वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-83, verse-21

सा पुण्या ध्वजिनी गङ्गां दाशैः संतारिता स्वयम् ।
मैत्रे मुहूर्ते प्रययौ प्रयागवनमुत्तमम् ॥२१॥

21. sā puṇyā dhvajinī gaṅgāṃ dāśaiḥ saṃtāritā svayam ,
maitre muhūrte prayayau prayāgavanamuttamam.

21. sā puṇyā dhvajinī gaṅgām dāśaiḥ saṃtāritā svayam
maitre muhūrte prayayau prayāgavanam uttamam

21. sā puṇyā dhvajinī svayam dāśaiḥ gaṅgām saṃtāritā
maitre muhūrte uttamam prayāgavanam prayayau

21. That holy army (dhvajinī) itself was ferried across the Gaṅgā by boatmen. In an auspicious moment (maitre muhūrte), it proceeded to the excellent forest of Prayāga.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that, she

• पुण्या (puṇyā) - holy, sacred, virtuous

• ध्वजिनी (dhvajinī) - army, host

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Gaṅgā (accusative)

• दाशैः (dāśaiḥ) - by boatmen, by fishermen

• संतारिता (saṁtāritā) - was ferried across, made to cross

• स्वयम् (svayam) - itself, personally, by oneself

• मैत्रे (maitre) - in an auspicious, friendly

• मुहूर्ते (muhūrte) - in an auspicious period of time (in a moment, time)

• प्रययौ (prayayau) - proceeded, went forth, departed

• प्रयागवनम् (prayāgavanam) - forest of Prayāga

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

पुण्या (puṇyā) - holy, sacred, virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, virtuous, auspicious, meritorious

ध्वजिनी (dhvajinī) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhvajinī

dhvajinī - army, host (literally 'possessing a banner')

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - Gaṅgā (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the river Gaṅgā

दाशैः (dāśaiḥ) - by boatmen, by fishermen

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dāśa

dāśa - fisherman, boatman, a low caste person

संतारिता (saṁtāritā) - was ferried across, made to cross

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃtārita

saṁtārita - ferried across, made to cross, saved

Past Passive Participle

From root `tṛ` (to cross) with prefix `sam` and causative suffix `i` and `kta` suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛ (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - itself, personally, by oneself

(indeclinable)

मैत्रे (maitre) - in an auspicious, friendly

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of maitra

maitra - auspicious, friendly, benevolent, related to Mitra

मुहूर्ते (muhūrte) - in an auspicious period of time (in a moment, time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, a specific division of time (approx. 48 minutes), an auspicious period

प्रययौ (prayayau) - proceeded, went forth, departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: From root yā with prefix pra

प्रयागवनम् (prayāgavanam) - forest of Prayāga

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prayāgavana

prayāgavana - the forest of Prayāga (modern Allahabad), a sacred confluence of rivers

Compound type : tatpurusha (prayāga+vana)

• prayāga – Prayāga (modern Allahabad), a sacred confluence of rivers
  proper noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, best, supreme, highest

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