वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-70, verse-17

पश्य मेघघनप्रख्यं मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम् ।
मतङ्गवनमित्येव विश्रुतं रघुनन्दन ॥१७॥

17. paśya meghaghanaprakhyaṃ mṛgapakṣisamākulam ,
mataṅgavanamityeva viśrutaṃ raghunandana.

17. paśya meghaghanaprakhyam mṛgapakṣisamākulam
mataṅgavanam iti eva viśrutam raghunandana

17. raghunandana paśya mataṅgavanam iti eva
viśrutam meghaghanaprakhyam mṛgapakṣisamākulam

17. O scion of Raghu (Raghunandana), behold this Matanga forest, renowned as such, resembling dense clouds and teeming with deer and birds.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

• मेघघनप्रख्यम् (meghaghanaprakhyam) - resembling dense clouds

• मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम् (mṛgapakṣisamākulam) - teeming with deer and birds, crowded with animals and birds

• मतङ्गवनम् (mataṅgavanam) - the forest associated with the sage Matanga (Matanga forest)

• इति (iti) - marking 'as such' or 'so called' (thus, in this manner, so called)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• विश्रुतम् (viśrutam) - renowned as 'Matanga forest' (renowned, famous, well-known)

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O scion of Raghu, O delight of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - behold, see, look at

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मेघघनप्रख्यम् (meghaghanaprakhyam) - resembling dense clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of meghaghanaprakhya

meghaghanaprakhya - resembling dense clouds

Compound type : upama-pradhāna tatpuruṣa (megha+ghana+prakhya)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• ghana – dense, thick, solid, compact
  adjective (masculine)
• prakhya – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from pra-khyā (to appear, to resemble)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'mataṅgavanam'.

मृगपक्षिसमाकुलम् (mṛgapakṣisamākulam) - teeming with deer and birds, crowded with animals and birds

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛgapakṣisamākula

mṛgapakṣisamākula - teeming/crowded with deer and birds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+pakṣi+samākula)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣi – bird
  noun (masculine)
• samākula – filled with, crowded with, perplexed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root kul- (to collect, crowd) with prefix sam- and ā-
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: kul (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'mataṅgavanam'.

मतङ्गवनम् (mataṅgavanam) - the forest associated with the sage Matanga (Matanga forest)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mataṅgavana

mataṅgavana - Matanga's forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mataṅga+vana)

• mataṅga – Matanga (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

इति (iti) - marking 'as such' or 'so called' (thus, in this manner, so called)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

विश्रुतम् (viśrutam) - renowned as 'Matanga forest' (renowned, famous, well-known)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viśruta

viśruta - renowned, famous, well-known, heard

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root śru- (to hear) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'mataṅgavanam'.

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O Rāma, descendant of Raghu (O scion of Raghu, O delight of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - descendant/son/delight of Raghu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (a mythical king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from the root nand- (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)