वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-12

एते मृगगणा भान्ति शीघ्रवेगाः प्रचोदिताः ।
वायुप्रविद्धाः शरदि मेघराज्य इवाम्बरे ॥१२॥

12. ete mṛgagaṇā bhānti śīghravegāḥ pracoditāḥ ,
vāyupraviddhāḥ śaradi megharājya ivāmbare.

12. ete mṛgagaṇāḥ bhānti śīghravegāḥ pracoditāḥ
vāyupraviddhāḥ śaradi megharājye iva ambare

12. ete śīghravegāḥ pracoditāḥ vāyupraviddhāḥ
mṛgagaṇāḥ śaradi ambare megharājye iva bhānti

12. These swift-moving herds of deer, impelled and driven by the wind, appear in the sky like rows of clouds in autumn.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• मृगगणाः (mṛgagaṇāḥ) - herds of deer

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they look

• शीघ्रवेगाः (śīghravegāḥ) - swift-moving, swift-paced

• प्रचोदिताः (pracoditāḥ) - impelled, driven, urged

• वायुप्रविद्धाः (vāyupraviddhāḥ) - struck by wind, driven by wind

• शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

• मेघराज्ये (megharājye) - in a row of clouds, in a line of clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etat

etat - this, that

Note: Masculine nominative plural of `etat`.

मृगगणाः (mṛgagaṇāḥ) - herds of deer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛgagaṇa

mṛgagaṇa - herd of deer, group of animals

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+gaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, herd, multitude
  noun (masculine)

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shine, they appear, they look

(verb)

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

Root: bhā (class 2)

शीघ्रवेगाः (śīghravegāḥ) - swift-moving, swift-paced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīghravega

śīghravega - swift-moving, fast-paced

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śīghra+vega)

• śīghra – swift, quick
  adjective (neuter)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (masculine)

प्रचोदिताः (pracoditāḥ) - impelled, driven, urged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pracodita

pracodita - impelled, driven, urged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'cud' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: cud (class 10)

वायुप्रविद्धाः (vāyupraviddhāḥ) - struck by wind, driven by wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyupraviddha

vāyupraviddha - struck by wind, driven by wind

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective formed from vāyu (wind) and praviddha (struck, pierced)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāyu+praviddha)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• praviddha – struck, pierced, hurled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vyadh' with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vyadh (class 4)

शरदि (śaradi) - in autumn

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of śarad

śarad - autumn

मेघराज्ये (megharājye) - in a row of clouds, in a line of clouds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of megharājya

megharājya - row of clouds, line of clouds

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+rājya)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• rājya – kingdom, reign, (here: line, row)
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

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