वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-11

किन्नराचरितोद्देशं पश्य शत्रुघ्न पर्वतम् ।
हयैः समन्तादाकीर्णं मकरैरिव सागरम् ॥११॥

11. kinnarācaritoddeśaṃ paśya śatrughna parvatam ,
hayaiḥ samantādākīrṇaṃ makarairiva sāgaram.

11. kinnarācaritoddeśam paśya śatrughna parvatam
hayaiḥ samantāt ākīrṇam makaraiḥ iva sāgaram

11. śatrughna kinnarācaritoddeśam parvatam paśya hayaiḥ samantāt ākīrṇam (parvatam),
makaraiḥ iva sāgaram (iva ākīrṇam)

11. O Śatrughna, behold this mountain, where Kinnaras roam. It is filled on all sides with horses, just as the ocean is filled with sea-monsters.

Words meanings summery:

• किन्नराचरितोद्देशम् (kinnarācaritoddeśam) - describing the mountain as having regions where Kinnaras roam (having regions frequented by Kinnaras)

• पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

• शत्रुघ्न (śatrughna) - O Śatrughna (name of Rāma's brother) (O killer of enemies)

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

• हयैः (hayaiḥ) - by horses

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides, all around

• आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - filled (with horses) (filled, covered, spread over)

• मकरैः (makaraiḥ) - by sea-monsters, by crocodiles

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

Words meanings and morphology

किन्नराचरितोद्देशम् (kinnarācaritoddeśam) - describing the mountain as having regions where Kinnaras roam (having regions frequented by Kinnaras)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kinnarācaritoddeśa

kinnarācaritoddeśa - having regions frequented by Kinnaras

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kinnara+ācarita+uddeśa)

• kinnara – Kinnara (a mythical being, part human, part horse or bird)
  noun (masculine)
• ācarita – practiced, followed, frequented, roamed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root car (to move) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: car (class 1)
• uddeśa – region, place, spot, direction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ud

पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Root 'dṛś' forms 'paśya' in present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शत्रुघ्न (śatrughna) - O Śatrughna (name of Rāma's brother) (O killer of enemies)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of śatrughna

śatrughna - killer of enemies; Śatrughna (proper noun)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (śatru+ghna)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• ghna – killing, destroying, slayer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root han (to strike/kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

हयैः (hayaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

समन्तात् (samantāt) - on all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

आकीर्णम् (ākīrṇam) - filled (with horses) (filled, covered, spread over)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākīrṇa

ākīrṇa - filled, covered, scattered over, full of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to scatter, strew) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

मकरैः (makaraiḥ) - by sea-monsters, by crocodiles

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of makara

makara - sea-monster, crocodile, a mythical aquatic creature

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

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