वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-17

वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् ।
अधिगच्छ दिशं पूर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् ॥१७॥

17. vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām ,
adhigaccha diśaṃ pūrvāṃ saśailavanakānanām.

17. vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇām tarasvinām
adhigaccha diśam pūrvām saśailavanakānanām

17. (tvam) tarasvinām vānarāṇām śatasahasreṇa vṛtaḥ
saśailavanakānanām pūrvām diśam adhigaccha

17. Accompanied by a hundred thousand mighty monkeys, you (Vinata) should proceed to the eastern direction, which is full of mountains, forests, and groves.

Words meanings summery:

• वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, accompanied

• शतसहस्रेण (śatasahasreṇa) - by a hundred thousand

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty, swift, energetic (ones)

• अधिगच्छ (adhigaccha) - you should go, proceed, reach

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

• पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern, prior

• सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - with mountains, forests, and groves

Words meanings and morphology

वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - surrounded, encompassed, accompanied, chosen

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛ- (to cover, surround)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

शतसहस्रेण (śatasahasreṇa) - by a hundred thousand

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, a lakh

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty, swift, energetic (ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - mighty, swift, energetic, powerful

From taras (speed, strength) + -vin (possessive suffix)

अधिगच्छ (adhigaccha) - you should go, proceed, reach

(verb)

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

Imperative

From prefix adhi- + root gam- (to go), 2nd person singular, parasmaipada

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Root: diś (class 6)

पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern, prior

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - eastern, prior, former, earlier

सशैलवनकाननाम् (saśailavanakānanām) - with mountains, forests, and groves

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saśailavanakānana

saśailavanakānana - with mountains, forests, and groves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śaila+vana+kānana)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• kānana – forest, grove, pleasure garden
  noun (neuter)

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