वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-50, verse-14

हन्त पश्यस्व लङ्काया वनान्युपवनानि च ।
सेतुना सुखमागम्य वानरैकार्णवं कृतम् ॥१४॥

14. hanta paśyasva laṅkāyā vanānyupavanāni ca ,
setunā sukhamāgamya vānaraikārṇavaṃ kṛtam.

14. hanta paśyasva laṅkāyāḥ vanāni upavanāni ca
setunā sukham āgamya vānaraiḥ ekārṇavam kṛtam

14. Alas! Look at Lanka's forests and groves! Having reached them easily by means of the bridge, the monkeys have transformed them into a single, vast ocean [of monkeys].

Words meanings summery:

• हन्त (hanta) - alas! oh! indeed!

• पश्यस्व (paśyasva) - see, behold

• लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Lanka

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods

• उपवनानि (upavanāni) - groves, gardens

• च (ca) - and

• सेतुना (setunā) - by the bridge, by the causeway

• सुखम् (sukham) - easily, comfortably, happily

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, having arrived

• वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys

• एकार्णवम् (ekārṇavam) - transformed into a single, vast expanse resembling an ocean, due to the countless monkeys (a single ocean, a vast expanse like an ocean)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, caused, transformed

Words meanings and morphology

हन्त (hanta) - alas! oh! indeed!

(indeclinable)

पश्यस्व (paśyasva) - see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Class 1 (paśya-stem) verb, Atmanepada, imperative mood.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

लङ्कायाः (laṅkāyāḥ) - of Lanka

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (proper name, capital of Ravana)

वनानि (vanāni) - forests, woods

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

उपवनानि (upavanāni) - groves, gardens

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of upavana

upavana - a small forest, grove, garden, park

Compound of upa (near) + vana (forest).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upa+vana)

• upa – near, by, towards
  indeclinable
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सेतुना (setunā) - by the bridge, by the causeway

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of setu

setu - bridge, dam, causeway, boundary

सुखम् (sukham) - easily, comfortably, happily

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here adverbially in the accusative singular neuter.

आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, having arrived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root gam (class 1) with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

एकार्णवम् (ekārṇavam) - transformed into a single, vast expanse resembling an ocean, due to the countless monkeys (a single ocean, a vast expanse like an ocean)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekārṇava

ekārṇava - a single ocean, a universal deluge, an expanse like one ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+arṇava)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - made, done, caused, transformed

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, caused

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (class 8) meaning 'to do, to make'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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