वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-65, verse-17

अयोध्यायां पुराशब्दः श्रूयते तुमुलो महान् ।
समन्तान्नरनारीणां तमद्य न शृणोम्यहम् ॥१७॥

17. ayodhyāyāṃ purāśabdaḥ śrūyate tumulo mahān ,
samantānnaranārīṇāṃ tamadya na śṛṇomyaham.

17. ayodhyāyām purā śabdaḥ śrūyate tumulaḥ mahān
samantāt naranārīṇām tam adya na śṛṇomi aham

17. purā ayodhyāyām samantāt naranārīṇām mahān
tumulaḥ śabdaḥ śrūyate adya aham tam na śṛṇomi

17. Previously, a great and tumultuous sound of men and women was heard from all directions in Ayodhya. However, today, I do not hear that (sound).

Words meanings summery:

• अयोध्यायाम् (ayodhyāyām) - in Ayodhya

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, word

• श्रूयते (śrūyate) - used to be heard (is heard, is perceived)

• तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, loud, agitated

• महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

• नरनारीणाम् (naranārīṇām) - of men and women

• तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that, him)

• अद्य (adya) - today

• न (na) - not, no

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

अयोध्यायाम् (ayodhyāyām) - in Ayodhya

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (the city), unconquerable

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

(indeclinable)

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - sound, noise, word

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, voice

Root: śabd (class 1)

श्रूयते (śrūyate) - used to be heard (is heard, is perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Passive, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Root śru, ātmanepada, passive voice, present tense

Root: śru (class 5)

तुमुलः (tumulaḥ) - tumultuous, loud, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, boisterous, agitated, noisy

महान् (mahān) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive, important

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -āt

नरनारीणाम् (naranārīṇām) - of men and women

(noun)

Genitive, plural of naranārī

naranārī - men and women, male and female

Dvanda compound of nara (man) and nārī (woman)

Compound type : dvandva (nara+nārī)

• nara – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

Note: possessive, modifies śabdaḥ

तम् (tam) - that (sound) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: object of śṛṇomi, referring to śabdaḥ

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śru

Present Active, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular

Root śru, parasmaipada, active voice, present tense

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: subject of śṛṇomi

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