वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-74, verse-4

स तु हर्षात्तमुद्देशं जनौघो विपुलः प्रयान् ।
अशोभत महावेगः सागरस्येव पर्वणि ॥४॥

4. sa tu harṣāttamuddeśaṃ janaugho vipulaḥ prayān ,
aśobhata mahāvegaḥ sāgarasyeva parvaṇi.

4. saḥ tu harṣāt tam uddeśam janaughaḥ vipulaḥ
prayān aśobhata mahāvegaḥ sāgarasya iva parvaṇi

4. saḥ tu harṣāt tam uddeśam prayān vipulaḥ janaughaḥ mahāvegaḥ,
parvaṇi sāgarasya iva aśobhata

4. But that vast multitude of people, moving with great speed, joyfully advancing towards that destination, shone forth like the ocean at the time of a full moon (or high tide).

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, with joy, joyfully

• तम् (tam) - that (accusative singular masculine)

• उद्देशम् (uddeśam) - destination, place, region

• जनौघः (janaughaḥ) - multitude of people, crowd

• विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - vast, extensive, large

• प्रयान् (prayān) - moving forward, advancing, going

• अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone, was beautiful, appeared

• महावेगः (mahāvegaḥ) - of great speed, very swift

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वणि (parvaṇi) - at the time of a full or new moon (when tides are high and the ocean appears particularly vast and forceful) (at a special time, at a joint)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, with joy, joyfully

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, happiness, thrill

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that (accusative singular masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

उद्देशम् (uddeśam) - destination, place, region

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uddeśa

uddeśa - place, region, point, destination, reference

Root: diś (class 6)

जनौघः (janaughaḥ) - multitude of people, crowd

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janaugha

janaugha - crowd of people, multitude of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+ogha)

• jana – person, people, man, creature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• ogha – flood, multitude, heap, mass
  noun (masculine)

विपुलः (vipulaḥ) - vast, extensive, large

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, extensive, large, abundant, broad

प्रयान् (prayān) - moving forward, advancing, going

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pra-yā

pra-yā - to go forth, to advance, to proceed, to depart

Present Active Participle

Derived from root yā with prefix pra. Masculine, nominative, singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used as a participle agreeing with 'janaughaḥ'.

अशोभत (aśobhata) - shone, was beautiful, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of śubh

Root: śubh (class 1)

महावेगः (mahāvegaḥ) - of great speed, very swift

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvega

mahāvega - great speed, impetuosity, very swift, highly energetic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahat+vega)

• mahat – great, large, mighty, important
  adjective
• vega – speed, velocity, force, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Agreeing with 'janaughaḥ'.

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वणि (parvaṇi) - at the time of a full or new moon (when tides are high and the ocean appears particularly vast and forceful) (at a special time, at a joint)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of parvan

parvan - knot, joint, division, chapter, festival, especially a full or new moon day