वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-6

शाद्वलानि च नीलानि गन्धवन्ति वनानि च ।
गण्डवन्ति च मध्येन जगाम नगवन्ति च ॥६॥

6. śādvalāni ca nīlāni gandhavanti vanāni ca ,
gaṇḍavanti ca madhyena jagāma nagavanti ca.

6. śādvalāni ca nīlāni gandhavanti vanāni ca |
gaṇḍavanti ca madhyena jagāma nagavanti ca

6. saḥ madhyena śādvalāni nīlāni gandhavanti
vanāni ca gaṇḍavanti ca nagavanti ca jagāma

6. He passed through the midst of green, verdant, and fragrant forests, and regions adorned with prominent features and mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• शाद्वलानि (śādvalāni) - green pastures, grassy fields

• च (ca) - and, also

• नीलानि (nīlāni) - dark green, verdant (referring to vegetation) (blue, dark, dark-green, verdant)

• गन्धवन्ति (gandhavanti) - fragrant, odoriferous

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods, groves

• च (ca) - and, also

• गण्डवन्ति (gaṇḍavanti) - referring to lands having prominent features like hills or rocks (having cheeks; having protuberances, prominent features, rocks)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle, in the midst of

• जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

• नगवन्ति (nagavanti) - having mountains, full of trees

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

शाद्वलानि (śādvalāni) - green pastures, grassy fields

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śādvala

śādvala - green, grassy; green pasture, meadow

Note: Acts as an adjective describing the terrain traversed.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नीलानि (nīlāni) - dark green, verdant (referring to vegetation) (blue, dark, dark-green, verdant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nīla

nīla - blue, dark, black, dark-green

गन्धवन्ति (gandhavanti) - fragrant, odoriferous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gandhavat

gandhavat - fragrant, odoriferous

possessive suffix -vat

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods, groves

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

गण्डवन्ति (gaṇḍavanti) - referring to lands having prominent features like hills or rocks (having cheeks; having protuberances, prominent features, rocks)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gaṇḍavat

gaṇḍavat - having cheeks; having protuberances, prominent features, rocks

possessive suffix -vat

Note: Used here to describe regions or places with distinctive geological features.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मध्येन (madhyena) - through the middle, in the midst of

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, central; midst, center

Note: Used adverbially.

जगाम (jagāma) - went, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of gam

perfect tense, parasmaipada

reduplication, 3rd singular

Root: gam (class 1)

नगवन्ति (nagavanti) - having mountains, full of trees

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nagavat

nagavat - having mountains; full of trees

possessive suffix -vat

Note: Refers to areas with mountains or numerous trees.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)