वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-93, verse-10

इदं चोदात्तदन्तानां कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
शैलपार्श्वे परिक्रान्तमन्योन्यमभिगर्जताम् ॥१०॥

10. idaṃ codāttadantānāṃ kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām ,
śailapārśve parikrāntamanyonyamabhigarjatām.

10. idam ca udāttadantānām kuñjarāṇām tarasvinām
śailapārśve parikrāntam anyonyam abhigarjatām

10. idam ca śailapārśve udāttadantānām tarasvinām
kuñjarāṇām anyonyam abhigarjatām parikrāntam

10. This is where powerful elephants, with their magnificent tusks, roam on the mountain slopes, roaring at each other.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• च (ca) - and, also

• उदात्तदन्तानाम् (udāttadantānām) - of those with magnificent tusks

• कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful, of the strong

• शैलपार्श्वे (śailapārśve) - on the mountain slope

• परिक्रान्तम् (parikrāntam) - roamed, traversed, wandered (the roaming)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

• अभिगर्जताम् (abhigarjatām) - of those roaring at

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उदात्तदन्तानाम् (udāttadantānām) - of those with magnificent tusks

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of udāttadanta

udāttadanta - having magnificent/uplifted tusks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udātta+danta)

• udātta – raised, lofty, magnificent
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from ud-ā-dā + kta
  Prefixes: ud+ā
  Root: dā (class 3)
• danta – tusk, tooth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'kuñjarāṇām'.

कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful, of the strong

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - powerful, strong, swift

derived from taras (strength) + vin

Note: Modifies 'kuñjarāṇām'.

शैलपार्श्वे (śailapārśve) - on the mountain slope

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śailapārśva

śailapārśva - mountain slope, mountain side

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+pārśva)

• śaila – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• pārśva – side, flank
  noun (neuter)

परिक्रान्तम् (parikrāntam) - roamed, traversed, wandered (the roaming)

(past passive participle)

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - mutually, each other

(indeclinable)

Compound type : dvandva (anya+anya)

• anya – other
  pronoun/adjective
• anya – other
  pronoun/adjective

अभिगर्जताम् (abhigarjatām) - of those roaring at

(present active participle)

Note: Modifies 'kuñjarāṇām'.

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