वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-17

यस्य प्रमाणाद्विपुलं प्रमाणं नेह विद्यते ।
दिष्ट्या ते समरे राम कुम्भकर्णो निपातितः ॥१७॥

17. yasya pramāṇādvipulaṃ pramāṇaṃ neha vidyate ,
diṣṭyā te samare rāma kumbhakarṇo nipātitaḥ.

17. yasya pramāṇāt vipulaṃ pramāṇaṃ na iha vidyate
diṣṭyā te samare rāma kumbhakarṇaḥ nipātitaḥ

17. diṣṭyā rāma samare te yasya pramāṇāt vipulaṃ
pramāṇaṃ iha na vidyate kumbhakarṇaḥ nipātitaḥ

17. Fortunately, O Rāma, in battle you have struck down Kumbhakarṇa, than whose vast size there exists no greater measure in this world.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

• प्रमाणात् (pramāṇāt) - than the measure, than the size

• विपुलं (vipulaṁ) - vast, great, extensive

• प्रमाणं (pramāṇaṁ) - measure, size

• न (na) - not, no

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

• ते (te) - by you (dative/genitive used instrumentally)

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarṇa (name of Rāvaṇa's giant brother)

• निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - struck down, felled, killed

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of which

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

प्रमाणात् (pramāṇāt) - than the measure, than the size

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, proof, authority, size

From pra-mā (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

विपुलं (vipulaṁ) - vast, great, extensive

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, great, large, extensive, ample

प्रमाणं (pramāṇaṁ) - measure, size

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramāṇa

pramāṇa - measure, standard, proof, authority, size

From pra-mā (to measure)

Prefix: pra

Root: mā (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Present Middle Indicative

Root vid (to be, exist), 4th class, present stem, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada.

Root: vid (class 4)

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of diṣṭi (luck, fortune) used as an adverb.

ते (te) - by you (dative/genitive used instrumentally)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here with an instrumental sense, 'by you'.

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarṇa (name of Rāvaṇa's giant brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarṇa (a powerful giant demon, brother of Rāvaṇa); pot-eared

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kumbha+karṇa)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher, elephant's frontal globe
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - struck down, felled, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipātita

nipātita - struck down, felled, thrown down, killed

Causative Past Passive Participle

From causative of root pat (to fall) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

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