, dirty, impure

• मुक्तमूर्धजम् (muktamūrdhajam) - with dishevelled hair

• पतन्तम् (patantam) - falling

• अद्रिशिखरात् (adriśikharāt) - from a mountain peak

• कलुषे (kaluṣe) - in a turbid, murky

• गोमये (gomaye) - in a cow-dung-filled (relating to cow dung)

• ह्रदे (hrade) - in a pool, lake

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्ने (svapne) - in a dream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep

Root: svap (class 2)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मलिनम् (malinam) - soiled, dirty, impure

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of malina

malina - dirty, soiled, dark, impure, stained

मुक्तमूर्धजम् (muktamūrdhajam) - with dishevelled hair

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muktamūrdhaja

muktamūrdhaja - one whose hair is dishevelled (lit. having released hair)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mukta+mūrdhaja)

• mukta – released, liberated, let loose, dishevelled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'muc' (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)
• mūrdhaja – hair (lit. born from the head)
  noun (masculine)

पतन्तम् (patantam) - falling

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patant

patant - falling, flying, alighting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' with śatṛ suffix

Root: pat (class 1)

अद्रिशिखरात् (adriśikharāt) - from a mountain peak

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of adriśikhara

adriśikhara - mountain peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (adri+śikhara)

• adri – mountain, rock, stone
  noun (masculine)
• śikhara – peak, summit, top, crest
  noun (neuter)

कलुषे (kaluṣe) - in a turbid, murky

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaluṣa

kaluṣa - turbid, muddy, impure, dirty, sinful

Note: Agrees in gender and case with 'hrade'.

गोमये (gomaye) - in a cow-dung-filled (relating to cow dung)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gomaya

gomaya - made of cow dung, consisting of cow dung

Derived from 'go' (cow) with suffix -maya

Note: Agrees in gender and case with 'hrade'.

ह्रदे (hrade) - in a pool, lake

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hrada

hrada - pool, lake, pond

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