वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-104, verse-26

जनः स सुमहांस्तत्र बालवृद्धसमाकुलः ।
ददर्श मैथिलीं तत्र प्रविशन्तीं हुताशनम् ॥२६॥

26. janaḥ sa sumahāṃstatra bālavṛddhasamākulaḥ ,
dadarśa maithilīṃ tatra praviśantīṃ hutāśanam.

26. janaḥ sa sumahān tatra bālavṛddhasamākulaḥ
dadarśa maithilīṃ tatra praviśantīṃ hutāśanam

26. tatra saḥ sumahān bālavṛddhasamākulaḥ janaḥ
tatra hutāśanam praviśantīṃ maithilīṃ dadarśa

26. That very large crowd there, teeming with children and elders, saw Maithili entering the sacred fire.

Words meanings summery:

• जनः (janaḥ) - the gathered assembly of onlookers (people, person, crowd)

• स (sa) - that, he

• सुमहान् (sumahān) - immense in size or number (of the crowd) (very great, very large, mighty)

• तत्र (tatra) - at that specific location where the fire ritual was taking place (there, in that place)

• बालवृद्धसमाकुलः (bālavṛddhasamākulaḥ) - the crowd was composed of all age groups, from children to elders (teeming with children and old people, crowded with young and old)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• मैथिलीं (maithilīṁ) - Sita, daughter of Janaka, king of Mithila (Maithili (Sita))

• तत्र (tatra) - at the specific location of the fire (there, in that place)

• प्रविशन्तीं (praviśantīṁ) - in the act of stepping into (the fire) (entering)

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the sacrificial fire that Sita was entering (the fire, the consumer of oblations)

Words meanings and morphology

जनः (janaḥ) - the gathered assembly of onlookers (people, person, crowd)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, man

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the gathering of people.

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of tad

Note: Refers to 'janaḥ'.

सुमहान् (sumahān) - immense in size or number (of the crowd) (very great, very large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, very large, mighty, excellent

Compound of 'su-' (very, good) and 'mahat' (great)

Compound type : Karmadharaya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  An adverbial prefix
• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'janaḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - at that specific location where the fire ritual was taking place (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the pronoun 'tad' with the suffix -tra

बालवृद्धसमाकुलः (bālavṛddhasamākulaḥ) - the crowd was composed of all age groups, from children to elders (teeming with children and old people, crowded with young and old)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bālavṛddhasamākula

bālavṛddhasamākula - crowded with children and old people

Compound meaning 'full of children and old people.'

Compound type : Tatpurusha (bāla+vṛddha+samākula)

• bāla – child, young, infant
  noun (masculine)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √vṛdh (to grow)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• samākula – crowded, filled with, agitated
  adjective
  From prefix sam- + ā- + root √kul (to gather, to crowd)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: kul (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'janaḥ'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense

Root √dṛś (class 1), 3rd person singular perfect active

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मैथिलीं (maithilīṁ) - Sita, daughter of Janaka, king of Mithila (Maithili (Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Sita (daughter of the king of Mithila)

Note: Object of 'dadarśa'.

तत्र (tatra) - at the specific location of the fire (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Formed from the pronoun 'tad' with the suffix -tra

प्रविशन्तीं (praviśantīṁ) - in the act of stepping into (the fire) (entering)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of praviśantī

praviśantī - one who is entering

Present Active Participle

Feminine accusative singular of present active participle of pra- + √viś (class 6)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'maithilīṃ'.

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the sacrificial fire that Sita was entering (the fire, the consumer of oblations)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (lit. 'he whose food is oblation')

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, oblation
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √hu (to offer, to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – food, eating
  noun (neuter)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Object of the participle 'praviśantīṃ'.