वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-5

महतेवाम्बुवेगेन भिन्नः सेतुर्जलागमे ।
दुरावारं त्वदन्येन राज्यखण्डमिदं महत् ॥५॥

5. mahatevāmbuvegena bhinnaḥ seturjalāgame ,
durāvāraṃ tvadanyena rājyakhaṇḍamidaṃ mahat.

5. mahatā iva ambu-vegena bhinnaḥ setuḥ jala-āgame
durāvāram tvat-anyena rājya-khaṇḍam idam mahat

5. idam mahat rājya-khaṇḍam jala-āgame mahatā
ambu-vegena bhinnaḥ setuḥ iva tvat-anyena durāvāram

5. This great portion of the kingdom, like a dam broken by a mighty rush of water at the arrival of floods, is difficult for anyone other than you to govern.

Words meanings summery:

• महता (mahatā) - by a mighty (by a great, by a large)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अम्बु-वेगेन (ambu-vegena) - by a rush of water

• भिन्नः (bhinnaḥ) - broken (broken, split, divided)

• सेतुः (setuḥ) - dam (bridge, dam, dike)

• जल-आगमे (jala-āgame) - at the arrival of floods (at the arrival of water, at the flood)

• दुरावारम् (durāvāram) - difficult to govern/hold back (difficult to restrain, hard to ward off)

• त्वत्-अन्येन (tvat-anyena) - by anyone other than you

• राज्य-खण्डम् (rājya-khaṇḍam) - portion of the kingdom

• इदम् (idam) - this

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

महता (mahatā) - by a mighty (by a great, by a large)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Masculine/neuter singular instrumental of mahat

Root: mah

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing comparison

अम्बु-वेगेन (ambu-vegena) - by a rush of water

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ambu-vega

ambu-vega - rush of water, water current

Compound, masculine instrumental singular

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambu+vega)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• vega – rush, current, speed, force
  noun (masculine)
  From √vij (to move quickly)
  Root: vij

भिन्नः (bhinnaḥ) - broken (broken, split, divided)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinna

bhinna - broken, split, divided

Past Passive Participle

From √bhid (to break, cleave), masculine nominative singular

Root: bhid (class 7)

सेतुः (setuḥ) - dam (bridge, dam, dike)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of setu

setu - bridge, dam, dike

From √si (to bind, tie), masculine nominative singular

Root: si

जल-आगमे (jala-āgame) - at the arrival of floods (at the arrival of water, at the flood)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of jala-āgama

jala-āgama - arrival of water, flood

Locative singular of a compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+āgama)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• āgama – arrival, coming
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√gam (to come, arrive)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

दुरावारम् (durāvāram) - difficult to govern/hold back (difficult to restrain, hard to ward off)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durāvāra

durāvāra - difficult to ward off, hard to restrain

Gerundive (passive sense)

From dur (difficult) + ā-√vṛ (to ward off, restrain), neuter nominative/accusative singular

Compound type : praadi-tatpuruṣa (dur+āvāra)

• dur – difficult, bad, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness
• āvāra – warding off, hindering
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√vṛ (to restrain, hold back)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with rājyakhaṇḍam

त्वत्-अन्येन (tvat-anyena) - by anyone other than you

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvat-anya

tvat-anya - other than you

Compound, masculine instrumental singular

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+anya)

• tvad – from you, by you
  pronoun
  Ablative singular of yuṣmad (you), used in compounds meaning 'other than'
• anya – other, different
  adjective (masculine)
  Instrumental singular

राज्य-खण्डम् (rājya-khaṇḍam) - portion of the kingdom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya-khaṇḍa

rājya-khaṇḍa - portion of the kingdom

Compound, neuter nominative singular

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājya+khaṇḍa)

• rājya – kingdom, sovereignty
  noun (neuter)
  From rājan (king) + ya suffix
• khaṇḍa – piece, portion, part
  noun (neuter)
  From √khaṇḍ (to break, divide)
  Root: khaṇḍ (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Neuter singular nominative/accusative of idam

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Neuter singular nominative/accusative of mahat

Root: mah