वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-66, verse-20

असकृत्तैर्महाभागैर्वानरैर्बलसंयुतैः ।
प्रदक्षिणीकृता भूमिर्वायुमार्गानुसारिभिः ॥२०॥

20. asakṛttairmahābhāgairvānarairbalasaṃyutaiḥ ,
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā bhūmirvāyumārgānusāribhiḥ.

20. asakṛt taiḥ mahābhāgaiḥ vānaraiḥ balasaṃyutaiḥ
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā bhūmiḥ vāyumārgānusāribhiḥ

20. asakṛt taiḥ vānaraiḥ mahābhāgaiḥ balasaṃyutaiḥ
vāyumārgānusāribhiḥ bhūmiḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtā

20. By those greatly fortunate monkeys, who are endowed with strength and follow the path of the wind, the earth has been circumnavigated many times.

Words meanings summery:

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, many times, often

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those monkeys (by them)

• महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by the greatly fortunate ones, by the highly endowed ones

• वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by the monkeys

• बलसंयुतैः (balasaṁyutaiḥ) - by those endowed with strength

• प्रदक्षिणीकृता (pradakṣiṇīkṛtā) - circumnavigated, reverently circumambulated

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth, ground, land

• वायुमार्गानुसारिभिः (vāyumārgānusāribhiḥ) - by those following the path of the wind, by those moving in the air

Words meanings and morphology

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly, many times, often

(indeclinable)

a (negation) + sakṛt (once)

Note: Acts as an adverb.

तैः (taiḥ) - by those monkeys (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (pronoun)

Note: Refers to the monkeys from previous verses.

महाभागैः (mahābhāgaiḥ) - by the greatly fortunate ones, by the highly endowed ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, highly endowed, noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+bhāga)

• mahat – great, large, immense
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāga – share, portion, fortune
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vānaraiḥ'.

वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by the monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

बलसंयुतैः (balasaṁyutaiḥ) - by those endowed with strength

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of balasaṃyuta

balasaṁyuta - endowed with strength, powerful

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+saṃyuta)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• saṃyuta – joined, connected, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √yu (to join) with saṃ-prefix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vānaraiḥ'.

प्रदक्षिणीकृता (pradakṣiṇīkṛtā) - circumnavigated, reverently circumambulated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pradakṣiṇīkṛta

pradakṣiṇīkṛta - circumnavigated, reverently circumambulated, made a pradakṣiṇā of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pradakṣiṇīkṛ (to make pradakṣiṇā)

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'bhūmiḥ'.

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - the earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

Note: Subject of the passive construction.

वायुमार्गानुसारिभिः (vāyumārgānusāribhiḥ) - by those following the path of the wind, by those moving in the air

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāyumārgānusārin

vāyumārgānusārin - following the path of the wind, moving in the air

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+mārga+anusārin)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛg (class 2)
• anusārin – following, pursuing, moving along
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun derived from verb
  Derived from √sṛ (to go) with anu-prefix + -in pratyaya
  Prefix: anu
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vānaraiḥ'.

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