वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-74, verse-1

अथ भूमिप्रदेशज्ञाः सूत्रकर्मविशारदाः ।
स्वकर्माभिरताः शूराः खनका यन्त्रकास्तथा ॥१॥

1. atha bhūmipradeśajñāḥ sūtrakarmaviśāradāḥ ,
svakarmābhiratāḥ śūrāḥ khanakā yantrakāstathā.

1. atha bhūmipradeśajñāḥ sūtrakarma viśāradāḥ
svakarmābhiratāḥ śūrāḥ khanakāḥ yantrakāḥ tathā

1. atha bhūmipradeśajñāḥ,
sūtrakarma viśāradāḥ,
svakarmābhiratāḥ,
śūrāḥ khanakāḥ,
tathā yantrakāḥ

1. Then, the experts in land regions, those skilled in surveying work, those devoted to their own tasks (karma), brave diggers, and engineers, were likewise (instructed).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• भूमिप्रदेशज्ञाः (bhūmipradeśajñāḥ) - knowers of land regions, experts in terrain

• सूत्रकर्म (sūtrakarma) - rope work, surveying, line-drawing

• विशारदाः (viśāradāḥ) - skilled, expert, proficient

• स्वकर्माभिरताः (svakarmābhiratāḥ) - devoted to their own work, diligent in their own duties

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic, skilled

• खनकाः (khanakāḥ) - diggers, excavators

• यन्त्रकाः (yantrakāḥ) - engineers, mechanics, machine-makers

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, and

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

भूमिप्रदेशज्ञाः (bhūmipradeśajñāḥ) - knowers of land regions, experts in terrain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhūmipradeśajña

bhūmipradeśajña - knower of land regions, expert in terrain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+pradeśa+jña)

• bhūmi – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pradeśa – region, locality
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, expert
  adjective
  Root: jñā (class 9)

सूत्रकर्म (sūtrakarma) - rope work, surveying, line-drawing

(noun)

neuter, singular of sūtrakarma

sūtrakarma - rope work, surveying, line-drawing

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūtra+karma)

• sūtra – thread, string, rule, line
  noun (neuter)
• karma – action, work, task
  noun (neuter)

विशारदाः (viśāradāḥ) - skilled, expert, proficient

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśārada

viśārada - skilled, expert, proficient

स्वकर्माभिरताः (svakarmābhiratāḥ) - devoted to their own work, diligent in their own duties

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of svakarmābhirata

svakarmābhirata - devoted to one's own work, diligent in one's own duties

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma+abhirata)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun
• karma – work, duty, action
  noun (neuter)
• abhirata – delighted in, devoted to
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ram with abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: ram (class 1)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave, heroic, skilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, heroic, skilled, powerful

खनकाः (khanakāḥ) - diggers, excavators

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khanaka

khanaka - digger, excavator

यन्त्रकाः (yantrakāḥ) - engineers, mechanics, machine-makers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yantraka

yantraka - engineer, mechanic, machine-maker

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, likewise, and

(indeclinable)