वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-70, verse-21

अशक्नुवद्भिस्तैर्गन्तुमुपवासश्रमालसैः ।
चिन्तिते ऽभ्यागतान्पश्य समेतान् सप्त सागरान् ॥२१॥

21. aśaknuvadbhistairgantumupavāsaśramālasaiḥ ,
cintite'bhyāgatānpaśya sametān sapta sāgarān.

21. aśaknuvadbhiḥ taiḥ gantum upavāsaśramālasaiḥ
cintite abhyāgatān paśya sametān sapta sāgarān

21. upavāsaśramālasaiḥ aśaknuvadbhiḥ taiḥ gantum cintite,
paśya sametān sapta sāgarān abhyāgatān

21. Behold, when they, exhausted and unable to move due to fasting and fatigue, merely thought of them, the seven oceans arrived, gathered together.

Words meanings summery:

• अशक्नुवद्भिः (aśaknuvadbhiḥ) - by them, being unable (to go) (by those unable, by those incapable)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the ascetics) (by them)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go (to go, for going)

• उपवासश्रमालसैः (upavāsaśramālasaiḥ) - by them, weary from fasting and exertion (by those weary from fasting and fatigue)

• चिन्तिते (cintite) - when merely thought of (by them) (when thought of, when meditated upon)

• अभ्यागतान् (abhyāgatān) - those who have arrived, arrived ones (having come, approached, arrived)

• पश्य (paśya) - behold! (behold!, see!, look!)

• समेतान् (sametān) - gathered together (gathered, united, assembled)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• सागरान् (sāgarān) - (the) oceans (oceans)

Words meanings and morphology

अशक्नुवद्भिः (aśaknuvadbhiḥ) - by them, being unable (to go) (by those unable, by those incapable)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśaknuvat

aśaknuvat - unable, incapable, not able

Present Active Participle

From 'a' (negation) + root 'śak' (to be able) + śnu (class 5) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: śak (class 5)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them (the ascetics) (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the ascetics mentioned in the previous verses.

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to go (to go, for going)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root 'gam' + tumun suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

उपवासश्रमालसैः (upavāsaśramālasaiḥ) - by them, weary from fasting and exertion (by those weary from fasting and fatigue)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upavāsaśramālasa

upavāsaśramālasa - weary from fasting and fatigue/exertion

Compound type : tatpurusha (upavāsa+śrama+alasa)

• upavāsa – fasting, abstinence from food, religious fast
  noun (masculine)
  From 'upa' (near) + root 'vas' (to dwell) or root 'vas' (to eat) with 'upa' as privative.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: vas (class 4)
• śrama – effort, fatigue, exertion, toil
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śram (class 4)
• alasa – weary, lazy, tired, inactive
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'a' (neg.) + root 'las' (to shine/be active), indicating lack of activity.
  Root: las (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'taiḥ'.

चिन्तिते (cintite) - when merely thought of (by them) (when thought of, when meditated upon)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of cintita

cintita - thought of, meditated upon, considered

Past Passive Participle

From root 'cit' (to perceive, think) with ṇic (causative) and kta suffix.

Root: cit (class 10)

अभ्यागतान् (abhyāgatān) - those who have arrived, arrived ones (having come, approached, arrived)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - having come, approached, arrived, guest

Past Passive Participle

From 'abhi' (towards) + 'ā' (to) + root 'gam' (to go) + kta suffix.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'paśya', agreeing with 'sāgarān'.

पश्य (paśya) - behold! (behold!, see!, look!)

(verb)

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

'paśya' is the root-substitute stem for the present tense of root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समेतान् (sametān) - gathered together (gathered, united, assembled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - gathered, united, assembled, met

Past Passive Participle

From 'sam' (together) + root 'i' (to go) + kta suffix.

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'sāgarān'.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'sāgarān'.

सागरान् (sāgarān) - (the) oceans (oceans)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea, deep

Note: Object of 'paśya'.