वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-12, verse-4

अथाम्रवणसंछन्नां लताशतसमावृताम् ।
ज्यामुक्त इव नाराचः पुप्लुवे वृक्षवाटिकाम् ॥४॥

4. athāmravaṇasaṃchannāṃ latāśatasamāvṛtām ,
jyāmukta iva nārācaḥ pupluve vṛkṣavāṭikām.

4. atha āmravaṇasaṃchannām latāśatasamāvṛtām
jyāmuktaḥ iva nārācaḥ pupluve vṛkṣavāṭikām

4. atha saḥ nārācaḥ jyāmuktaḥ iva āmravaṇasaṃchannām
latāśatasamāvṛtām vṛkṣavāṭikām pupluve

4. Then, like an arrow released from a bowstring, he leaped towards the grove of trees, which was hidden by mango orchards and enveloped by hundreds of climbing plants.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• आम्रवणसंछन्नाम् (āmravaṇasaṁchannām) - hidden by mango orchards (covered/hidden by mango groves/forests)

• लताशतसमावृताम् (latāśatasamāvṛtām) - enveloped by hundreds of climbing plants (enveloped by hundreds of creepers/vines)

• ज्यामुक्तः (jyāmuktaḥ) - released from a bowstring

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

• नाराचः (nārācaḥ) - an arrow (an iron arrow, a particular type of arrow)

• पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - he leaped (he flew, he leaped, he jumped)

• वृक्षवाटिकाम् (vṛkṣavāṭikām) - the grove of trees (a garden of trees, a grove)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates sequence of events.

आम्रवणसंछन्नाम् (āmravaṇasaṁchannām) - hidden by mango orchards (covered/hidden by mango groves/forests)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āmravaṇasaṃchannā

āmravaṇasaṁchannā - covered by mango groves

Compound type : tatpurusha (āmravana+saṃchannā)

• āmravana – mango grove/forest
  noun (neuter)
• āmra – mango tree, mango fruit
  noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, grove, garden
  noun (neuter)
• saṃchannā – covered, hidden, enveloped
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root chad (to cover) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Describes 'vṛkṣavāṭikām'.

लताशतसमावृताम् (latāśatasamāvṛtām) - enveloped by hundreds of climbing plants (enveloped by hundreds of creepers/vines)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of latāśatasamāvṛtā

latāśatasamāvṛtā - enveloped by hundreds of creepers

Compound type : tatpurusha (latāśata+samāvṛtā)

• latāśata – hundreds of creepers
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, climbing plant
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• samāvṛtā – enveloped, surrounded, covered completely
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ (to cover) with prefixes sam- and ā-.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Describes 'vṛkṣavāṭikām'.

ज्यामुक्तः (jyāmuktaḥ) - released from a bowstring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jyāmukta

jyāmukta - released from a bowstring

Compound type : tatpurusha (jyā+mukta)

• jyā – bowstring
  noun (feminine)
• mukta – released, freed, discharged
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Describes 'nārācaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile.

नाराचः (nārācaḥ) - an arrow (an iron arrow, a particular type of arrow)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a metal arrow

Note: Subject of the simile, 'like an arrow'.

पुप्लुवे (pupluve) - he leaped (he flew, he leaped, he jumped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of plu

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (Liṭ-lakāra).

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: The main verb of the sentence.

वृक्षवाटिकाम् (vṛkṣavāṭikām) - the grove of trees (a garden of trees, a grove)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛkṣavāṭikā

vṛkṣavāṭikā - a garden of trees, a grove, an orchard

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛkṣa+vāṭikā)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• vāṭikā – garden, grove, enclosure
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of 'pupluve'.

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