वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-64, verse-11

उपरुध्यन्ति मे प्राणा दृष्टिर्भ्रमति राघव ।
पश्यामि वृक्षान् सौवर्णानुशीरकृतमूर्धजान् ॥११॥

11. uparudhyanti me prāṇā dṛṣṭirbhramati rāghava ,
paśyāmi vṛkṣān sauvarṇānuśīrakṛtamūrdhajān.

11. uparudhyanti me prāṇāḥ dṛṣṭiḥ bhramati rāghava
paśyāmi vṛkṣān sauvarṇān uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān

11. rāghava me prāṇāḥ uparudhyanti dṛṣṭiḥ bhramati
(aham) sauvarṇān uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān vṛkṣān paśyāmi

11. My life-breaths (prāṇa) are failing, my vision is blurring, O Raghava. I see golden trees whose crowns are made of uśīra grass.

Words meanings summery:

• उपरुध्यन्ति (uparudhyanti) - are being obstructed, are failing, cease

• मे (me) - my, of me

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - life-breaths, vital airs, life force (prāṇa)

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - sight, vision, gaze

• भ्रमति (bhramati) - wanders, roams, is confused, blurs

• राघव (rāghava) - O Raghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• सौवर्णान् (sauvarṇān) - golden

• उशीरकृतमूर्धजान् (uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān) - having their heads/crests made of uśīra grass

Words meanings and morphology

उपरुध्यन्ति (uparudhyanti) - are being obstructed, are failing, cease

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of uparudh

Prefix: upa

Root: rudh (class 7)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - life-breaths, vital airs, life force (prāṇa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life force, spirit

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - sight, vision, gaze

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, vision, eye, view

Derived from the root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भ्रमति (bhramati) - wanders, roams, is confused, blurs

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhram

Root: bhram (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O Raghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Present stem is paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

सौवर्णान् (sauvarṇān) - golden

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sauvarṇa

sauvarṇa - golden, made of gold

Derived from suvarṇa (gold) with the taddhita suffix -aṇ.

उशीरकृतमूर्धजान् (uśīrakṛtamūrdhajān) - having their heads/crests made of uśīra grass

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uśīrakṛtamūrdhaja

uśīrakṛtamūrdhaja - whose head/crest is made of uśīra

Compound type : bahuvrihi (uśīra+kṛta+mūrdhaja)

• uśīra – a fragrant root, vetiver grass
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – made, done
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• mūrdhaja – growing on the head; hair; crest; top
  noun (masculine)

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