वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-13, verse-9

दक्षो विवस्वानपरो ऽरिष्टनेमिश्च राघव ।
कश्यपश्च महातेजास्तेषामासीच्च पश्चिमः ॥९॥

9. dakṣo vivasvānaparo'riṣṭanemiśca rāghava ,
kaśyapaśca mahātejāsteṣāmāsīcca paścimaḥ.

9. dakṣaḥ vivasvān aparaḥ ariṣṭanemiḥ ca rāghava
kaśyapaḥ ca mahātejāḥ teṣām āsīt ca paścimaḥ

9. rāghava dakṣaḥ vivasvān aparaḥ ca ariṣṭanemiḥ
ca mahātejāḥ kaśyapaḥ ca teṣām paścimaḥ āsīt

9. O Rāghava, there were Dakṣa, Vivasvān, and another, Ariṣṭanemi. And Kaśyapa, the greatly effulgent one, was the last among them.

Words meanings summery:

• दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - the Prajāpati Dakṣa (Dakṣa (name of a Prajāpati))

• विवस्वान् (vivasvān) - the Prajāpati Vivasvān (Vivasvān (name of a solar deity/Prajāpati))

• अपरः (aparaḥ) - other, another, subsequent

• अरिष्टनेमिः (ariṣṭanemiḥ) - the sage Ariṣṭanemi (Ariṣṭanemi (name of a sage))

• च (ca) - and, also

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, epithet for Rāma))

• कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - the sage Kaśyapa (Kaśyapa (name of a Vedic sage/Prajāpati))

• च (ca) - and, also

• महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly resplendent, greatly effulgent

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was

• च (ca) - and, also

• पश्चिमः (paścimaḥ) - last, westernmost

Words meanings and morphology

दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - the Prajāpati Dakṣa (Dakṣa (name of a Prajāpati))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dakṣa

dakṣa - able, skillful, clever; name of a Prajāpati

विवस्वान् (vivasvān) - the Prajāpati Vivasvān (Vivasvān (name of a solar deity/Prajāpati))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivasvat

vivasvat - radiant, shining; the sun, Sūrya; name of a Prajāpati

अपरः (aparaḥ) - other, another, subsequent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apara

apara - other, another, different, subsequent

अरिष्टनेमिः (ariṣṭanemiḥ) - the sage Ariṣṭanemi (Ariṣṭanemi (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ariṣṭanemi

ariṣṭanemi - having a faultless rim (of a wheel); name of a sage, a Prajāpati, or a Jain Tīrthaṅkara

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, epithet for Rāma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; name of Rāma

कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - the sage Kaśyapa (Kaśyapa (name of a Vedic sage/Prajāpati))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - name of a Vedic sage, one of the Prajāpatis, father of gods, demons, and various beings

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महातेजाः (mahātejāḥ) - greatly resplendent, greatly effulgent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - of great splendor, very brilliant

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+tejas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, brilliance, energy, power
  noun (neuter)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, among them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पश्चिमः (paścimaḥ) - last, westernmost

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paścima

paścima - last, hindmost, western, final

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