वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-72

प्रतिपानह्रदान्पूर्णान् खरोष्ट्रगजवाजिनाम् ।
अवगाह्य सुतीर्थांश्च ह्रदान् सोत्पल पुष्करान् ॥७२॥

72. pratipānahradānpūrṇān kharoṣṭragajavājinām ,
avagāhya sutīrthāṃśca hradān sotpala puṣkarān.

72. pratipānahradān pūrṇān kharoṣṭragajavājinām
avagāhya sutīrthān ca hradān sotpalapuṣkarān

72. kharoṣṭragajavājinām pūrṇān pratipānahradān
ca sutīrthān sotpalapuṣkarān hradān avagāhya

72. Full drinking ponds for donkeys, camels, elephants, and horses, and also ponds with excellent bathing banks (tīrtha), containing lotuses and water-lilies, suitable for immersion.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिपानह्रदान् (pratipānahradān) - drinking ponds

• पूर्णान् (pūrṇān) - full, complete

• खरोष्ट्रगजवाजिनाम् (kharoṣṭragajavājinām) - for donkeys, camels, elephants, and horses

• अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having immersed, after bathing in, suitable for immersion

• सुतीर्थान् (sutīrthān) - having good bathing places/banks, well-banked

• च (ca) - and

• ह्रदान् (hradān) - ponds, lakes

• सोत्पलपुष्करान् (sotpalapuṣkarān) - with lotuses and water-lilies

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिपानह्रदान् (pratipānahradān) - drinking ponds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pratipānahrada

pratipānahrada - a pond or tank for drinking

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratipāna+hrada)

• pratipāna – drinking; a place for drinking
  noun (neuter)
• hrada – pond, lake, deep pool
  noun (masculine)

पूर्णान् (pūrṇān) - full, complete

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, filled

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root pṛ (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 3)

खरोष्ट्रगजवाजिनाम् (kharoṣṭragajavājinām) - for donkeys, camels, elephants, and horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kharoṣṭragajavājin

kharoṣṭragajavājin - donkeys, camels, elephants, and horses (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (khara+uṣṭra+gaja+vājin)

• khara – donkey, ass
  noun (masculine)
• uṣṭra – camel
  noun (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• vājin – horse; swift
  noun (masculine)

अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having immersed, after bathing in, suitable for immersion

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from root gāh (to plunge, immerse) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

सुतीर्थान् (sutīrthān) - having good bathing places/banks, well-banked

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sutīrtha

sutīrtha - having good or beautiful bathing places/banks; well-banked

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+tīrtha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• tīrtha – ford, bathing place, sacred place
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ह्रदान् (hradān) - ponds, lakes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hrada

hrada - pond, lake, deep pool

सोत्पलपुष्करान् (sotpalapuṣkarān) - with lotuses and water-lilies

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sotpalapuṣkara

sotpalapuṣkara - furnished or adorned with utpalas (water-lilies) and puṣkaras (lotuses)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+utpala+puṣkara)

• sa – with, together with, having
  indeclinable
• utpala – water-lily, a blue lotus
  noun (neuter)
• puṣkara – lotus, blue lotus, water-lily leaf
  noun (neuter)

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