वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-57, verse-13

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जानामि वारुणाल् लोकान् विष्णोस्त्रैविक्रमानपि ।
देवासुरविमर्दांश्च अमृतस्य च मन्थनम् ॥१३॥

13. jānāmi vāruṇāl lokān viṣṇostraivikramānapi ,
devāsuravimardāṃśca amṛtasya ca manthanam.

13. jānāmi vāruṇāt lokān viṣṇoḥ traivikramān api
devāsuravimardān ca amṛtasya ca manthanam

13. I am aware of the worlds of (the god) Varuna, and also the three strides (traivikrama) of Vishnu, as well as the conflicts between gods and asuras, and the churning of the deathless nectar (amṛta).

Words meanings summery:

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जानामि (jānāmi) - I am aware of (I know, I understand)

वारुणात् (vāruṇāt) - of (the god) Varuna (of Varuna, related to Varuna)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, regions)

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Vishnu

त्रैविक्रमान् (traivikramān) - the three strides (traivikrama) (the three steps (of Vishnu))

अपि (api) - and also (also, even, too)

देवासुरविमर्दान् (devāsuravimardān) - conflicts between gods and asuras (conflicts of gods and asuras)

च (ca) - as well as (and)

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of the deathless nectar (amṛta) (of ambrosia, of immortality, of nectar)

च (ca) - and

मन्थनम् (manthanam) - the churning (churning, agitating)

Words meanings and morphology

जानामि (jānāmi) - I am aware of (I know, I understand)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Present tense

Root √jñā, 9th class, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular

Root: jñā (class 9)

वारुणात् (vāruṇāt) - of (the god) Varuna (of Varuna, related to Varuna)

(adjective)

Ablative, singular of vāruṇa

vāruṇa - relating to Varuna, belonging to Varuna

Derived from 'varuṇa' with aṇ suffix.

Note: Although 'vāruṇa' is an adjective, it is used here to describe 'lokān' (worlds). It takes ablative case to indicate source or association.

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds (worlds, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, region, realm, people

Root: lok (class 1)

Note: Object of 'jānāmi'.

विष्णोः (viṣṇoḥ) - of Vishnu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (a major Hindu deity)

त्रैविक्रमान् (traivikramān) - the three strides (traivikrama) (the three steps (of Vishnu))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of traivikrama

traivikrama - relating to Vishnu's three steps; the three steps of Vishnu

Derived from 'trikrama' (three steps) or directly indicating the three strides of Vishnu, often referring to a specific mythological event.

Note: Object of 'jānāmi'.

अपि (api) - and also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an emphatic particle meaning 'also'.

देवासुरविमर्दान् (devāsuravimardān) - conflicts between gods and asuras (conflicts of gods and asuras)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of devāsuravimarda

devāsuravimarda - conflict/struggle between gods (devas) and asuras

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+asura+vimarda)

deva – god, deity
noun (masculine)
Root: div (class 1)
asura – demon, titan (opponent of gods)
noun (masculine)
Root: as
vimarda – conflict, struggle, destruction, crushing
noun (masculine)
From √mṛd with upasarga 'vi'
Prefix: vi
Root: mṛd (class 9)

Note: Object of 'jānāmi'.

च (ca) - as well as (and)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Connects 'traivikramān' and 'devāsuravimardān'.

अमृतस्य (amṛtasya) - of the deathless nectar (amṛta) (of ambrosia, of immortality, of nectar)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of amṛta

amṛta - immortal, deathless; nectar of immortality, ambrosia

negation of mṛta (dead)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mṛta)