वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-13

अन्याः स्रवन्तु मैरेयं सुरामन्याः सुनिष्ठिताम् ।
अपराश्चोदकं शीतमिक्षुकाण्डरसोपमम् ॥१३॥

13. anyāḥ sravantu maireyaṃ surāmanyāḥ suniṣṭhitām ,
aparāścodakaṃ śītamikṣukāṇḍarasopamam.

13. anyāḥ sravantu maireyam surām anyāḥ suniṣṭhitām
aparāḥ ca udakam śītam ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam

13. anyāḥ maireyam sravantu anyāḥ surām suniṣṭhitām
ca aparāḥ śītam udakam ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam

13. Let some [rivers] flow with Maireya liquor, others with well-prepared wine, and still others with cold water resembling sugarcane juice.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - some (streams/rivers) (others, some)

• स्रवन्तु (sravantu) - let them flow

• मैरेयम् (maireyam) - Maireya liquor

• सुराम् (surām) - wine, liquor

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - some (streams/rivers) (others, some)

• सुनिष्ठिताम् (suniṣṭhitām) - well-prepared, well-made

• अपराः (aparāḥ) - still others (streams/rivers) (others, still others)

• च (ca) - and

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

• शीतम् (śītam) - cold

• इक्षुकाण्डरसोपमम् (ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam) - resembling sugarcane juice

Words meanings and morphology

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - some (streams/rivers) (others, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

स्रवन्तु (sravantu) - let them flow

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of sru

Root: sru (class 1)

मैरेयम् (maireyam) - Maireya liquor

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maireya

maireya - a kind of intoxicating drink, Maireya liquor

सुराम् (surām) - wine, liquor

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of surā

surā - spirituous liquor, wine

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - some (streams/rivers) (others, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

सुनिष्ठिताम् (suniṣṭhitām) - well-prepared, well-made

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suniṣṭhita

suniṣṭhita - well-established, well-prepared, well-fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root sthā (to stand) with prefix su (well) and ni (down), forming a past passive participle, used as an adjective.

Prefixes: su+ni

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'surām'.

अपराः (aparāḥ) - still others (streams/rivers) (others, still others)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent, inferior

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

शीतम् (śītam) - cold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīta

śīta - cold, cool, frigid

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śī (to be cold), used as an adjective.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'udakam'.

इक्षुकाण्डरसोपमम् (ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam) - resembling sugarcane juice

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ikṣukāṇḍarasopama

ikṣukāṇḍarasopama - like sugarcane juice, resembling the juice of sugarcane stalks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa-bahuvrīhi (ikṣu+kāṇḍa+rasa+upama)

• ikṣu – sugarcane
  noun (masculine)
• kāṇḍa – stem, stalk, section
  noun (neuter)
• rasa – juice, essence, taste
  noun (masculine)
• upama – similar, comparable, like
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'udakam'.

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