वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-27

कथयन्तीव चन्द्रेण सूर्येणेव सुवर्चला ।
मत्पृष्ठमधिरुह्य त्वं तराकाशमहार्णवम् ॥२७॥

27. kathayantīva candreṇa sūryeṇeva suvarcalā ,
matpṛṣṭhamadhiruhya tvaṃ tarākāśamahārṇavam.

27. kathayantī iva candreṇa sūryeṇa iva suvarcalā
mat-pṛṣṭham adhiruhya tvam tara ākāśa-mahā-arṇavam

27. candreṇa iva kathayantī sūryeṇa iva suvarcalā tvam
mat-pṛṣṭham adhiruhya ākāśa-mahā-arṇavam tara

27. You, shining brightly as if with the moon, and like Suvarcalā with the sun; having ascended my back, you will cross the great ocean of the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• कथयन्ती (kathayantī) - appearing radiant (with the moon) (speaking, telling, manifesting, appearing radiant)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• चन्द्रेण (candreṇa) - with the moon

• सूर्येण (sūryeṇa) - with the sun

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सुवर्चला (suvarcalā) - Suvarcalā (name of a wife of the Sun god) (Suvarcalā)

• मत्-पृष्ठम् (mat-pṛṣṭham) - my back

• अधिरुह्य (adhiruhya) - having ascended, having climbed upon

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तर (tara) - cross, pass over

• आकाश-महा-अर्णवम् (ākāśa-mahā-arṇavam) - the great ocean of the sky

Words meanings and morphology

कथयन्ती (kathayantī) - appearing radiant (with the moon) (speaking, telling, manifesting, appearing radiant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathay-at

kathay - to speak, to tell, to narrate, to manifest, to cause to appear

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the causative root katha (from kath)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Modifies `tvam` (you, Sītā).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रेण (candreṇa) - with the moon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of candra

candra - moon

Root: cand (class 1)

Note: Denotes association.

सूर्येण (sūryeṇa) - with the sun

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

Root: sū

Note: Denotes association.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सुवर्चला (suvarcalā) - Suvarcalā (name of a wife of the Sun god) (Suvarcalā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suvarcalā

suvarcalā - Suvarcalā (wife of the Sun-god), literally 'well-shining'

Note: Subject of comparison.

मत्-पृष्ठम् (mat-pṛṣṭham) - my back

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mat-pṛṣṭha

mat-pṛṣṭha - my back

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+pṛṣṭha)

• mad – my, of me (compound form of asmad)
  pronoun
  Compound form of the 1st person pronoun asmad (I)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛṣ

Note: Object of `adhiruhya`.

अधिरुह्य (adhiruhya) - having ascended, having climbed upon

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root ruh with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: ruh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Nominative singular of yuṣmad

Note: Subject of the imperative `tara`.

तर (tara) - cross, pass over

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tṛ

Imperative

Imperative 2nd person singular, from root tṛ

Root: tṛ (class 1)

आकाश-महा-अर्णवम् (ākāśa-mahā-arṇavam) - the great ocean of the sky

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa-mahā-arṇava

ākāśa-mahā-arṇava - the great ocean which is the sky (sky-great-ocean)

Karmadhāraya compound describing the sky as a great ocean.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ākāśa+mahā+arṇava)

• ākāśa – sky, ether, space
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  From mahat (great)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  From root ṛ (to go), related to water
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of `tara`.

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