वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-5

पृथिव्यम्बुचरा राम नानानगनिवासिनः ।
कोट्यग्रश इमे प्राप्ता वानरास्तव किंकराः ॥५॥

5. pṛthivyambucarā rāma nānānaganivāsinaḥ ,
koṭyagraśa ime prāptā vānarāstava kiṃkarāḥ.

5. pṛthivyambucarāḥ rāma nānānaganivāsinaḥ
koṭyagraśaḥ ime prāptāḥ vānarāḥ tava kiṃkarāḥ

5. rāma,
tava ime pṛthivyambucarāḥ nānānaganivāsinaḥ kiṃkarāḥ vānarāḥ koṭyagraśaḥ prāptāḥ

5. O Rama, these monkeys, your servants, who traverse both land and water and reside in various mountains, have arrived in numbers reaching millions.

Words meanings summery:

• पृथिव्यम्बुचराः (pṛthivyambucarāḥ) - who traverse both land and water (moving on land and water)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (proper name))

• नानानगनिवासिनः (nānānaganivāsinaḥ) - who reside in various mountains (dwelling in various mountains)

• कोट्यग्रशः (koṭyagraśaḥ) - in numbers reaching millions (in groups of tens of millions, by crores, in large numbers)

• इमे (ime) - these (referring to the monkeys) (these)

• प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - have arrived (arrived, attained, reached)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - these monkeys (monkeys)

• तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

• किंकराः (kiṁkarāḥ) - servants (servants, attendants)

Words meanings and morphology

पृथिव्यम्बुचराः (pṛthivyambucarāḥ) - who traverse both land and water (moving on land and water)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛthivyambucara

pṛthivyambucara - moving on land and in water, amphibious

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (pṛthivī+ambu+cara)

• pṛthivī – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, roaming
  adjective
  From root `car` (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vānarāḥ`.

राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (proper name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - a proper name, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu

नानानगनिवासिनः (nānānaganivāsinaḥ) - who reside in various mountains (dwelling in various mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nānānaganivāsin

nānānaganivāsin - dwelling in different mountains

Compound type : tatpurusha (nānā+naga+nivāsin)

• nānā – various, diverse, manifold
  indeclinable
• naga – mountain, tree
  noun (masculine)
  Literally 'not moving' (`na` + `ga`).
  Root: gam (class 1)
• nivāsin – dwelling, residing, inhabitant
  adjective
  Agent noun from `ni-vas` (to dwell).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vānarāḥ`.

कोट्यग्रशः (koṭyagraśaḥ) - in numbers reaching millions (in groups of tens of millions, by crores, in large numbers)

(indeclinable)

Compound formed with `śas` suffix indicating distribution or number.

Compound type : tatpurusha (koṭi+agra+śas)

• koṭi – crore (ten million), edge, point
  noun (feminine)
• agra – front, tip, chief, foremost
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts adverbially, specifying the number of arriving monkeys.

इमे (ime) - these (referring to the monkeys) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the subject.

प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - have arrived (arrived, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, attained, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Formed from prefix `pra` + root `āp` (to obtain, reach) + suffix `kta`.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicate of `vānarāḥ`.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - these monkeys (monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

तव (tava) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Possessive, refers to Rama.

किंकराः (kiṁkarāḥ) - servants (servants, attendants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kiṃkara

kiṁkara - servant, attendant, slave (literally 'what do I do?')

Compound of `kim` (what) + `kara` (doer).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+kara)

• kim – what, which, why
  interrogative pronoun
• kara – doer, maker, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root `kṛ` (to do).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies `vānarāḥ`.

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