वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-19

नदीं भागीरथीं रम्यां सरयूं कौशिकीं तथा ।
कालिन्दीं यमुनां रम्यां यामुनं च महागिरिम् ॥१९॥

19. nadīṃ bhāgīrathīṃ ramyāṃ sarayūṃ kauśikīṃ tathā ,
kālindīṃ yamunāṃ ramyāṃ yāmunaṃ ca mahāgirim.

19. nadīm bhāgīrathīm ramyām sarayūm kauśikīm tathā
kālindīm yamunām ramyām yāmunam ca mahāgirim

19. ramyām nadīm bhāgīrathīm sarayūm kauśikīm tathā
ramyām kālindīm yamunām ca yāmunam mahāgirim

19. They should search the beautiful river Bhagirathi (Ganga), the Sarayu, and the Kausiki; likewise, the beautiful Yamuna River (Kalindi), and the great Yamuna mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

• भागीरथीम् (bhāgīrathīm) - the Bhagirathi (Ganga) River

• रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

• सरयूम् (sarayūm) - the Sarayu River

• कौशिकीम् (kauśikīm) - the Kausiki River

• तथा (tathā) - and, likewise

• कालिन्दीम् (kālindīm) - the Kalindi (an epithet of Yamuna) River

• यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamuna River

• रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

• यामुनम् (yāmunam) - the Yamuna mountain (likely the source or a mountain range associated with the Yamuna River) (pertaining to the Yamuna, the Yamuna mountain)

• च (ca) - and

• महागिरिम् (mahāgirim) - the great mountain

Words meanings and morphology

नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

भागीरथीम् (bhāgīrathīm) - the Bhagirathi (Ganga) River

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāgīrathī

bhāgīrathī - the Bhagirathi (an epithet of the Ganga River)

रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ramya

ramya - charming, beautiful, delightful, pleasant

Gerundive

Derived from root ram with suffix -ya (kṛtya affix)

Root: ram (class 1)

सरयूम् (sarayūm) - the Sarayu River

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarayū

sarayū - the Sarayu River

कौशिकीम् (kauśikīm) - the Kausiki River

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kauśikī

kauśikī - the Kausiki River (modern Kosi)

तथा (tathā) - and, likewise

(indeclinable)

कालिन्दीम् (kālindīm) - the Kalindi (an epithet of Yamuna) River

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālindī

kālindī - the Kalindi (an epithet of the Yamuna River, daughter of the Kalinda mountain)

यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamuna River

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yamunā

yamunā - the Yamuna River

रम्याम् (ramyām) - charming, beautiful, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ramya

ramya - charming, beautiful, delightful, pleasant

Gerundive

Derived from root ram with suffix -ya (kṛtya affix)

Root: ram (class 1)

यामुनम् (yāmunam) - the Yamuna mountain (likely the source or a mountain range associated with the Yamuna River) (pertaining to the Yamuna, the Yamuna mountain)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāmuna

yāmuna - relating to or coming from the Yamuna; a region or mountain near the Yamuna

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महागिरिम् (mahāgirim) - the great mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)

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