वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-45, verse-25

हयैर्महाजवैर्युक्तं सम्यक् सूतसुसंयुतम् ।
महाजलदनिर्घोषं साक्षाच्चन्द्रार्कभास्वरम् ॥२५॥

25. hayairmahājavairyuktaṃ samyak sūtasusaṃyutam ,
mahājaladanirghoṣaṃ sākṣāccandrārkabhāsvaram.

25. hayaiḥ mahā-javaiḥ yuktam samyak sūta-su-saṃyutam
mahā-jalada-nirghoṣam sākṣāt candrārka-bhāsvaram

25. mahā-javaiḥ hayaiḥ yuktam samyak sūta-su-saṃyutam
mahā-jalada-nirghoṣam sākṣāt candrārka-bhāsvaram

25. (The chariot was) yoked with very swift horses and properly equipped with excellent charioteers. It resounded like mighty thunderclouds and shone brilliantly like the moon and the sun themselves.

Words meanings summery:

• हयैः (hayaiḥ) - by horses

• महा-जवैः (mahā-javaiḥ) - with great speed, very swift

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked, joined, endowed, furnished

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, perfectly

• सूत-सु-संयुतम् (sūta-su-saṁyutam) - well-manned by charioteers, properly equipped with charioteers

• महा-जलद-निर्घोषम् (mahā-jalada-nirghoṣam) - with the roar of great clouds, sounding like great thunderclouds

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, manifestly

• चन्द्रार्क-भास्वरम् (candrārka-bhāsvaram) - shining like the moon and sun

Words meanings and morphology

हयैः (hayaiḥ) - by horses

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

महा-जवैः (mahā-javaiḥ) - with great speed, very swift

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahā-java

mahā-java - very swift, having great speed

Compound of mahā (great) and java (speed)

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+java)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• java – speed, swiftness, velocity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jū (class 1)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - yoked, joined, endowed, furnished

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, connected, endowed with, appropriate (past passive participle)

Past Passive Participle

from √yuj (to join, yoke) + -ta

Root: yuj (class 7)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, rightly, completely, perfectly

(indeclinable)

सूत-सु-संयुतम् (sūta-su-saṁyutam) - well-manned by charioteers, properly equipped with charioteers

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūta-su-saṃyuta

sūta-su-saṁyuta - well-manned by charioteers, properly equipped with charioteers

Compound of sūta (charioteer) + su (well) + saṃyuta (joined/equipped)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūta+su-saṃyuta)

• sūta – charioteer, bard
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū (class 2)
• su-saṃyuta – well-equipped, well-joined
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of su (well) and saṃyuta (equipped)

महा-जलद-निर्घोषम् (mahā-jalada-nirghoṣam) - with the roar of great clouds, sounding like great thunderclouds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-jalada-nirghoṣa

mahā-jalada-nirghoṣa - having the sound/roar of great clouds, thundering loudly

Bahuvrihi compound: mahā (great) + jalada (cloud) + nirghoṣa (sound/roar)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā-jalada+nirghoṣa)

• mahā-jalada – great cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) and jalada (cloud)
• nirghoṣa – sound, roar, noise, thunder
  noun (masculine)
  from nir- + √ghuṣ (to sound)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, visibly, manifestly

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रार्क-भास्वरम् (candrārka-bhāsvaram) - shining like the moon and sun

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of candrārka-bhāsvara

candrārka-bhāsvara - shining like the moon and sun

Compound of candra (moon) + arka (sun) + bhāsvara (shining)

Compound type : dvandva (candra+arka+bhāsvara)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• arka – sun
  noun (masculine)
• bhāsvara – shining, radiant, brilliant
  adjective (masculine)
  from √bhās (to shine) + -vara suffix
  Root: bhās (class 1)

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