वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-15, verse-20

दशयोजनविस्तीर्णं शतयोजनमायतम् ।
नलश्चक्रे महासेतुं मध्ये नदनदीपतेः ॥२०॥

20. daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam ,
nalaścakre mahāsetuṃ madhye nadanadīpateḥ.

20. daśayojanavistīrṇam śatayojanam āyatam
nalaḥ cakre mahāsetum madhye nadanadīpateḥ

20. nalaḥ daśayojanavistīrṇam śatayojanam
āyatam mahāsetum nadanadīpateḥ madhye cakre

20. Nala constructed a magnificent bridge, ten yojanas wide and a hundred yojanas long, in the midst of the ocean, the lord of rivers and streams.

Words meanings summery:

• दशयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (daśayojanavistīrṇam) - ten yojanas wide

• शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas (long)

• आयतम् (āyatam) - long, extended

• नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala, a monkey chief and engineer in the Rāmāyaṇa. (Nala)

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he constructed

• महासेतुम् (mahāsetum) - a great bridge

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst

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

Words meanings and morphology

दशयोजनविस्तीर्णम् (daśayojanavistīrṇam) - ten yojanas wide

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daśayojanavistīrṇa

daśayojanavistīrṇa - ten yojanas wide

Compound type : bahuvrihi (compound of a compound) (daśayojana+vistīrṇa)

• daśayojana – ten yojanas
  noun (neuter)
• vistīrṇa – wide, extensive, spread out
  verbal derivative
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle from root stṛ with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

शतयोजनम् (śatayojanam) - a hundred yojanas (long)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatayojana

śatayojana - a hundred yojanas

Compound type : dvigu (śata+yojana)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• yojana – league (a measure of distance, approx. 8-15 km)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjectival use here, implying 'a hundred yojanas long'.

आयतम् (āyatam) - long, extended

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āyata

āyata - long, extended

past passive participle

Past passive participle from root yam with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala, a monkey chief and engineer in the Rāmāyaṇa. (Nala)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a monkey chief); a kind of reed

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did, he constructed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense 3rd person singular middle voice.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

महासेतुम् (mahāsetum) - a great bridge

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāsetu

mahāsetu - great bridge

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+setu)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• setu – bridge, dam, embankment
  noun (masculine)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle, amidst

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative case used adverbially.

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nadanadīpati

nadanadīpati - lord of rivers and streams, the ocean

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (nadanadī+pati)

• nadanadī – rivers and streams
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

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