वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-5

तुरंगौघैरवतता वारणैश्च महाजवैः ।
अनालक्ष्या चिरं कालं तस्मिन् काले बभूव भूः ॥५॥

5. turaṃgaughairavatatā vāraṇaiśca mahājavaiḥ ,
anālakṣyā ciraṃ kālaṃ tasmin kāle babhūva bhūḥ.

5. turaṅgaughaiḥ avatatā vāraṇaiḥ ca mahājavaiḥ
anālakṣyā ciram kālam tasmin kāle babhūva bhūḥ

5. turaṅgaughaiḥ mahājavaiḥ vāraṇaiḥ ca avatatā
bhūḥ tasmin kāle ciram kālam anālakṣyā babhūva

5. Covered by vast numbers of horses and swift elephants, the earth became invisible for a long time during that period.

Words meanings summery:

• तुरङ्गौघैः (turaṅgaughaiḥ) - by multitudes of horses, by swarms of horses

• अवतता (avatatā) - covered, spread over

• वारणैः (vāraṇaiḥ) - by elephants

• च (ca) - and

• महाजवैः (mahājavaiḥ) - by the swift, by those of great speed

• अनालक्ष्या (anālakṣyā) - unperceivable, invisible, unnoticed

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

• कालम् (kālam) - time, duration

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, during the period

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

• भूः (bhūḥ) - the earth, ground

Words meanings and morphology

तुरङ्गौघैः (turaṅgaughaiḥ) - by multitudes of horses, by swarms of horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of turaṅgaugha

turaṅgaugha - multitude of horses, host of horses

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (turaṅga+augha)

• turaṅga – horse (lit. going swiftly)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tur + gam
• augha – multitude, flood, current
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrument of 'avatatā'

अवतता (avatatā) - covered, spread over

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avatata

avatata - covered, spread out, extended

Past Passive Participle

From ava-√tan 'to spread over, cover'.

Prefix: ava

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūḥ'.

वारणैः (vāraṇaiḥ) - by elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, defender, protector, impeding

From √vṛ 'to cover, restrain, choose'.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Instrument of 'avatatā'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाजवैः (mahājavaiḥ) - by the swift, by those of great speed

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahājāva

mahājāva - very swift, of great speed, very rapid

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+java)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• java – speed, swiftness, velocity
  noun (masculine)
  From √ju 'to move quickly'.
  Root: ju (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vāraṇaiḥ'.

अनालक्ष्या (anālakṣyā) - unperceivable, invisible, unnoticed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anālakṣya

anālakṣya - imperceptible, unobservable, invisible, unperceivable

Gerundive/Kṛtya

From an + ā-√lakṣ 'to perceive'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhūḥ'.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of duration.

कालम् (kālam) - time, duration

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'anālakṣyā'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'kāle'.

काले (kāle) - in time, at the time, during the period

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Root: kal (class 10)

Note: Temporal location.

बभूव (babhūva) - became, happened, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √bhū

Perfect

3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'bhūḥ'.

भूः (bhūḥ) - the earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land, world

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

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