वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-46, verse-2

सरांसि सरितः कक्षानाकाशं नगराणि च ।
नदीदुर्गांस्तथा शैलान् विचिन्वन्ति समन्ततः ॥२॥

2. sarāṃsi saritaḥ kakṣānākāśaṃ nagarāṇi ca ,
nadīdurgāṃstathā śailān vicinvanti samantataḥ.

2. sarāṃsi saritaḥ kakṣān ākāśam nagarāṇi ca
nadīdurgān tathā śailān vicinvanti samantataḥ

2. They searched everywhere for lakes, rivers, thickets, the sky, cities, river-forts, and mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes (lakes, ponds)

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

• कक्षान् (kakṣān) - thickets (thickets, forests, regions)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, ether, space)

• नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities (cities, towns)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• नदीदुर्गान् (nadīdurgān) - river-forts (river-forts, impassable places protected by rivers)

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, likewise, and also)

• शैलान् (śailān) - mountains (mountains, rocks)

• विचिन्वन्ति (vicinvanti) - they search (they search, they seek, they investigate)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - everywhere (on all sides, everywhere, all around)

Words meanings and morphology

सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes (lakes, ponds)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Root: sṛ (class 1)

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

derived from √sṛ (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

कक्षान् (kakṣān) - thickets (thickets, forests, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kakṣā

kakṣā - forest, thicket, hidden place, region

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, ether, space)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

compound of ā + √kāś (to appear)

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities (cities, towns)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nagara

nagara - city, town

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

नदीदुर्गान् (nadīdurgān) - river-forts (river-forts, impassable places protected by rivers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nadīdurga

nadīdurga - a fortress protected by a river, an impassable river region

compound: nadī (river) + durga (fortress/difficult access)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+durga)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• durga – fortress, difficult to access place, stronghold
  noun (masculine)
  compound: dur (difficult) + ga (going)
  Prefix: dus
  Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, likewise, and also)

(indeclinable)

adverb

शैलान् (śailān) - mountains (mountains, rocks)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock, hill

derived from śilā (rock)

विचिन्वन्ति (vicinvanti) - they search (they search, they seek, they investigate)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of ci

present active

present tense, 3rd person plural active of vi-√ci

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - everywhere (on all sides, everywhere, all around)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas from samanta (all-sided)