वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-89, verse-15

दक्षिणे शिखरे तस्य जातामोषधिमानय ।
विशल्यकरणी नाम विशल्यकरणीं शुभाम् ॥१५॥

15. dakṣiṇe śikhare tasya jātāmoṣadhimānaya ,
viśalyakaraṇī nāma viśalyakaraṇīṃ śubhām.

15. dakṣiṇe śikhare tasya jātām oṣadhim ānaya
viśalyakaraṇī nāma viśalyakaraṇīm śubhām

15. tasya dakṣiṇe śikhare jātām oṣadhim
viśalyakaraṇī nāma śubhām viśalyakaraṇīm ānaya

15. Bring the auspicious herb named Viśalyakaraṇī (the arrow-removing one), which has grown on its southern peak.

Words meanings summery:

• दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - on the southern (peak) (on the southern, in the south, right)

• शिखरे (śikhare) - on the peak (on the peak, on the summit, on the crest)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (mountain) (of that, his, its)

• जाताम् (jātām) - grown (there) (born, produced, grown)

• ओषधिम् (oṣadhim) - herb (herb, medicinal plant)

• आनय (ānaya) - bring (bring, lead hither)

• विशल्यकरणी (viśalyakaraṇī) - Viśalyakaraṇī (the arrow-removing herb) (that which removes arrows, arrow-removing (herb))

• नाम (nāma) - named (by name, called, indeed)

• विशल्यकरणीम् (viśalyakaraṇīm) - the Viśalyakaraṇī (herb) (the arrow-removing (herb), Viśalyakaraṇī)

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

Words meanings and morphology

दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - on the southern (peak) (on the southern, in the south, right)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - southern, right, dexterous

Note: Agrees with śikhare.

शिखरे (śikhare) - on the peak (on the peak, on the summit, on the crest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, crest, top

तस्य (tasya) - of that (mountain) (of that, his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

जाताम् (jātām) - grown (there) (born, produced, grown)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, grown, happened

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born) with suffix kta.

Root: jan (class 4)

ओषधिम् (oṣadhim) - herb (herb, medicinal plant)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of oṣadhi

oṣadhi - herb, medicinal plant, drug

Note: Object of ānaya.

आनय (ānaya) - bring (bring, lead hither)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ānī

Imperative

Root nī (to lead) with prefix ā, imperative second person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Command to Hanumān.

विशल्यकरणी (viśalyakaraṇī) - Viśalyakaraṇī (the arrow-removing herb) (that which removes arrows, arrow-removing (herb))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśalyakaraṇī

viśalyakaraṇī - name of an herb which extracts arrows, arrow-removing

Compound of viśalya (arrow-less, free from arrows) and karaṇī (making).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (viśalya+karaṇī)

• viśalya – arrow-less, free from arrows or spikes
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound of 'vi' (without) and 'śalya' (arrow/spike).
  Prefix: vi
• karaṇī – making, doing, causing, instrument (feminine)
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix 'ana' (karaṇa) and feminine 'ī'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as the name given to the herb.

नाम (nāma) - named (by name, called, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb in nāma form to mean "by name".

विशल्यकरणीम् (viśalyakaraṇīm) - the Viśalyakaraṇī (herb) (the arrow-removing (herb), Viśalyakaraṇī)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśalyakaraṇī

viśalyakaraṇī - name of an herb which extracts arrows, arrow-removing

Compound of viśalya (arrow-less, free from arrows) and karaṇī (making).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (viśalya+karaṇī)

• viśalya – arrow-less, free from arrows or spikes
  adjective (neuter)
  Compound of 'vi' (without) and 'śalya' (arrow/spike).
  Prefix: vi
• karaṇī – making, doing, causing, instrument (feminine)
  noun (feminine)
  Agent noun (feminine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix 'ana' (karaṇa) and feminine 'ī'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object, referring to the herb by its functional name.

शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious (auspicious, good, beautiful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, good, beautiful, bright, prosperous

Feminine form of śubha.

Note: Agrees with oṣadhim and viśalyakaraṇīm.

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