वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-15, verse-5

नीहारपरुषो लोकः पृथिवी सस्यमालिनी ।
जलान्यनुपभोग्यानि सुभगो हव्यवाहनः ॥५॥

5. nīhāraparuṣo lokaḥ pṛthivī sasyamālinī ,
jalānyanupabhogyāni subhago havyavāhanaḥ.

5. nīhāra-paruṣaḥ lokaḥ pṛthivī sasya-mālinī
jalāni anupabhogyāni subhagaḥ havyavāhanaḥ

5. lokaḥ nīhāra-paruṣaḥ pṛthivī sasya-mālinī
jalāni anupabhogyāni havyavāhanaḥ subhagaḥ

5. "The world is harsh with mist, the earth is adorned with garlands of crops, the waters are unfit for use, and the fire (havyavāhana) is propitious."

Words meanings summery:

• नीहार-परुषः (nīhāra-paruṣaḥ) - harsh/rough with mist/fog

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, people, region

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

• सस्य-मालिनी (sasya-mālinī) - garlanded with crops, abundant with grain

• जलानि (jalāni) - waters

• अनुपभोग्यानि (anupabhogyāni) - unfit for use, not to be enjoyed

• सुभगः (subhagaḥ) - auspicious, fortunate, propitious

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - the fire god (Agni) (fire (literally, carrier of oblations))

Words meanings and morphology

नीहार-परुषः (nīhāra-paruṣaḥ) - harsh/rough with mist/fog

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīhāraparuṣa

nīhāraparuṣa - rough or harsh with mist

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nīhāra+paruṣa)

• nīhāra – mist, fog, frost
  noun (masculine)
• paruṣa – harsh, rough, severe, hard
  adjective (masculine)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world, people, region

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, region, people, mankind

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, soil

सस्य-मालिनी (sasya-mālinī) - garlanded with crops, abundant with grain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sasyamālinī

sasyamālinī - garlanded with corn/crops

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (sasya+mālinī)

• sasya – corn, grain, crop
  noun (neuter)
• mālinī – garlanded, adorned with a garland (feminine form of mālin)
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of mālin (having a garland).

जलानि (jalāni) - waters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of jala

jala - water

अनुपभोग्यानि (anupabhogyāni) - unfit for use, not to be enjoyed

(verbal derivative)

Compound type : Pradi-Samāsa (with 'an') (an+upabhogya)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• upabhogya – to be used, to be enjoyed
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root 'bhuj' (to enjoy/use) with prefix 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

सुभगः (subhagaḥ) - auspicious, fortunate, propitious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of subhaga

subhaga - fortunate, auspicious, lovely, beautiful

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - the fire god (Agni) (fire (literally, carrier of oblations))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire, Agni (carrier of oblations)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, offering (to gods)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, bearer; vehicle
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

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