वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-13, verse-23

एवमुक्तः कुशास्तीर्णे तीरे नदनदीपतेः ।
संविवेश तदा रामो वेद्यामिव हुताशनः ॥२३॥

23. evamuktaḥ kuśāstīrṇe tīre nadanadīpateḥ ,
saṃviveśa tadā rāmo vedyāmiva hutāśanaḥ.

23. evam uktaḥ kuśāstīrṇe tīre nadanadīpateḥ
samviveśa tadā rāmaḥ vedyām iva hutāśanaḥ

23. evam uktaḥ rāmaḥ tadā nadanadīpateḥ kuśāstīrṇe
tīre vedyām hutāśanaḥ iva samviveśa

23. Having been thus addressed, Rāma then lay down on the bank of the ocean (nadanadīpati), which was spread with kuśa grass, like a sacred fire (hutāśana) on an altar.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• कुशास्तीर्णे (kuśāstīrṇe) - spread with kuśa grass

• तीरे (tīre) - on the bank, on the shore

• नदनदीपतेः (nadanadīpateḥ) - of the ocean (nadanadīpati) (of the lord of rivers and streams, of the ocean)

• सम्विवेश (samviveśa) - he lay down, he sat down, he entered

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• वेद्याम् (vedyām) - on the altar

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - sacred fire (hutāśana) (fire, sacred fire (lit. 'eater of oblations'))

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak), with irregular formation in past passive participle.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'rāmaḥ'

कुशास्तीर्णे (kuśāstīrṇe) - spread with kuśa grass

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kuśāstīrṇa

kuśāstīrṇa - covered or spread with kuśa grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuśa+āstīrṇa)

• kuśa – a type of sacred grass (Poa cynosuroides) used in Vedic rituals
  noun (masculine)
• āstīrṇa – spread, covered, strewn
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root stṛ (to spread) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'tīre'

तीरे (tīre) - on the bank, on the shore

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tīra

tīra - bank, shore, coast

नदनदीपतेः (nadanadīpateḥ) - of the ocean (nadanadīpati) (of the lord of rivers and streams, of the ocean)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nadanadīpati

nadanadīpati - lord of rivers and streams, an epithet for the ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (nada+nadī+pati)

• nada – a river, stream (often masculine, referring to large rivers)
  noun (masculine)
• nadī – a river, stream (often feminine, referring to ordinary rivers)
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

सम्विवेश (samviveśa) - he lay down, he sat down, he entered

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root viś (class 6, a-class), with prefix sam-. Perfect tense (liṭ).

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Rāma

Rāma - name of a celebrated king of Ayodhyā, the seventh incarnation of Viṣṇu

वेद्याम् (vedyām) - on the altar

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of vedyā

vedyā - an altar, a sacrificial bed or ground

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - sacred fire (hutāśana) (fire, sacred fire (lit. 'eater of oblations'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire; (lit.) one who eats or consumes oblations (huta)

Compound type : tatpurusha (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered as oblation, sacrificed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hu (to offer as oblation).
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root aś (to eat).
  Root: aś (class 9)

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