वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-51, verse-4

राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः ।
रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान्प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम् ॥४॥

4. rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ ,
rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmānpraviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam.

4. rājā sarvasya lokasya mahendravaruṇopamaḥ
rāmaḥ dāśarathiḥ śrīmān praviṣṭaḥ daṇḍakāvanam

4. King Rāma, the glorious son of Daśaratha, who is like Mahendra and Varuṇa and rules over all the worlds, entered the Daṇḍaka forest.

Words meanings summery:

• राजा (rājā) - king

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

• महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः (mahendravaruṇopamaḥ) - comparable to Mahendra (Indra) and Varuṇa

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• दाशरथिः (dāśarathiḥ) - son of Daśaratha

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - glorious, endowed with fortune

• प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered

• दण्डकावनम् (daṇḍakāvanam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

Words meanings and morphology

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, folk

महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः (mahendravaruṇopamaḥ) - comparable to Mahendra (Indra) and Varuṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahendravaruṇopama

mahendravaruṇopama - like Mahendra and Varuṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahendra+varuṇa+upama)

• mahendra – Mahendra (the great Indra), king of the gods
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) and indra (Indra)
• varuṇa – Varuṇa (Vedic deity associated with cosmic order, waters, and sky)
  proper noun (masculine)
• upama – like, similar, comparable
  adjective

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha)

दाशरथिः (dāśarathiḥ) - son of Daśaratha

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāśarathi

dāśarathi - son or descendant of Daśaratha

Patronymic from Daśaratha

श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - glorious, endowed with fortune

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate, endowed with prosperity

Possessive suffix -mat added to śrī

प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, initiated

Past Passive Participle

From pra + root viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

दण्डकावनम् (daṇḍakāvanam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāvana

daṇḍakāvana - Daṇḍaka forest (a large forest mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍaka+avana)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a forest and region in ancient India)
  proper noun (neuter)
• avana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

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