वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-44, verse-13

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अहं योजनसंख्यायाः प्लविता नात्र संशयः ।
शतं योजनसंख्यायाः शतं समधिकं ह्यहम् ॥१३॥

13. ahaṃ yojanasaṃkhyāyāḥ plavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ ,
śataṃ yojanasaṃkhyāyāḥ śataṃ samadhikaṃ hyaham.

13. aham yojana-saṃkhyāyāḥ plavitā na atra saṃśayaḥ
śatam yojana-saṃkhyāyāḥ śatam samadhikam hi aham

13. I am capable of leaping a distance of many yojanas; there is no doubt about this. Indeed, I can leap a hundred yojanas, and even more than a hundred.

Words meanings summery:

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अहम् (aham) - I

योजन-संख्यायाः (yojana-saṁkhyāyāḥ) - of a distance measured in yojanas (of the number of yojanas, of a count of yojanas)

प्लविता (plavitā) - a jumper (capable of leaping) (one who has leaped, a jumper)

न (na) - no (not, no)

अत्र (atra) - about this (matter) (here, in this place, in this matter)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (hundred)

योजन-संख्यायाः (yojana-saṁkhyāyāḥ) - of a distance measured in yojanas (of the number of yojanas, of a count of yojanas)

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (hundred)

समधिकम् (samadhikam) - more than (a hundred) (more, in excess, greater)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

योजन-संख्यायाः (yojana-saṁkhyāyāḥ) - of a distance measured in yojanas (of the number of yojanas, of a count of yojanas)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yojana-saṃkhyā

yojana-saṁkhyā - a number of yojanas, measurement in yojanas

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (yojana+saṃkhyā)

yojana – yojana (a unit of distance, roughly 8-10 miles), joining, team
noun (neuter)
Root: yuj (class 7)
saṃkhyā – number, count, calculation, enumeration
noun (feminine)
From √khyā (to tell, relate) with prefix sam.
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Specifies the extent or measure.

प्लविता (plavitā) - a jumper (capable of leaping) (one who has leaped, a jumper)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plavita

plavita - leaped, jumped, floated, swum; a jumper (agent noun)

Past Passive Participle (when used adjectivally), Agent noun (when nominalized)

From √plu (to float, swim, leap) + kta. Here used as a nominalized form.

Root: plu (class 1)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - about this (matter) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Locative of the pronominal stem a- (referring to the matter discussed).

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From √śī (to lie) with prefix sam + a-suffix (karaṇa/bhāva).

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (hundred)

(numeral)

योजन-संख्यायाः (yojana-saṁkhyāyāḥ) - of a distance measured in yojanas (of the number of yojanas, of a count of yojanas)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of yojana-saṃkhyā

yojana-saṁkhyā - a number of yojanas, measurement in yojanas

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpurusha (yojana+saṃkhyā)

yojana – yojana (a unit of distance, roughly 8-10 miles), joining, team
noun (neuter)
Root: yuj (class 7)
saṃkhyā – number, count, calculation, enumeration
noun (feminine)
From √khyā (to tell, relate) with prefix sam.
Prefix: sam
Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Specifies the extent or measure for śatam.

शतम् (śatam) - a hundred (hundred)

(numeral)

समधिकम् (samadhikam) - more than (a hundred) (more, in excess, greater)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of samadhika

samadhika - additional, excessive, greater, more

Compound of sam (with) and adhika (excessive, superior).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sam+adhika)