वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-58, verse-15

तत्र कश्चिन्मया दृष्टः सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम् ।
स्त्रियमादाय गच्छन् वै भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः ॥१५॥

15. tatra kaścinmayā dṛṣṭaḥ sūryodayasamaprabhām ,
striyamādāya gacchan vai bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ.

15. tatra kaścit mayā dṛṣṭaḥ sūryodayasamaprabhām
striyam ādāya gacchan vai bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ

15. tatra mayā kaścit bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ
sūryodayasamaprabhām striyam ādāya gacchan dṛṣṭaḥ

15. There, I saw someone carrying a woman whose radiance was like the rising sun, while he himself resembled a mass of crushed collyrium.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, observed

• सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम् (sūryodayasamaprabhām) - having a splendor equal to the rising sun

• स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, female

• आदाय (ādāya) - taking, carrying, having taken

• गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, proceeding

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः (bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ) - like a heap of broken collyrium

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, a certain person

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, a certain person

Indefinite pronoun formed from interrogative pronoun 'kaḥ' and particle 'cid'.

Compound type : pronominal compound (kaḥ+cid)

• kaḥ – who?, what?
  pronoun (masculine)
• cid – a particle implying indefiniteness, 'some' or 'any'
  indeclinable

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I

Root form of the first person pronoun 'aham'.

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen, observed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kaścit'.

सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम् (sūryodayasamaprabhām) - having a splendor equal to the rising sun

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sūryodayasamaprabhā

sūryodayasamaprabhā - having the splendor of the rising sun

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sūryodaya+sama+prabhā)

• sūryodaya – sunrise, rising of the sun
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• prabhā – splendor, light, radiance
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'striyam'.

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - woman, female

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

आदाय (ādāya) - taking, carrying, having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Indeclinable participle formed from root 'dā' (to give/take) with prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

गच्छन् (gacchan) - going, moving, proceeding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gacchant

gacchant - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kaścit'.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः (bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ) - like a heap of broken collyrium

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnāñjanacayopama

bhinnāñjanacayopama - resembling a mass of crushed collyrium

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhinnāñjana+caya+upama)

• bhinnāñjana – broken collyrium
  noun (neuter)
• caya – heap, mass, collection
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, similar, like
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'kaścit'.

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