वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-4, chapter-66, verse-8
उत्सहेयं हि विस्तीर्णमालिखन्तमिवाम्बरम् ।
मेरुं गिरिमसंगेन परिगन्तुं सहस्रशः ॥८॥
मेरुं गिरिमसंगेन परिगन्तुं सहस्रशः ॥८॥
8. utsaheyaṃ hi vistīrṇamālikhantamivāmbaram ,
meruṃ girimasaṃgena parigantuṃ sahasraśaḥ.
meruṃ girimasaṃgena parigantuṃ sahasraśaḥ.
8.
utsayeyam hi vistīrṇam ālikhantam iva ambaram
merum girim asaṅgena parigantum sahasraśaḥ
merum girim asaṅgena parigantum sahasraśaḥ
8.
Indeed, I am capable of circling Mount Meru thousands of times without impediment, though it seems to scratch the vast sky.
Words meanings summery:
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- उत्सयेयम् (utsayeyam) - I would be able, I might be able, I am capable
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
- विस्तीर्णम् (vistīrṇam) - the vast sky (vast, extensive, wide)
- आलिखन्तम् (ālikhantam) - appearing to scratch (the sky) (scratching, drawing, touching)
- इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to
- अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere
- मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru
- गिरिम् (girim) - mountain, hill
- असङ्गेन (asaṅgena) - unimpeded, without obstruction, without attachment
- परिगन्तुम् (parigantum) - to go around, to encircle, to traverse
- सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, thousands of times
Words meanings and morphology
उत्सयेयम् (utsayeyam) - I would be able, I might be able, I am capable
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of utsāh
Prefix: ut
Root: sah (class 1)
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for
(indeclinable)
विस्तीर्णम् (vistīrṇam) - the vast sky (vast, extensive, wide)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of vistīrṇa
vistīrṇa - extensive, wide, vast
Past Passive Participle
Derived from vi-stṛ (to spread out)
Prefix: vi
Root: stṛ
आलिखन्तम् (ālikhantam) - appearing to scratch (the sky) (scratching, drawing, touching)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ālikhant
ālikhant - scratching, drawing, touching
Present Active Participle
Derived from ā-likh (to scratch, to write)
Prefix: ā
Root: likh (class 6)
इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to
(indeclinable)
अम्बरम् (ambaram) - sky, atmosphere
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara
ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment
मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of meru
meru - Meru (a mythical mountain, center of the universe)
गिरिम् (girim) - mountain, hill
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of giri
giri - mountain, hill
असङ्गेन (asaṅgena) - unimpeded, without obstruction, without attachment
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of asaṅga
asaṅga - non-attachment, non-hindrance, unimpeded
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṅga)
- a – not, non-
prefix - saṅga – attachment, contact, hindrance
noun (masculine)
Root: sañj (class 1)
परिगन्तुम् (parigantum) - to go around, to encircle, to traverse
(indeclinable)
Infinitive
Infinitive form of pari-gam
Prefix: pari
Root: gam (class 1)
सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, thousands of times
(indeclinable)