वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-74, verse-9

अपरे ऽपूरयन् कूपान्पांसुभिः श्वभ्रमायतम् ।
निम्नभागांस्तथा के चित् समांश्चक्रुः समन्ततः ॥९॥

9. apare'pūrayan kūpānpāṃsubhiḥ śvabhramāyatam ,
nimnabhāgāṃstathā ke cit samāṃścakruḥ samantataḥ.

9. apare apūrayan kūpān pāṃsubhiḥ śvabhram āyatam
nimnabhāgān tathā ke cit samān cakruḥ samantataḥ

9. apare kūpān āyatam śvabhram ca pāṃsubhiḥ apūrayan
tathā ke cit nimnabhāgān samantataḥ samān cakruḥ

9. Others filled wells and large pits with earth. Similarly, some leveled the low-lying areas all around.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others

• अपूरयन् (apūrayan) - they filled

• कूपान् (kūpān) - wells

• पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - with dust, with earth, with sand

• श्वभ्रम् (śvabhram) - pit, hole, cavern

• आयतम् (āyatam) - long, extensive, broad, wide

• निम्नभागान् (nimnabhāgān) - low-lying parts, depressions

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

• के (ke) - some (persons)

• चित् (cit) - a particle used to make an indefinite pronoun or adverb

• समान् (samān) - level, even, flat

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, posterior, inferior

अपूरयन् (apūrayan) - they filled

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pūray

causative

Causative of root 'pṛ' (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 9)

कूपान् (kūpān) - wells

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit

पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - with dust, with earth, with sand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṃsu

pāṁsu - dust, earth, sand

श्वभ्रम् (śvabhram) - pit, hole, cavern

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvabhra

śvabhra - hole, pit, cavern, ditch

आयतम् (āyatam) - long, extensive, broad, wide

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyata

āyata - stretched, long, extended, wide

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'yam' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

निम्नभागान् (nimnabhāgān) - low-lying parts, depressions

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nimnabhāga

nimnabhāga - low part, depression, low ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nimna+bhāga)

• nimna – low, deep, sunken
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• bhāga – part, portion, share
  noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, and

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - some (persons)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which; some

चित् (cit) - a particle used to make an indefinite pronoun or adverb

(indeclinable)

समान् (samān) - level, even, flat

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - same, equal, even, level, similar

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)