वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-89, verse-9

कच्चिन्मणिनिकाशोदां कच्चित् पुलिनशालिनीम् ।
कच्चित् सिद्धजनाकीर्णां पश्य मन्दाकिनीं नदीम् ॥९॥

9. kaccinmaṇinikāśodāṃ kaccit pulinaśālinīm ,
kaccit siddhajanākīrṇāṃ paśya mandākinīṃ nadīm.

9. kaccit maṇinikāśodām kaccit pulinaśālinīm
kaccit siddhajanākīrṇām paśya mandākinīm nadīm

9. paśya mandākinīm nadīm kaccit maṇinikāśodām
kaccit pulinaśālinīm kaccit siddhajanākīrṇām

9. Behold the Mandakini river! I hope you see her waters shining like jewels, adorned with sandbanks, and teeming with perfected beings (siddhas).

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

• मणिनिकाशोदाम् (maṇinikāśodām) - whose waters resemble jewels

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

• पुलिनशालिनीम् (pulinaśālinīm) - adorned with sandbanks, having beautiful sandbanks

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

• सिद्धजनाकीर्णाम् (siddhajanākīrṇām) - filled with perfected beings, crowded with holy persons

• पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

• मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - the Mandakini (river)

• नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

मणिनिकाशोदाम् (maṇinikāśodām) - whose waters resemble jewels

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maṇinikāśodā

maṇinikāśodā - whose water has the lustre of gems

Compound type : bahuvrihi (maṇinikāśa+uda)

• maṇinikāśa – lustre of gems, gem-like lustre
  noun (masculine)
• uda – water
  noun (neuter)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

पुलिनशालिनीम् (pulinaśālinīm) - adorned with sandbanks, having beautiful sandbanks

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pulinaśālinī

pulinaśālinī - possessing or adorned with sandbanks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pulina+śālinī)

• pulina – sandbank, sandy beach, island
  noun (neuter)
• śālinī – possessing, rich in, adorned with (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Derived from root śāl (to shine, be splendid) with -in suffix
  Root: śāl (class 1)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope, surely, perhaps

(indeclinable)

सिद्धजनाकीर्णाम् (siddhajanākīrṇām) - filled with perfected beings, crowded with holy persons

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhajanākīrṇā

siddhajanākīrṇā - filled or crowded with perfected beings (siddhas)

Compound type : tatpurusha (siddhajana+ākīrṇā)

• siddhajana – perfected beings, holy people
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇā – filled, crowded, scattered (feminine)
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṝ (to scatter, spread) with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṝ (class 6)

पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of paś

Root dṛś forms present stem paś-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - the Mandakini (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mandākinī

mandākinī - name of a sacred river

नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

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