वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-33

तं कालमेघप्रतिमं महोरगनिषेवितम् ।
अभिगम्य महानादं तीर्थेनैव महोदधिम् ॥३३॥

33. taṃ kālameghapratimaṃ mahoraganiṣevitam ,
abhigamya mahānādaṃ tīrthenaiva mahodadhim.

33. tam kālameghapratimam mahoraganiṣevitam
abhigamya mahānādam tīrthena eva mahodadhim

33. tam kālameghapratimam mahoraganiṣevitam
mahānādam mahodadhim tīrthena eva abhigamya

33. Having approached that great ocean (mahodadhi), which resembles a dark cloud and is frequented by colossal serpents, and which possesses a mighty roar, indeed by way of a ford (tīrtha).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that

• कालमेघप्रतिमम् (kālameghapratimam) - resembling a dark cloud

• महोरगनिषेवितम् (mahoraganiṣevitam) - frequented by great serpents

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached

• महानादम् (mahānādam) - having a great roar/sound

• तीर्थेन (tīrthena) - by a ford, by a sacred bathing place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• महोदधिम् (mahodadhim) - the great ocean

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कालमेघप्रतिमम् (kālameghapratimam) - resembling a dark cloud

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālameghapratima

kālameghapratima - resembling a dark cloud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kālamegha+pratima)

• kālamegha – dark cloud
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – resembling, likeness
  adjective (masculine)

महोरगनिषेवितम् (mahoraganiṣevitam) - frequented by great serpents

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahoraganiṣevita

mahoraganiṣevita - frequented or inhabited by great serpents

Past Passive Participle

From √sev with prefix ni-, compounded with mahoraga.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahoraga+niṣevita)

• mahoraga – great serpent
  noun (masculine)
• niṣevita – served, frequented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √sev with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sev (class 1)

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √gam with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

महानादम् (mahānādam) - having a great roar/sound

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahānāda

mahānāda - great sound, mighty roar

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nāda)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• nāda – sound, roar
  noun (masculine)

तीर्थेन (tīrthena) - by a ford, by a sacred bathing place

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tīrtha

tīrtha - ford, bathing place, sacred place

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

महोदधिम् (mahodadhim) - the great ocean

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+udadhi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)