वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-58, verse-14

तत्र सत्त्वसहस्राणां सागरान्तरचारिणाम् ।
पन्थानमेको ऽध्यवसं संनिरोद्धुमवाङ्मुखः ॥१४॥

14. tatra sattvasahasrāṇāṃ sāgarāntaracāriṇām ,
panthānameko'dhyavasaṃ saṃniroddhumavāṅmukhaḥ.

14. tatra sattvasahasrāṇām sāgarāntaracāriṇām
panthānam ekaḥ adhyavasaṃ saṃniroddhum avāṅmukhaḥ

14. ekaḥ avāṅmukhaḥ tatra sāgarāntaracāriṇām
sattvasahasrāṇām panthānam saṃniroddhum adhyavasaṃ

14. There, with my face turned downwards, I alone resolved to obstruct the path of thousands of creatures (sattva) that traverse the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सत्त्वसहस्राणाम् (sattvasahasrāṇām) - of thousands of beings/creatures

• सागरान्तरचारिणाम् (sāgarāntaracāriṇām) - of those moving within the ocean

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way, road

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary, by oneself

• अध्यवसं (adhyavasaṁ) - I resolved, I determined, I undertook

• संनिरोद्धुम् (saṁniroddhum) - to obstruct, to block, to hinder

• अवाङ्मुखः (avāṅmukhaḥ) - face downwards, with face turned down

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सत्त्वसहस्राणाम् (sattvasahasrāṇām) - of thousands of beings/creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sattvasahasra

sattvasahasra - thousand of beings

Compound type : tatpurusha (sattva+sahasra)

• sattva – being, creature, essence, reality, goodness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

सागरान्तरचारिणाम् (sāgarāntaracāriṇām) - of those moving within the ocean

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sāgarāntaracārin

sāgarāntaracārin - moving within the ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (sāgara+antara+cārin)

• sāgara – ocean
  noun (masculine)
• antara – within, interior, middle
  indeclinable (neuter)
• cārin – moving, going, traversing
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Agent Noun / Adjective
  Derived from root car (to move) with suffix -in.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sattvasahasrāṇām'.

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way, road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary, by oneself

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, alone, single, solitary

Note: Refers to the speaker.

अध्यवसं (adhyavasaṁ) - I resolved, I determined, I undertook

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Aorist (luṅ) of adhyavasā

Root 'so' with prefixes 'adhi' and 'ava'.

Prefixes: adhi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

संनिरोद्धुम् (saṁniroddhum) - to obstruct, to block, to hinder

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root 'rudh' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: rudh (class 7)

अवाङ्मुखः (avāṅmukhaḥ) - face downwards, with face turned down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avāṅmukha

avāṅmukha - having the face downwards

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avāñc+mukha)

• avāñc – downwards, turned downwards
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with the implicit subject 'I'.

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