वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-52

हयान् गजान् खरानुष्ट्रांस्तथैव सुरभेः सुतान् ।
इक्षूंश्च मधुजालांश्च भोजयन्ति स्म वाहनान् ।
इक्ष्वाकुवरयोधानां चोदयन्तो महाबलाः ॥५२॥

52. hayān gajān kharānuṣṭrāṃstathaiva surabheḥ sutān ,
ikṣūṃśca madhujālāṃśca bhojayanti sma vāhanān ,
ikṣvākuvarayodhānāṃ codayanto mahābalāḥ.

52. hayān gajān kharān uṣṭrān tathā eva
surabheḥ sutān | ikṣūn ca madhujālān
ca bhojayanti sma vāhanān |
ikṣvākuvara yodhānām codayantaḥ mahābalāḥ

52. mahābalāḥ ikṣvākuvarayodhānām
codayantaḥ tathā eva hayān gajān kharān
uṣṭrān surabheḥ sutān vāhanān
ikṣūn ca madhujālān ca bhojayanti sma

52. The powerful ones, while encouraging the best warriors of the Ikshvaku dynasty, fed the mounts—horses, elephants, donkeys, camels, and cattle, the offspring of Surabhi—with sugarcane and honeycombs.

Words meanings summery:

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

• गजान् (gajān) - elephants

• खरान् (kharān) - donkeys

• उष्ट्रान् (uṣṭrān) - camels

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

• सुरभेः (surabheḥ) - of Surabhi (a divine cow)

• सुतान् (sutān) - cattle (offspring of Surabhi) (offspring, sons (here referring to cattle))

• इक्षून् (ikṣūn) - sugarcanes

• च (ca) - and

• मधुजालान् (madhujālān) - honeycombs, honey-nets

• च (ca) - and

• भोजयन्ति (bhojayanti) - they make (them) eat, they fed

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action)

• वाहनान् (vāhanān) - mounts, vehicles, beasts of burden

• इक्ष्वाकुवरयोधानाम् (ikṣvākuvarayodhānām) - of the best warriors of the Ikshvaku dynasty

• चोदयन्तः (codayantaḥ) - urging, inciting, encouraging

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty ones, powerful ones

Words meanings and morphology

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

गजान् (gajān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

खरान् (kharān) - donkeys

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of khara

khara - donkey, ass

उष्ट्रान् (uṣṭrān) - camels

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uṣṭra

uṣṭra - camel

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, even

(indeclinable)

सुरभेः (surabheḥ) - of Surabhi (a divine cow)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of surabhi

surabhi - fragrant, pleasant; a divine cow, mother of cows (Surabhi)

सुतान् (sutān) - cattle (offspring of Surabhi) (offspring, sons (here referring to cattle))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, offspring, child

Past Passive Participle (from √sū)

From √sū 'to give birth'

Root: sū (class 2)

इक्षून् (ikṣūn) - sugarcanes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ikṣu

ikṣu - sugarcane

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मधुजालान् (madhujālān) - honeycombs, honey-nets

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of madhujāla

madhujāla - honeycomb, net of honey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+jāla)

• madhu – honey, sweet
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, web, cluster
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भोजयन्ति (bhojayanti) - they make (them) eat, they fed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √bhuj

Causative form of √bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action)

(indeclinable)

वाहनान् (vāhanān) - mounts, vehicles, beasts of burden

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāhana

vāhana - vehicle, conveyance, beast of burden, mount

इक्ष्वाकुवरयोधानाम् (ikṣvākuvarayodhānām) - of the best warriors of the Ikshvaku dynasty

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ikṣvākuvarayodha

ikṣvākuvarayodha - best warrior among the Ikshvakus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ikṣvāku+vara+yodha)

• ikṣvāku – a king of the solar dynasty, progenitor of the Ikshvakus
  proper noun (masculine)
• vara – excellent, best, choicest
  adjective (masculine)
• yodha – warrior, fighter
  noun (masculine)

चोदयन्तः (codayantaḥ) - urging, inciting, encouraging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of codayant

codayant - one who urges, incites, encourages

Present Active Participle

From causative of √cud

Root: cud (class 10)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - mighty ones, powerful ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, powerful, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

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