वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-40, verse-10

मेखलानुत्कलांश्चैव दशार्णनगराण्यपि ।
अवन्तीमभ्रवन्तीं च सर्वमेवानुपश्यत ॥१०॥

10. mekhalānutkalāṃścaiva daśārṇanagarāṇyapi ,
avantīmabhravantīṃ ca sarvamevānupaśyata.

10. mekhalān utkalān ca eva daśārṇanagarāṇi api
avantīm abhravantīm ca sarvam eva anupaśyata

10. sarvam eva mekhalān utkalān ca eva daśārṇanagarāṇi
api avantīm ca abhravantīm anupaśyata

10. You should indeed observe all of these: the Mekhalas, and also the Utkalas, and the cities of Daśārṇa, as well as Avanti and Abhravanti.

Words meanings summery:

• मेखलान् (mekhalān) - the Mekhalas (a people/region)

• उत्कलान् (utkalān) - the Utkalas (a people/region)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, also

• दशार्णनगराणि (daśārṇanagarāṇi) - the cities of Daśārṇa

• अपि (api) - also, even

• अवन्तीम् (avantīm) - Avanti (a city/region)

• अभ्रवन्तीम् (abhravantīm) - Abhravanti (a city/region)

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of these places (all, the whole)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• अनुपश्यत (anupaśyata) - you (plural) should observe/see

Words meanings and morphology

मेखलान् (mekhalān) - the Mekhalas (a people/region)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mekhala

mekhala - Mekhala (name of a people or a mountain range)

Note: Refers to the people or region.

उत्कलान् (utkalān) - the Utkalas (a people/region)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of utkala

utkala - Utkala (name of a country and its people, modern Odisha)

Note: Refers to the people or region.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, also

(indeclinable)

दशार्णनगराणि (daśārṇanagarāṇi) - the cities of Daśārṇa

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of daśārṇanagara

daśārṇanagara - cities of Daśārṇa (a country or region)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśārṇa+nagara)

• daśārṇa – Daśārṇa (name of a country or region, 'ten rivers')
  proper noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

अवन्तीम् (avantīm) - Avanti (a city/region)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of avantī

avantī - Avanti (name of an ancient kingdom and its capital Ujjain)

अभ्रवन्तीम् (abhravantīm) - Abhravanti (a city/region)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of abhravantī

abhravantī - Abhravanti (name of a river or country, perhaps a variant of Avanti)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of these places (all, the whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Refers to all the mentioned places.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अनुपश्यत (anupaśyata) - you (plural) should observe/see

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (lot) of anupaśya

imperative

From root dṛś (to see) with prefix anu. 2nd person plural imperative.

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'you all'.

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