वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-30, verse-9

नत्यूहकोयष्टिभकैर्नृत्यमानैश्च बर्हिभिः ।
रुतं परभृतानां च शुश्रुवे वननिर्झरे ॥९॥

9. natyūhakoyaṣṭibhakairnṛtyamānaiśca barhibhiḥ ,
rutaṃ parabhṛtānāṃ ca śuśruve vananirjhare.

9. natyūhakoyaṣṭibhakaiḥ nṛtyamānaiḥ ca barhibhiḥ
rutam parabhṛtānām ca śuśruve vananirjhare

9. The calls made by `natyūha` and `koyaṣṭi` birds, and by dancing peacocks, as well as the cries of cuckoos, were heard at the forest waterfall.

Words meanings summery:

• नत्यूहकोयष्टिभकैः (natyūhakoyaṣṭibhakaiḥ) - by natyūha and koyaṣṭi birds

• नृत्यमानैः (nṛtyamānaiḥ) - by dancing

• च (ca) - and, also

• बर्हिभिः (barhibhiḥ) - by peacocks

• रुतम् (rutam) - sound, cry, noise

• परभृतानाम् (parabhṛtānām) - of cuckoos (of cuckoos (lit. 'nourished by others'))

• च (ca) - and, also

• शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard

• वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in the forest waterfall/stream

Words meanings and morphology

नत्यूहकोयष्टिभकैः (natyūhakoyaṣṭibhakaiḥ) - by natyūha and koyaṣṭi birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of natyūhakoyaṣṭibhaka

natyūhakoyaṣṭibhaka - a type of bird (natyūha) and another type of bird (koyaṣṭibhaka)

Compound of two bird names

Compound type : dvandva (natyūha+koyaṣṭibhaka)

• natyūha – a kind of bird, water-fowl, gallinule
  noun (masculine)
• koyaṣṭibhaka – a kind of bird, lapwing, jungle fowl
  noun (masculine)

Note: Denotes the agents of the sounds.

नृत्यमानैः (nṛtyamānaiḥ) - by dancing

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nṛtyamāna

nṛtyamāna - dancing, being danced

Present Middle Participle

From root nṛt (4P, to dance), with śānac suffix

Root: nṛt (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बर्हिभिः (barhibhiḥ) - by peacocks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of barhin

barhin - peacock (having feathers)

From barha (tail feather) + in (possessive suffix)

रुतम् (rutam) - sound, cry, noise

(noun)

neuter, singular of ruta

ruta - cry, sound, noise, roar

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

From root ru (2P, to cry, roar)

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Object of śuśruve.

परभृतानाम् (parabhṛtānām) - of cuckoos (of cuckoos (lit. 'nourished by others'))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of parabhṛta

parabhṛta - nourished by others (epithet for cuckoo, whose eggs are laid in other birds' nests)

Past Passive Participle used as noun

para (other) + bhṛta (borne, nourished)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (para+bhṛta)

• para – other, another, supreme, distant
  adjective/pronoun
• bhṛta – borne, carried, nourished, supported
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhṛ (3P, to bear, nourish)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शुश्रुवे (śuśruve) - was heard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, perfect (liṭ) of śru

Perfect passive indicative

Perfect form of śru used in passive voice

Root: śru (class 5)

वननिर्झरे (vananirjhare) - in the forest waterfall/stream

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vananirjhara

vananirjhara - forest stream, forest waterfall

vana (forest) + nirjhara (waterfall, stream)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (vana+nirjhara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)
• nirjhara – waterfall, cascade, mountain stream
  noun (masculine)
  From nis-jhṛ (root jhṛ to fall, flow)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: jhṛ (class 1)

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