वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-53

तेषां नो विप्रनष्टानां विन्ध्ये पर्वतसत्तमे ।
भृशं शोकपरीतनामहोरात्रगणा गताः ॥५३॥

53. teṣāṃ no vipranaṣṭānāṃ vindhye parvatasattame ,
bhṛśaṃ śokaparītanāmahorātragaṇā gatāḥ.

53. teṣām naḥ vipranaṣṭānām vindhye parvatasattame
bhṛśam śokaparītānām ahorātragaṇāḥ gatāḥ

53. parvatasattame vindhye vipranaṣṭānām bhṛśam
śokaparītānām teṣām naḥ ahorātragaṇāḥ gatāḥ

53. For us, who are utterly lost in the most excellent Vindhya mountain, and deeply overcome by sorrow, many days and nights have passed.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (referring to the distressed monkeys) (of them, to them, their)

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, of us, our

• विप्रनष्टानाम् (vipranaṣṭānām) - of those utterly lost, of the greatly distressed

• विन्ध्ये (vindhye) - in Vindhya, on the Vindhya mountain

• पर्वतसत्तमे (parvatasattame) - in the most excellent of mountains (referring to Vindhya) (in the most excellent mountain, in the best of mountains)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, deeply, intensely, very much

• शोकपरीतानाम् (śokaparītānām) - of those overcome by sorrow, of the sorrow-stricken

• अहोरात्रगणाः (ahorātragaṇāḥ) - many days and nights, groups of days and nights

• गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, passed, elapsed

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (referring to the distressed monkeys) (of them, to them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

विप्रनष्टानाम् (vipranaṣṭānām) - of those utterly lost, of the greatly distressed

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vipranaṣṭa

vipranaṣṭa - utterly lost, greatly distressed, perished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √naś (to perish, to be lost) with prefixes vi- and pra-.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: naś (class 4)

विन्ध्ये (vindhye) - in Vindhya, on the Vindhya mountain

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vindhya

vindhya - Vindhya (a mountain range in central India)

पर्वतसत्तमे (parvatasattame) - in the most excellent of mountains (referring to Vindhya) (in the most excellent mountain, in the best of mountains)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of parvatasattama

parvatasattama - most excellent mountain

Superlative compound of parvata and sattama.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parvata+sattama)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – most excellent, best
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama.

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, deeply, intensely, very much

(indeclinable)

शोकपरीतानाम् (śokaparītānām) - of those overcome by sorrow, of the sorrow-stricken

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śokaparīta

śokaparīta - overcome by sorrow, afflicted with grief

Past Passive Participle

Compound of śoka (sorrow) and parīta (surrounded, overcome), itself a PPP from √i with pari-.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+parīta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• parīta – surrounded, encompassed, overcome
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √i (to go) with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

अहोरात्रगणाः (ahorātragaṇāḥ) - many days and nights, groups of days and nights

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ahorātragaṇa

ahorātragaṇa - a multitude of days and nights

Compound of ahorātra (day and night) and gaṇa (group, multitude).

Compound type : dvandva / tatpuruṣa (ahorātra+gaṇa)

• ahorātra – day and night
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of ahan (day) and rātri (night).
• gaṇa – group, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)

गताः (gatāḥ) - gone, passed, elapsed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, passed, arrived, gone to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

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