वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-82, verse-19

अकर्णधारा पृथिवी शून्येव प्रतिभाति मा ।
गते दशरथे स्वर्गे रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते ॥१९॥

19. akarṇadhārā pṛthivī śūnyeva pratibhāti mā ,
gate daśarathe svarge rāme cāraṇyamāśrite.

19. akarṇadhārā pṛthivī śūnyā iva pratibhāti mā
gate daśarathe svarge rāme ca araṇyam āśrite

19. mā pṛthivī pratibhāti śūnyā iva akarṇadhārā
daśarathe svarge gate ca rāme araṇyam āśrite

19. To me, the earth appears as if without a helmsman and empty, now that Daśaratha has gone to heaven and Rāma has resorted to the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• अकर्णधारा (akarṇadhārā) - without a helmsman (without a helmsman, without a pilot)

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth (earth, ground, world)

• शून्या (śūnyā) - empty (empty, void, desolate, vacant)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears (appears, seems, shines forth, becomes clear)

• मा (mā) - to me (to me, for me (enclitic dative/genitive of asmad))

• गते (gate) - has gone (gone, departed)

• दशरथे (daśarathe) - when Daśaratha (in Daśaratha, when Daśaratha)

• स्वर्गे (svarge) - to heaven (in heaven, to heaven)

• रामे (rāme) - when Rāma (in Rama, when Rama)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - to the forest (forest, wilderness, remote place)

• आश्रिते (āśrite) - has resorted to (resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on)

Words meanings and morphology

अकर्णधारा (akarṇadhārā) - without a helmsman (without a helmsman, without a pilot)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akarṇadhāra

akarṇadhāra - without a helmsman (karṇadhāra), without a pilot

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+karṇadhāra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• karṇadhāra – helmsman, pilot (literally, 'ear-holder' referring to the steering oar)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'karṇa' (ear/helm) and 'dhāra' (holding)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'pṛthivī'.

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth (earth, ground, world)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, soil, ground, world

Derived from 'pṛthu' (broad, wide)

शून्या (śūnyā) - empty (empty, void, desolate, vacant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, vacant, desolate, naught

Root: śū

Note: Predicate adjective for 'pṛthivī'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears (appears, seems, shines forth, becomes clear)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Present active indicative

From 'prati-bhā' (to shine towards)

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मा (mā) - to me (to me, for me (enclitic dative/genitive of asmad))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our (first person pronoun)

Enclitic Dative/Genitive singular

गते (gate) - has gone (gone, departed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived at, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

दशरथे (daśarathe) - when Daśaratha (in Daśaratha, when Daśaratha)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha (king of Ayodhya, Rama's father)

स्वर्गे (svarge) - to heaven (in heaven, to heaven)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, celestial world, abode of gods

रामे (rāme) - when Rāma (in Rama, when Rama)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a Hindu deity and epic hero)

Root: ram (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - to the forest (forest, wilderness, remote place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, remote place

Note: Accusative of destination.

आश्रिते (āśrite) - has resorted to (resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on, joined

Past Passive Participle

From 'ā-śri' (to resort to, lean upon)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)