वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-11

अश्वानां खुरशब्देन रथनेमिस्वनेन च ।
शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन संचचालेव मेदिनी ॥११॥

11. aśvānāṃ khuraśabdena rathanemisvanena ca ,
śaṅkhadundubhinādena saṃcacāleva medinī.

11. aśvānām khuraśabdena rathanemisvanena ca
śaṅkhadundubhinādena saṃcacāla iva medinī

11. medinī aśvānām khuraśabdena rathanemisvanena
ca śaṅkhadundubhinādena iva saṃcacāla

11. The earth seemed to tremble with the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of chariot wheels, and the sound of conches and kettledrums.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

• खुरशब्देन (khuraśabdena) - by the sound of hooves

• रथनेमिस्वनेन (rathanemisvanena) - by the sound of chariot wheels

• च (ca) - and

• शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन (śaṅkhadundubhinādena) - by the sound of conches and kettledrums

• संचचाल (saṁcacāla) - it trembled, it moved

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वानाम् (aśvānām) - of horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

Root: aś (class 5)

Note: Possessive, modifies 'khuraśabdena'.

खुरशब्देन (khuraśabdena) - by the sound of hooves

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of khuraśabda

khuraśabda - sound of hooves

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (khura+śabda)

• khura – hoof, razor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: khur (class 6)
• śabda – sound, word
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śabd (class 1)

Note: Cause of trembling.

रथनेमिस्वनेन (rathanemisvanena) - by the sound of chariot wheels

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rathanemisvana

rathanemisvana - sound of chariot wheels

Compound of ratha (chariot), nemi (rim of wheel), svana (sound).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ratha+nemi+svana)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rath (class 1)
• nemi – rim of a wheel, circumference
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nam (class 1)
• svana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root svan (to sound).
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Cause of trembling.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects instrumental phrases.

शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन (śaṅkhadundubhinādena) - by the sound of conches and kettledrums

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śaṅkhadundubhināda

śaṅkhadundubhināda - sound of conches and kettledrums

Compound of śaṅkha (conch), dundubhi (kettledrum), nāda (sound).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (śaṅkha+dundubhi+nāda)

• śaṅkha – conch, conch shell
  noun (masculine)
• dundubhi – kettledrum, war-drum
  noun (masculine)
• nāda – sound, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From root nad (to sound).
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Cause of trembling.

संचचाल (saṁcacāla) - it trembled, it moved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of saṃcal

From root cal (to move) with prefix sam-. Perfect tense.

Prefix: sam

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

Particle.

मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - earth, ground

Root: med (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'saṃcacāla'.

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