वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-64

ततः शिखरमारुह्य रामो दशरथात्मजः ।
कूर्ममीनसमाकीर्णमपश्यत् सलिलाशयम् ॥६४॥

64. tataḥ śikharamāruhya rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ ,
kūrmamīnasamākīrṇamapaśyat salilāśayam.

64. tataḥ śikharam āruhya rāmaḥ daśarathātmajaḥ
kūrmamīnasamākīrṇam apaśyat salilāśayam

64. tataḥ rāmaḥ daśarathātmajaḥ śikharam āruhya
kūrmamīnasamākīrṇam salilāśayam apaśyat

64. Then, having climbed the peak, Rama, the son of Dasharatha, saw a body of water teeming with tortoises and fish.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

• शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak, summit, top

• आरुह्य (āruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• दशरथात्मजः (daśarathātmajaḥ) - son of Dasharatha

• कूर्ममीनसमाकीर्णम् (kūrmamīnasamākīrṇam) - filled with tortoises and fish, teeming with turtles and fish

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

• सलिलाशयम् (salilāśayam) - body of water, reservoir, lake

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there, thereafter

(indeclinable)

शिखरम् (śikharam) - peak, summit, top

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, top

आरुह्य (āruhya) - having climbed, having ascended

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from √ruh (to grow, ascend) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (the son of Dasaratha)

दशरथात्मजः (daśarathātmajaḥ) - son of Dasharatha

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśarathātmaja

daśarathātmaja - son of Dasharatha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśaratha+ātmaja)

• daśaratha – Dasharatha (a king, father of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, offspring, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)

कूर्ममीनसमाकीर्णम् (kūrmamīnasamākīrṇam) - filled with tortoises and fish, teeming with turtles and fish

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kūrmamīnasamākīrṇa

kūrmamīnasamākīrṇa - filled with tortoises and fish

Past Passive Participle (in compound)

from √kīr (to scatter, fill) with sam-ā and kūrma-mīna

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūrmamīna+samākīrṇa)

• kūrmamīna – tortoises and fish
  noun (masculine)
• kūrma – tortoise, turtle
  noun (masculine)
• mīna – fish
  noun (masculine)
• samākīrṇa – filled, covered, strewn
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √kīr (to scatter) with prefixes sam and ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: kīr (class 6)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect tense

root forms stem paśya in present/imperfect

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सलिलाशयम् (salilāśayam) - body of water, reservoir, lake

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of salilāśaya

salilāśaya - reservoir, pond, lake, body of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (salila+āśaya)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
• āśaya – receptacle, abode, reservoir, intention
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-√śī (to lie in, inhabit)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)