वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-7

वाजि मुख्या मनुष्याश्च मत्ताश्च वर वारणाः ।
प्रच्छाद्य महतीं भूमिं भगवन्ननुयान्ति माम् ॥७॥

7. vāji mukhyā manuṣyāśca mattāśca vara vāraṇāḥ ,
pracchādya mahatīṃ bhūmiṃ bhagavannanuyānti mām.

7. vāji mukhyāḥ manuṣyāḥ ca mattāḥ ca vara vāraṇāḥ
pracchādya mahatīm bhūmim bhagavan anuyānti mām

7. bhagavan,
vāji mukhyāḥ ca manuṣyāḥ ca mattāḥ ca vara vāraṇāḥ (te) mahatīm bhūmim pracchādya mām anuyānti.

7. O venerable one (bhagavat), the foremost horses and men, and excellent, rutting elephants follow me, covering a great portion of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• वाजि (vāji) - horses

• मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - chief, principal, foremost

• मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - men, humans

• च (ca) - and, also

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - rutting (elephants) (intoxicated, rutting)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वर (vara) - excellent (excellent, best, boon)

• वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

• प्रच्छाद्य (pracchādya) - having covered, having concealed

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - vast (earth) (great, large)

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing the sage Bharadvāja (O venerable one, O blessed one)

• अनुयान्ति (anuyānti) - they follow, they go after

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

वाजि (vāji) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - horse, steed; swift, spirited

Note: It stands as a noun here, qualified by mukhyāḥ.

मुख्याः (mukhyāḥ) - chief, principal, foremost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost

Note: Qualifies 'vāji' (horses). Assumed visarga as per context.

मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - men, humans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manuṣya

manuṣya - man, human being

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - rutting (elephants) (intoxicated, rutting)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, rutting, frantic

Past Passive Participle

root mad + kta

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वर (vara) - excellent (excellent, best, boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, fine, boon

Note: Qualifies 'vāraṇāḥ'.

वारणाः (vāraṇāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant

Root: vṛ (class 5)

प्रच्छाद्य (pracchādya) - having covered, having concealed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root chad + pra (prefix) + lyap

Prefix: pra

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Modifies the action of 'anuyānti'.

महतीम् (mahatīm) - vast (earth) (great, large)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Note: Qualifies 'bhūmim'.

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Object of 'pracchādya'.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing the sage Bharadvāja (O venerable one, O blessed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, venerable, divine (bhagavat)

present active participle of root bhaj + vatUP (possessive suffix)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

अनुयान्ति (anuyānti) - they follow, they go after

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of anuyā

present active

3rd person plural present active indicative

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'vāji mukhyāḥ', 'manuṣyāḥ', 'mattāḥ vara vāraṇāḥ'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'anuyānti'.

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