वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-16, verse-6

स च सेतुर्यथा बद्धः सागरे सलिलार्णवे ।
निवेशश्च यथा तेषां वानराणां महात्मनाम् ॥६॥

6. sa ca seturyathā baddhaḥ sāgare salilārṇave ,
niveśaśca yathā teṣāṃ vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām.

6. saḥ ca setuḥ yathā baddhaḥ sāgare salilārṇave
niveśaḥ ca yathā teṣām vānarāṇām mahātmanām

6. saḥ ca setuḥ salilārṇave sāgare yathā baddhaḥ
ca teṣām mahātmanām vānarāṇām yathā niveśaḥ

6. Also, how that bridge was constructed in the watery ocean, and how the encampment of those great-souled monkeys was established.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• च (ca) - and, also

• सेतुः (setuḥ) - bridge, dam, bond

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - built, constructed, bound

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

• सलिलार्णवे (salilārṇave) - in the watery ocean

• निवेशः (niveśaḥ) - encampment, settlement, entrance

• च (ca) - and, also

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled monkeys (of the great-souled ones, noble ones)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सेतुः (setuḥ) - bridge, dam, bond

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of setu

setu - bridge, causeway, dam, bond

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - built, constructed, bound

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fastened, constructed, built

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh.

Root: bandh (class 9)

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

सलिलार्णवे (salilārṇave) - in the watery ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of salilārṇava

salilārṇava - watery ocean, ocean of water

Compound type : tatpurusha (salila+arṇava)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, wave
  noun (masculine)

निवेशः (niveśaḥ) - encampment, settlement, entrance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niveśa

niveśa - encampment, settlement, entry, establishment

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of the great-souled monkeys (of the great-souled ones, noble ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (a great (ātman))

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)