वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-3, verse-16

त्रायन्ते संक्रमास्तत्र परसैन्यागमे सति ।
यन्त्रैस्तैरवकीर्यन्ते परिखासु समन्ततः ॥१६॥

16. trāyante saṃkramāstatra parasainyāgame sati ,
yantraistairavakīryante parikhāsu samantataḥ.

16. trāyante saṃkramāḥ tatra parasainyāgame sati
yantraiḥ taiḥ avakīryante parikhāsu samantataḥ

16. tatra saṃkramāḥ parasainyāgame sati trāyante
taiḥ yantraiḥ samantataḥ parikhāsu avakīryante

16. Those bridges, located there, provide protection when an enemy army approaches. With those very mechanisms, enemies are scattered all around into the moats.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रायन्ते (trāyante) - they provide protection (they protect, they save, they rescue)

• संक्रमाः (saṁkramāḥ) - bridges (bridges, passages, crossings)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, located there (there, then, in that place)

• परसैन्यागमे (parasainyāgame) - when an enemy army approaches (on the arrival of an enemy army)

• सति (sati) - when (something) is (present/occurring) (being, existing (locative absolute))

• यन्त्रैः (yantraiḥ) - with those mechanisms (by machines, by devices, by instruments)

• तैः (taiḥ) - with those (mechanisms) (by those (masculine/neuter))

• अवकीर्यन्ते (avakīryante) - enemies are scattered (they are scattered, they are strewn)

• परिखासु (parikhāsu) - into the moats (in the moats, into the ditches)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (on all sides, completely, all around)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रायन्ते (trāyante) - they provide protection (they protect, they save, they rescue)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (lat) of trā

Present Middle Indicative

ātmanepada, 3rd person, plural

Root: trā (class 2)

संक्रमाः (saṁkramāḥ) - bridges (bridges, passages, crossings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃkrama

saṁkrama - a bridge, passage, transition

from sam + kram (to step)

Prefix: sam

Root: kram (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, located there (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

परसैन्यागमे (parasainyāgame) - when an enemy army approaches (on the arrival of an enemy army)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parasainyāgama

parasainyāgama - arrival of an enemy army

compound of para (enemy) + sainya (army) + āgama (arrival)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (para+sainya+āgama)

• para – other, enemy, hostile
  adjective (masculine)
• sainya – army, host
  noun (neuter)
  from senā
• āgama – arrival, coming, approach
  noun (masculine)
  from ā + root gam
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

सति (sati) - when (something) is (present/occurring) (being, existing (locative absolute))

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, good, real

Present Active Participle

from root as with suffix śatṛ

Root: as (class 2)

यन्त्रैः (yantraiḥ) - with those mechanisms (by machines, by devices, by instruments)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yantra

yantra - machine, instrument, device, mechanism

from root yam (to control, restrain)

Root: yam (class 1)

तैः (taiḥ) - with those (mechanisms) (by those (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अवकीर्यन्ते (avakīryante) - enemies are scattered (they are scattered, they are strewn)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (lat) of avakīr

Present Passive Indicative

ātmanepada, 3rd person, plural

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

परिखासु (parikhāsu) - into the moats (in the moats, into the ditches)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of parikhā

parikhā - a ditch, a moat, an entrenchment

from pari + root khan (to dig)

Prefix: pari

Root: khan (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around (on all sides, completely, all around)

(indeclinable)

suffix tas from samanta

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