वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-58, verse-9

सागरो ऽप्यतियाद्वेलां मन्दरः प्रचलेदपि ।
न जाम्बवन्तं समरे कम्पयेदरिवाहिनी ॥९॥

9. sāgaro'pyatiyādvelāṃ mandaraḥ pracaledapi ,
na jāmbavantaṃ samare kampayedarivāhinī.

9. sāgaraḥ api atiyāt velām mandaraḥ pracalet
api na jāmbavantam samare kampayet arivāhinī

9. sāgaraḥ api velām atiyāt,
mandaraḥ api pracalet; (किन्तु) arivāhinī samare jāmbavantam na kampayet

9. Even the ocean might exceed its boundaries, and Mount Mandara might shift, but an army of enemies would not be able to make Jambavan waver in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - the ocean

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अतियात् (atiyāt) - might transgress, might pass beyond

• वेलाम् (velām) - shore, boundary

• मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mount Mandara

• प्रचलेत् (pracalet) - might move, might shake

• अपि (api) - even, also

• न (na) - not

• जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan

• समरे (samare) - in battle

• कम्पयेत् (kampayet) - would cause to shake, would make waver

• अरिवाहिनी (arivāhinī) - army of enemies

Words meanings and morphology

सागरः (sāgaraḥ) - the ocean

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Note: subject of 'atiyāt'

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अतियात् (atiyāt) - might transgress, might pass beyond

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of atii

Optative Active

ati + √i (to go)

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

वेलाम् (velām) - shore, boundary

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - shore, boundary, limit, time

Note: object of 'atiyāt'

मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mount Mandara

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mount Mandara (a mythical mountain)

Note: subject of 'pracalet'

प्रचलेत् (pracalet) - might move, might shake

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pracal

Optative Active

pra + √cal (to move)

Prefix: pra

Root: cal (class 1)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: negates 'kampayet'

जाम्बवन्तम् (jāmbavantam) - Jambavan

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāmbavat

jāmbavat - Jambavan (king of bears, a character in Ramayana)

Note: object of 'kampayet'

समरे (samare) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, conflict, war

कम्पयेत् (kampayet) - would cause to shake, would make waver

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kamp

Causative Optative Active

causative of √kamp (to tremble)

Root: kamp (class 1)

अरिवाहिनी (arivāhinī) - army of enemies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of arivāhinī

arivāhinī - army of enemies

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ari+vāhinī)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – army, host
  noun (feminine)
  from √vah (to carry, lead)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: subject of 'kampayet'

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