वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-59

प्रदक्षिणं ततः कृत्वा परिष्वज्य च वीर्यवान् ।
जगामाकाशमाविश्य सुपर्णः पवनो यथा ॥५९॥

59. pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pariṣvajya ca vīryavān ,
jagāmākāśamāviśya suparṇaḥ pavano yathā.

59. pradakṣiṇam tataḥ kṛtvā pariṣvajya ca vīryavān
jagāma ākāśam āviśya suparṇaḥ pavanaḥ yathā

59. tataḥ vīryavān suparṇaḥ pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā ca
pariṣvajya ākāśam āviśya pavanaḥ yathā jagāma

59. Then, the powerful (vīryavān) Suparṇa, having circumambulated [Rāma] and embraced [him], entered the sky and departed like the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - having made circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), auspicious right-hand turn)

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

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced

• च (ca) - and

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he departed

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

• आविश्य (āviśya) - having entered, after entering

• सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - Suparṇa (Garuda)

• पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, air

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - having made circumambulation (circumambulation (clockwise), auspicious right-hand turn)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pradakṣiṇa

pradakṣiṇa - circumambulation (clockwise), auspicious, right-hand

Note: Functions as an object for 'kṛtvā'.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having performed (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of √kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of √svaj (class 1) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

Note: The 'ṣ' is a result of internal sandhi after 'pari'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful, valorous, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, possessing heroism

Derived from vīrya with matup suffix

Note: Refers to Suparṇa

जगाम (jagāma) - he went, he departed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of gam

perfect active indicative

Third person singular, perfect tense, active voice of √gam (class 1)

Root: gam (class 1)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Note: Object of āviśya (having entered)

आविश्य (āviśya) - having entered, after entering

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of √viś (class 6) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Forms a verbal phrase with jagāma

सुपर्णः (suparṇaḥ) - Suparṇa (Garuda)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suparṇa

suparṇa - Suparṇa (Garuda, the king of birds)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+parṇa)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• parṇa – wing, feather, leaf
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of jagāma

पवनः (pavanaḥ) - wind, air

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier

from √pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Compared to Suparṇa's swift departure.

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison

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