वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-15, verse-11

अहं सेतुं करिष्यामि विस्तीर्णे वरुणालये ।
पितुः सामर्थ्यमास्थाय तत्त्वमाह महोदधिः ॥११॥

11. ahaṃ setuṃ kariṣyāmi vistīrṇe varuṇālaye ,
pituḥ sāmarthyamāsthāya tattvamāha mahodadhiḥ.

11. aham setum kariṣyāmi vistīrṇe varuṇālaye pituḥ
sāmarthyam āsthāya tattvam āha mahodadhiḥ

11. aham vistīrṇe varuṇālaye setum pituḥ sāmarthyam āsthāya kariṣyāmi.
mahodadhiḥ tattvam āha.

11. I will construct a bridge across this vast abode of Varuṇa (the ocean), relying on my father's inherent ability. The great ocean (mahodadhi) had indeed stated this truth.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सेतुम् (setum) - bridge, dam, embankment

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will construct (I will do, I will make)

• विस्तीर्णे (vistīrṇe) - vast, extensive, wide

• वरुणालये (varuṇālaye) - abode of Varuṇa, the ocean

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (Viśvakarmā) (of the father)

• सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - inherent ability (ability, power, capability)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having relied on, having adopted

• तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - this truth (referring to Nala's ability) (truth, reality, essence)

• आह (āha) - had stated (referring to the ocean's earlier words) (he said, he spoke)

• महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - the great ocean god (great ocean)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

asmad - I, me

सेतुम् (setum) - bridge, dam, embankment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of setu

setu - bridge, dam, embankment

Root: si (class 5)

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will construct (I will do, I will make)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future Active

From root kṛ- (to do) + suffix -sya, 1st person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विस्तीर्णे (vistīrṇe) - vast, extensive, wide

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - vast, extensive, wide, spread out

Past Passive Participle

From root tṛ- (to cross, spread) with upasarga vi- + suffix -kta

Prefix: vi

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'varuṇālaye'

वरुणालये (varuṇālaye) - abode of Varuṇa, the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of varuṇālaya

varuṇālaya - abode of Varuṇa, the ocean

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (varuṇa+ālaya)

• varuṇa – Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of waters)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, receptacle
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (Viśvakarmā) (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - inherent ability (ability, power, capability)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmarthya

sāmarthya - ability, power, capability, strength

Derived from samartha (capable, able)

Note: Object of 'āsthāya'

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having relied on, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root sthā- (to stand) with upasarga ā- + suffix -lyap

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्त्वम् (tattvam) - this truth (referring to Nala's ability) (truth, reality, essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Derived from 'tad' (that) + 'tva' (abstract suffix)

Note: Object of 'āha'

आह (āha) - had stated (referring to the ocean's earlier words) (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect Active

Root ah- (archaic, used only in perfect tense)

Root: ah

महोदधिः (mahodadhiḥ) - the great ocean god (great ocean)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahodadhi

mahodadhi - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+udadhi)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• udadhi – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: ud+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'āha'