वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-23, verse-6

यादृशा इह कूजन्ति पक्षिणो वनचारिणः ।
अग्रतो नो भयं प्राप्तं संशयो जीवितस्य च ॥६॥

6. yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ ,
agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca.

6. yādṛśāḥ iha kūjanti pakṣiṇaḥ vanacāriṇaḥ
agrataḥ naḥ bhayam prāptam saṃśayaḥ jīvitasya ca

6. iha vanacāriṇaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ yādṛśāḥ kūjanti,
naḥ agrataḥ bhayam prāptam,
ca jīvitasya saṃśayaḥ

6. The way the forest-dwelling birds (pakṣiṇaḥ) are chirping here, it indicates that fear (bhayaṃ) has come upon us, and there is doubt (saṃśayaḥ) concerning our lives.

Words meanings summery:

• यादृशाः (yādṛśāḥ) - of what kind, such as, as

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

• कूजन्ति (kūjanti) - are chirping, are cooing, are making noise

• पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

• वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest-dwelling, forest-roaming

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - before us (in front, before, ahead)

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - attained, reached, obtained, arrived

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

• जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of life, concerning life

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

यादृशाः (yādṛśāḥ) - of what kind, such as, as

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, like which

इह (iha) - here, in this world, now

(indeclinable)

कूजन्ति (kūjanti) - are chirping, are cooing, are making noise

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kūj

Root: kūj (class 1)

पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest-dwelling, forest-roaming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanacārin

vanacārin - forest-dweller, moving in forests

Compound of vana and cārin (agent noun from car)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+cārin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, going, wandering
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from root car with suffix -in
  Root: car (class 1)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - before us (in front, before, ahead)

(indeclinable)

Derived from agra with suffix -tas (ablative/locative sense)

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, apprehension

Root: bhī (class 3)

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - attained, reached, obtained, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root āp with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, dilemma

Derived from root śaṅk (to doubt) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

जीवितस्य (jīvitasya) - of life, concerning life

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root jīv, used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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