वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-9

तं तथा पतितं संख्ये गतार्चिषमिवानलम् ।
ययातिमिव पुण्यान्ते देवलोकात् परिच्युतम् ॥९॥

9. taṃ tathā patitaṃ saṃkhye gatārciṣamivānalam ,
yayātimiva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam.

9. tam tathā patitam saṅkhye gataarciṣam iva analam
yayātim iva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam

9. saṅkhye tathā patitam tam gataarciṣam analam
iva puṇyānte devalokāt paricyutam yayātim iva

9. Him, thus fallen in battle, like a fire whose flames have departed, or like Yayati fallen from the heavenly realms (devaloka) at the exhaustion of his merits.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, descended

• सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle, in conflict

• गतअर्चिषम् (gataarciṣam) - whose flames have departed, extinguished (like fire)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनलम् (analam) - fire

• ययातिम् (yayātim) - Yayati (a mythical king)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पुण्यान्ते (puṇyānte) - at the end of merits, at the exhaustion of good deeds

• देवलोकात् (devalokāt) - from the heavenly realm, from the world of gods

• परिच्युतम् (paricyutam) - fallen down, dislodged, cast out

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, descended

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

सङ्ख्ये (saṅkhye) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṅkhya

saṅkhya - battle, war, conflict

गतअर्चिषम् (gataarciṣam) - whose flames have departed, extinguished (like fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gataarciṣa

gataarciṣa - whose flames are gone, extinguished

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+arciṣa)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• arciṣa – flame, ray, light
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अनलम् (analam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, god of fire

ययातिम् (yayātim) - Yayati (a mythical king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - name of an ancient king

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पुण्यान्ते (puṇyānte) - at the end of merits, at the exhaustion of good deeds

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṇyānta

puṇyānta - end of merit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+anta)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, conclusion
  noun (masculine)

देवलोकात् (devalokāt) - from the heavenly realm, from the world of gods

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of devaloka

devaloka - world of gods, heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+loka)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, universe
  noun (masculine)

परिच्युतम् (paricyutam) - fallen down, dislodged, cast out

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paricyuta

paricyuta - fallen from, dislodged, deviated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root cyu (to move, fall) with prefix pari-.

Prefix: pari

Root: cyu (class 1)

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