वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-9, verse-34

तवेदं स्थगु यद्दीर्घं रथघोणमिवायतम् ।
मतयः क्षत्रविद्याश्च मायाश्चात्र वसन्ति ते ॥३४॥

34. tavedaṃ sthagu yaddīrghaṃ rathaghoṇamivāyatam ,
matayaḥ kṣatravidyāśca māyāścātra vasanti te.

34. tava idam sthagu yat dīrgham rathaghoṇam iva āyatam
matayaḥ kṣatravidyāḥ ca māyāḥ ca atra vasanti te

34. idam tava sthagu yat dīrgham rathaghoṇam iva āyatam,
atra te matayaḥ kṣatravidyāḥ ca māyāḥ ca vasanti

34. This hump of yours, which is long and extended like the front of a chariot, is where your astute thoughts, your strategic skills (kṣatravidyā), and your cunning deceptions (māyā) reside.

Words meanings summery:

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• इदम् (idam) - this

• स्थगु (sthagu) - hump (of Manthara) (hump)

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, extended

• रथघोणम् (rathaghoṇam) - chariot's nose, front part of a chariot

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आयतम् (āyatam) - extended, stretched, long

• मतयः (matayaḥ) - astute thoughts, schemes (thoughts, intentions, opinions, counsels)

• क्षत्रविद्याः (kṣatravidyāḥ) - strategic skills related to governance or warfare (warrior skills, knowledge of kingship/rulers)

• च (ca) - and

• मायाः (māyāḥ) - cunning deceptions (illusions, tricks, deceptions (māyā))

• च (ca) - and

• अत्र (atra) - in this hump (here, therein)

• वसन्ति (vasanti) - dwell, reside, live

• ते (te) - your, of you

Words meanings and morphology

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternate form for te

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

स्थगु (sthagu) - hump (of Manthara) (hump)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthagu

sthagu - hump

Note: Rare word, appears in Ramayana

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

दीर्घम् (dīrgham) - long, extended

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, tall, extended

Note: Agrees with 'sthagu'

रथघोणम् (rathaghoṇam) - chariot's nose, front part of a chariot

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rathaghoṇa

rathaghoṇa - chariot-nose, the front part of a chariot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+ghoṇa)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ramh (class 1)
• ghoṇa – nose, snout
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आयतम् (āyatam) - extended, stretched, long

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyata

āyata - extended, stretched, long

Past Passive Participle

From ā- + yam- (to stretch, extend)

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sthagu'

मतयः (matayaḥ) - astute thoughts, schemes (thoughts, intentions, opinions, counsels)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mati

mati - thought, intention, opinion, counsel, intellect

Root: man (class 4)

क्षत्रविद्याः (kṣatravidyāḥ) - strategic skills related to governance or warfare (warrior skills, knowledge of kingship/rulers)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṣatravidyā

kṣatravidyā - knowledge of a kṣatriya, warrior skill, strategic knowledge for rulers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣatra+vidyā)

• kṣatra – rule, dominion, power; warrior class
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• vidyā – knowledge, learning, science
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मायाः (māyāḥ) - cunning deceptions (illusions, tricks, deceptions (māyā))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, artifice, deception, supernatural power

Root: mā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - in this hump (here, therein)

(indeclinable)

वसन्ति (vasanti) - dwell, reside, live

(verb)

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

Root: vas (class 1)

ते (te) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Alternate form for tava

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