वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-4

पृषद्गुः कवषो धौम्यो रौद्रेयश्च महानृषिः ।
ते ऽप्याजग्मुः सशिष्या वै ये श्रिताः पश्चिमां दिशम् ॥४॥

4. pṛṣadguḥ kavaṣo dhaumyo raudreyaśca mahānṛṣiḥ ,
te'pyājagmuḥ saśiṣyā vai ye śritāḥ paścimāṃ diśam.

4. pṛṣadguḥ kavaṣaḥ dhaumyaḥ raudreyaḥ ca mahān ṛṣiḥ te
api ājagmuḥ saśiṣyāḥ vai ye śritāḥ paścimām diśam

4. Pṛṣadgu, Kavaṣa, Dhaumya, and the great sage Raudreya also arrived. Indeed, they came with their disciples, those who resided in the western direction.

Words meanings summery:

• पृषद्गुः (pṛṣadguḥ) - the sage Pṛṣadgu (proper name of a sage)

• कवषः (kavaṣaḥ) - the sage Kavaṣa (proper name of a sage)

• धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - the sage Dhaumya (proper name of a sage (priest of the Pāṇḍavas))

• रौद्रेयः (raudreyaḥ) - the sage Raudreya (son of Rudra; a sage)

• च (ca) - and (and; also)

• महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, mighty)

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (sage, seer, inspired poet)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - they came (they came, arrived)

• सशिष्याः (saśiṣyāḥ) - with their disciples (accompanied by disciples, with disciples)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle))

• ये (ye) - who (who, which)

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resided (resorted to, sought refuge in, inhabited, dwelling)

• पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - western (western, last, hindmost)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter of the sky)

Words meanings and morphology

पृषद्गुः (pṛṣadguḥ) - the sage Pṛṣadgu (proper name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣadgu

pṛṣadgu - a sage

कवषः (kavaṣaḥ) - the sage Kavaṣa (proper name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavaṣa

kavaṣa - a sage

धौम्यः (dhaumyaḥ) - the sage Dhaumya (proper name of a sage (priest of the Pāṇḍavas))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhaumya

dhaumya - a sage (priest of the Pāṇḍavas)

रौद्रेयः (raudreyaḥ) - the sage Raudreya (son of Rudra; a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raudreya

raudreya - son of Rudra; a sage

Derived from Rudra

च (ca) - and (and; also)

(indeclinable)

महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, eminent

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (sage, seer, inspired poet)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - they came (they came, arrived)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect active third person plural

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सशिष्याः (saśiṣyāḥ) - with their disciples (accompanied by disciples, with disciples)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saśiṣya

saśiṣya - accompanied by disciples, with disciples

Bahuvrihi compound: saha (with) + śiṣya (disciple)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saha+śiṣya)

• saha – with, together
  indeclinable
• śiṣya – disciple, student
  noun (masculine)
  Gerundive/Past Passive Participle (from √śās)
  From √śās (to teach), meaning 'one who is to be taught' or 'one who has been taught'
  Root: śās (class 2)

Note: The Devanagari text 'सशिष्या' for 'saśiṣyāḥ' shows an 'ā' ending without a visarga, which may be a textual variant or poetic license for nominative plural.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who

Note: Refers to the sages.

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resided (resorted to, sought refuge in, inhabited, dwelling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, sought refuge in, inhabited, dwelling

Past Passive Participle

From √śri (to resort to, seek refuge in)

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe 'ye'.

पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - western (western, last, hindmost)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paścimā

paścimā - western, last, hindmost

Note: Qualifies 'diśam'.

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter of the sky)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

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