वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-14, verse-19

इदं पुण्यमिदं मेध्यमिदं बहुमृगद्विजम् ।
इह वत्स्याम सौमित्रे सार्धमेतेन पक्षिणा ॥१९॥

19. idaṃ puṇyamidaṃ medhyamidaṃ bahumṛgadvijam ,
iha vatsyāma saumitre sārdhametena pakṣiṇā.

19. idam puṇyam idam medhyam idam bahumṛgadvijam
iha vatsyāma saumitre sārdham etena pakṣiṇā

19. saumitre idam puṇyam idam medhyam idam
bahumṛgadvijam iha etena pakṣiṇā sārdham vatsyāma

19. This place is sacred and pure, abundant with many deer and birds. Here, O Saumitra, we shall dwell along with this bird.

Words meanings summery:

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious, virtuous

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• मेध्यम् (medhyam) - pure, clean, fit for ritual (yajña)

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• बहुमृगद्विजम् (bahumṛgadvijam) - having many deer and birds

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• वत्स्याम (vatsyāma) - we shall dwell

• सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakshmana (O son of Sumitrā, O Lakshmana)

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

• एतेन (etena) - by this, with this

• पक्षिणा (pakṣiṇā) - with Jatayu (the bird) (by the bird, with the bird)

Words meanings and morphology

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred, meritorious, virtuous

(adjective)

neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, pure, virtuous, meritorious

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

मेध्यम् (medhyam) - pure, clean, fit for ritual (yajña)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of medhya

medhya - pure, clean, wholesome, fit for a sacred ritual (yajña)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

बहुमृगद्विजम् (bahumṛgadvijam) - having many deer and birds

(adjective)

neuter, singular of bahumṛgadvija

bahumṛgadvija - having many deer and birds

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+mṛga+dvija)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal, beast
  noun (masculine)
• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

वत्स्याम (vatsyāma) - we shall dwell

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakshmana (O son of Sumitrā, O Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā (Lakshmana or Shatrughna)

derived from Sumitrā

सार्धम् (sārdham) - together with, along with

(indeclinable)

often used with instrumental case

एतेन (etena) - by this, with this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

पक्षिणा (pakṣiṇā) - with Jatayu (the bird) (by the bird, with the bird)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

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