वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-44, verse-6

पश्चिमां तु दिशं घोरां सुषेणः प्लवगेश्वरः ।
प्रतस्थे हरिशार्दूलो भृशं वरुणपालिताम् ॥६॥

6. paścimāṃ tu diśaṃ ghorāṃ suṣeṇaḥ plavageśvaraḥ ,
pratasthe hariśārdūlo bhṛśaṃ varuṇapālitām.

6. paścimām tu diśam ghorām suṣeṇaḥ plavageśvaraḥ
pratasthe hariśārdūlaḥ bhṛśam varuṇapālitām

6. tu suṣeṇaḥ plavageśvaraḥ hariśārdūlaḥ bhṛśam
varuṇapālitām ghorām paścimām diśam pratasthe

6. But Suṣeṇa, the chief of monkeys, a tiger among them, set out towards the formidable western direction, which is greatly guarded by Varuṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - western (western, last, hindmost)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

• घोराम् (ghorām) - formidable (dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful)

• सुषेणः (suṣeṇaḥ) - Suṣeṇa (a specific monkey chief) (Suṣeṇa (proper name))

• प्लवगेश्वरः (plavageśvaraḥ) - chief of monkeys (chief of monkeys, lord of monkeys)

• प्रतस्थे (pratasthe) - set out (he set out, proceeded)

• हरिशार्दूलः (hariśārdūlaḥ) - a tiger among monkeys (an epithet for an excellent monkey warrior) (tiger among monkeys, excellent monkey)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

• वरुणपालिताम् (varuṇapālitām) - greatly guarded by Varuṇa (protected by Varuṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - western (western, last, hindmost)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paścima

paścima - western, last, hindmost

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

घोराम् (ghorām) - formidable (dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful

सुषेणः (suṣeṇaḥ) - Suṣeṇa (a specific monkey chief) (Suṣeṇa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suṣeṇa

suṣeṇa - Suṣeṇa (proper name of a monkey chief)

प्लवगेश्वरः (plavageśvaraḥ) - chief of monkeys (chief of monkeys, lord of monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of plavageśvara

plavageśvara - chief of monkeys, lord of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (plavaga+īśvara)

• plavaga – monkey
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• īśvara – lord, master, chief
  noun (masculine)

प्रतस्थे (pratasthe) - set out (he set out, proceeded)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pra-sthā

Perfect tense

Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, perfect tense

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

हरिशार्दूलः (hariśārdūlaḥ) - a tiger among monkeys (an epithet for an excellent monkey warrior) (tiger among monkeys, excellent monkey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariśārdūla

hariśārdūla - tiger among monkeys, excellent monkey (figurative)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śārdūla)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, exceedingly, very much)

(indeclinable)

वरुणपालिताम् (varuṇapālitām) - greatly guarded by Varuṇa (protected by Varuṇa)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of varuṇapālita

varuṇapālita - protected or governed by Varuṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varuṇa+pālita)

• varuṇa – Varuṇa (Vedic deity of waters and cosmic order)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pālita – protected, guarded, governed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root PĀL (to protect) + past passive participle suffix -ta
  Root: pāl (class 10)

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