वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-44, verse-14

भूतले सागरे वापि शैलेषु च वनेषु च ।
पातालस्यापि वा मध्ये न ममाच्छिद्यते गतिः ॥१४॥

14. bhūtale sāgare vāpi śaileṣu ca vaneṣu ca ,
pātālasyāpi vā madhye na mamācchidyate gatiḥ.

14. bhūtale sāgare vā api śaileṣu ca vaneṣu ca
pātālasya api vā madhye na mama acchidyate gatiḥ

14. Whether on the earth, in the ocean, in the mountains, or in the forests; or even deep within patala (the netherworld), my movement is never obstructed.

Words meanings summery:

• भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• शैलेषु (śaileṣu) - in the mountains (in the mountains, on the rocks)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests (in the forests, in the groves)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पातालस्य (pātālasya) - of patala (the netherworld)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• मध्ये (madhye) - deep within (in the middle, in the midst, within)

• न (na) - never (not, no)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• अच्छिद्यते (acchidyate) - is not obstructed (is not obstructed, is not cut off, is not interrupted)

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement (movement, path, course, destiny, state)

Words meanings and morphology

भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - the surface of the earth, ground, earth

Compound of bhū (earth) and tala (surface).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground, sole
  noun (neuter)

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean (in the ocean, in the sea)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

शैलेषु (śaileṣu) - in the mountains (in the mountains, on the rocks)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, hill, stony

From śilā (rock) or śīla (peak).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests (in the forests, in the groves)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पातालस्य (pātālasya) - of patala (the netherworld)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - the netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth

Note: Possessive, governing madhye.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

मध्ये (madhye) - deep within (in the middle, in the midst, within)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

न (na) - never (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Pronominal stem for first person.

Note: Possessive.

अच्छिद्यते (acchidyate) - is not obstructed (is not obstructed, is not cut off, is not interrupted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of chid

Present Tense, 3rd person singular, passive voice

Passive form of verb root √chid (class 7) with prefix ā. Here, the 'a' in 'acchidyate' is from the prefix 'ā', not a negative prefix. The negation is from 'na'.

Prefix: ā

Root: chid (class 7)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - movement (movement, path, course, destiny, state)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, access, means, destiny

From root √gam (to go) + kti suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb acchidyate.

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