वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-86, verse-10

भरतार्धतृतीयेषु योजनेष्वजने वने ।
चित्रकूटो गिरिस्तत्र रम्यनिर्दरकाननः ॥१०॥

10. bharatārdhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣvajane vane ,
citrakūṭo giristatra ramyanirdarakānanaḥ.

10. bharata ardhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣu ajane vane
citrakūṭaḥ giriḥ tatra ramyanirgarakānanaḥ

10. bharata tatra ardhatṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣu ajane
vane citrakūṭaḥ giriḥ ramyanirgarakānanaḥ

10. O Bharata, there, in a secluded forest, at a distance of two and a half yojanas, is the Chitrakuta mountain, featuring beautiful caves and groves.

Words meanings summery:

• भरत (bharata) - O Bharata (O Bharata (name))

• अर्धतृतीयेषु (ardhatṛtīyeṣu) - in two and a half (yojanas) (in two and a half)

• योजनेषु (yojaneṣu) - at a distance of yojanas (in yojanas (unit of distance))

• अजने (ajane) - in a secluded (forest) (in a desolate, uninhabited place/forest)

• वने (vane) - in a forest (in a forest, in a wood)

• चित्रकूटः (citrakūṭaḥ) - Chitrakuta mountain (Chitrakuta (name of a mountain))

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain (mountain, hill)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• रम्यनिर्गरकाननः (ramyanirgarakānanaḥ) - featuring beautiful caves and groves (having beautiful caves and forests/groves)

Words meanings and morphology

भरत (bharata) - O Bharata (O Bharata (name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of a king, a brother of Rāma)

अर्धतृतीयेषु (ardhatṛtīyeṣu) - in two and a half (yojanas) (in two and a half)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of ardhatṛtīya

ardhatṛtīya - two and a half (literally 'half-third')

Compound of ardha and tṛtīya

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ardha+tṛtīya)

• ardha – half, part
  noun/adjective (neuter)
• tṛtīya – third
  adjective (neuter)
  Ordinal number from tri (three)

योजनेषु (yojaneṣu) - at a distance of yojanas (in yojanas (unit of distance))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - yojana (a measure of distance, roughly 8-15 km); joining, union

action noun

From root yuj (to join)

Root: yuj (class 7)

अजने (ajane) - in a secluded (forest) (in a desolate, uninhabited place/forest)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajana

ajana - without people, desolate, solitary, uninhabited

Negative compound of 'a' (not) and 'jana' (people)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+jana)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वने (vane) - in a forest (in a forest, in a wood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

चित्रकूटः (citrakūṭaḥ) - Chitrakuta mountain (Chitrakuta (name of a mountain))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citrakūṭa

citrakūṭa - Chitrakuta (a famous mountain in the Vindhya range, associated with Rāma's exile)

Compound of citra (variegated, wonderful) and kūṭa (peak)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (citra+kūṭa)

• citra – bright, clear, variegated, wonderful, strange
  adjective (neuter)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn, heap, deception
  noun (masculine)

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill, rock

From root gṛ (to swallow, to go)

Root: gṛ (class 6)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad'

रम्यनिर्गरकाननः (ramyanirgarakānanaḥ) - featuring beautiful caves and groves (having beautiful caves and forests/groves)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ramyanirgarakānana

ramyanirgarakānana - having beautiful caves and forests/groves

Bahuvrīhi compound of ramya, nirdara, and kānana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ramya+nirdara+kānana)

• ramya – beautiful, delightful, pleasant, charming
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From root ram (to enjoy, delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• nirdara – cave, cavern, ravine, fissure
  noun (masculine)
• kānana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)