वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-35, verse-8

सहायकृत्यं हि तस्य येन सप्त महाद्रुमाः ।
शैलश्च वसुधा चैव बाणेनैकेन दारिताः ॥८॥

8. sahāyakṛtyaṃ hi tasya yena sapta mahādrumāḥ ,
śailaśca vasudhā caiva bāṇenaikena dāritāḥ.

8. sahāya-kṛtyam hi tasya yena sapta mahā-drumāḥ
śailaḥ ca vasudhā ca eva bāṇena ekena dāritāḥ

8. hi tasya sahāya-kṛtyam,
yena ekena bāṇena sapta mahā-drumāḥ ca śailaḥ ca eva vasudhā dāritāḥ

8. Indeed, what assistance does he require, by whom seven mighty trees, a mountain, and even the earth were split by a single arrow?

Words meanings summery:

• सहाय-कृत्यम् (sahāya-kṛtyam) - need for assistance (act of helping, assistance)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the rhetorical question) (indeed, for, because)

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (Rāma) (his, of him)

• येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• महा-द्रुमाः (mahā-drumāḥ) - seven great Sal trees (a common feat of strength by Rāma) (great trees)

• शैलः (śailaḥ) - a mountain (mountain, rock)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth (earth, ground)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - and even (indeed, just, even)

• बाणेन (bāṇena) - by an arrow

• एकेन (ekena) - by a single (arrow) (by one, by a single)

• दारिताः (dāritāḥ) - were split/pierced (were split, were pierced)

Words meanings and morphology

सहाय-कृत्यम् (sahāya-kṛtyam) - need for assistance (act of helping, assistance)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sahāyakṛtya

sahāyakṛtya - the act or duty of helping, assistance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sahāya+kṛtya)

• sahāya – helper, assistant, companion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: saha
  Root: i (class 2)
• kṛtya – what is to be done, duty, act
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  Derived from root kṛ (to do), expressing necessity or fitness
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed (emphasizing the rhetorical question) (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of him (Rāma) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma

येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Rāma

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Used adjectivally with 'mahādrumāḥ'

महा-द्रुमाः (mahā-drumāḥ) - seven great Sal trees (a common feat of strength by Rāma) (great trees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahādruma

mahādruma - great tree, large tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+druma)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Refers to the trees pierced by Rāma's arrow

शैलः (śailaḥ) - a mountain (mountain, rock)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - rocky, mountainous, a mountain, a rock

Derived from śilā (rock)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वसुधा (vasudhā) - the earth (earth, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - earth, ground, giver of wealth

Root: dhā (class 3)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - and even (indeed, just, even)

(indeclinable)

बाणेन (bāṇena) - by an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Root: ban (class 10)

एकेन (ekena) - by a single (arrow) (by one, by a single)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇena'

दारिताः (dāritāḥ) - were split/pierced (were split, were pierced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dārita

dārita - split, pierced, torn

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛ (to tear, split)

Root: dṛ (class 1)

Note: Implies a past action completed

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