वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-108, verse-12

अकाले पुष्पशबलाः फलवन्तश्च पादपाः ।
भविष्यन्ति महेष्वास नद्यश्च सलिलायुताः ॥१२॥

12. akāle puṣpaśabalāḥ phalavantaśca pādapāḥ ,
bhaviṣyanti maheṣvāsa nadyaśca salilāyutāḥ.

12. akāle puṣpaśabalāḥ phalavantaḥ ca pādapāḥ
bhaviṣyanti maheṣvāsa nadyaḥ ca salilāyutāḥ

12. maheṣvāsa akāle pādapāḥ puṣpaśabalāḥ ca phalavantaḥ
bhaviṣyanti ca nadyaḥ salilāyutāḥ (bhaviṣyanti)

12. O great archer, trees will become colorful with flowers and bear fruit out of season, and rivers will be full of water.

Words meanings summery:

• अकाले (akāle) - out of season, at the wrong time

• पुष्पशबलाः (puṣpaśabalāḥ) - colorful with flowers, variegated with flowers

• फलवन्तः (phalavantaḥ) - fruitful, bearing fruit

• च (ca) - and, also

• पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

• महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O great archer

• नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

• च (ca) - and, also

• सलिलायुताः (salilāyutāḥ) - filled with water, abundant with water

Words meanings and morphology

अकाले (akāle) - out of season, at the wrong time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of akāla

akāla - unseasonable time, improper time, untimely

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāla)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• kāla – time, season, proper time
  noun (masculine)

पुष्पशबलाः (puṣpaśabalāḥ) - colorful with flowers, variegated with flowers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puṣpaśabala

puṣpaśabala - variegated with flowers, flower-spotted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+śabala)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• śabala – variegated, spotted, dappled, colorful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with pādapāḥ.

फलवन्तः (phalavantaḥ) - fruitful, bearing fruit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phalavat

phalavat - fruitful, bearing fruit, yielding fruit

Derived with the possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Agrees with pādapāḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पादपाः (pādapāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (lit. 'drinking by foot/root')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (pāda+pa)

• pāda – foot, root, base
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinking, protecting
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -a.
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Subject of bhaviṣyanti.

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - they will be, they will become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

महेष्वास (maheṣvāsa) - O great archer

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - one having a great bow, great archer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+īṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  Root mah, often used as prefix.
• īṣvāsa – bow, archery
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to a listener, likely a hero.

नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

Note: Subject, implicitly of 'bhaviṣyanti'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सलिलायुताः (salilāyutāḥ) - filled with water, abundant with water

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of salilāyuta

salilāyuta - filled with water, connected with water, possessing water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (salila+āyuta)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• āyuta – joined, connected, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yuj (to join) with prefix ā (towards).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'nadyaḥ'.

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