वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-28

यस्य पार्श्वेषु निश्छिद्राः कालपाशाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
पावकस्पर्शसंकाशो मुद्गरो मूर्तिमान् स्थितः ॥२८॥

28. yasya pārśveṣu niśchidrāḥ kālapāśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ ,
pāvakasparśasaṃkāśo mudgaro mūrtimān sthitaḥ.

28. yasya pārśveṣu niśchidrāḥ kālapāśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
pāvakaspārśasaṃkāśaḥ mudgaraḥ mūrtimān sthitaḥ

28. yasya pārśveṣu niśchidrāḥ kālapāśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ;
pāvakaspārśasaṃkāśaḥ mūrtimān mudgaraḥ sthitaḥ

28. On its sides are fixed the flawless nooses of time (kālapāśa). And an embodied mace, whose touch resembles that of fire, is situated there.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - of the rod (kāladaṇḍa) (whose, of which)

• पार्श्वेषु (pārśveṣu) - on the sides, at the edges

• निश्छिद्राः (niśchidrāḥ) - flawless, without gaps, perfect

• कालपाशाः (kālapāśāḥ) - The nooses used by Yama to capture souls (nooses of time/death)

• प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - fixed, established, situated

• पावकस्पार्शसंकाशः (pāvakaspārśasaṁkāśaḥ) - resembling the touch of fire

• मुद्गरः (mudgaraḥ) - mace, hammer, club

• मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - embodied, corporeal, having a form

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands, is situated, fixed

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - of the rod (kāladaṇḍa) (whose, of which)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the kāladaṇḍa from the previous verse

पार्श्वेषु (pārśveṣu) - on the sides, at the edges

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of pārśva

pārśva - side, flank, vicinity

निश्छिद्राः (niśchidrāḥ) - flawless, without gaps, perfect

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśchidra

niśchidra - without a hole, flawless, perfect

From niḥ (negation) + chidra (hole, fault)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (nis+chidra)

• nis – without, out, forth (prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix, also expresses 'out, forth'
• chidra – hole, fault, defect
  noun (neuter)
  Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with kālapāśāḥ

कालपाशाः (kālapāśāḥ) - The nooses used by Yama to capture souls (nooses of time/death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālapāśa

kālapāśa - noose of time, snare of Yama, noose of death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+pāśa)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• pāśa – noose, fetter, snare
  noun (masculine)

प्रतिष्ठिताः (pratiṣṭhitāḥ) - fixed, established, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, fixed, standing, situated

Past Passive Participle

From prati-STHĀ 'to stand, to establish'

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kālapāśāḥ

पावकस्पार्शसंकाशः (pāvakaspārśasaṁkāśaḥ) - resembling the touch of fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvakaspārśasaṃkāśa

pāvakaspārśasaṁkāśa - resembling the touch of fire

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāvaka+sparśa+saṃkāśa)

• pāvaka – fire; purifying
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• sparśa – touch, contact
  noun (masculine)
  From root SPṚŚ 'to touch'
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam-KĀŚ 'to appear'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mudgaraḥ

मुद्गरः (mudgaraḥ) - mace, hammer, club

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mudgara

mudgara - mace, club, hammer

मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - embodied, corporeal, having a form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrtimat

mūrtimat - having a body, embodied, corporeal

Suffix '-mat' from mūrti 'form, body'

Note: Agrees with mudgaraḥ

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - stands, is situated, fixed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, existing, fixed

Past Passive Participle

From root STHĀ 'to stand'

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mudgaraḥ

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