वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-1

नर्मदा पुलिने यत्र राक्षसेन्द्रः स रावणः ।
पुष्पोपहारं कुरुते तस्माद्देशाददूरतः ॥१॥

1. narmadā puline yatra rākṣasendraḥ sa rāvaṇaḥ ,
puṣpopahāraṃ kurute tasmāddeśādadūrataḥ.

1. narmadā puline yatra rākṣasendraḥ sa rāvaṇaḥ
puṣpopahāram kurute tasmāt deśāt adūrataḥ

1. yatra saḥ rāvaṇaḥ rākṣasendraḥ narmadā puline
puṣpopahāram kurute tasmāt deśāt adūrataḥ

1. Where the lord of demons, Rāvaṇa, performs a flower offering on the bank of the Narmada, not far from that very spot.

Words meanings summery:

• नर्मदा (narmadā) - Narmada river (Narmada (a river))

• पुलिने (puline) - on the river bank (on the bank, on the sandbank)

• यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

• राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the lord of demons (lord of rākṣasas (demons))

• स (sa) - that (he, that)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• पुष्पोपहारम् (puṣpopahāram) - flower offering (flower offering, offering of flowers)

• कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, makes, does)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

• देशात् (deśāt) - from that place (from the place, from the region)

• अदूरतः (adūrataḥ) - not far (from that place) (not far, nearby)

Words meanings and morphology

नर्मदा (narmadā) - Narmada river (Narmada (a river))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of narmadā

narmadā - Narmada (name of a sacred river)

Note: Functions as a descriptor for 'puline'.

पुलिने (puline) - on the river bank (on the bank, on the sandbank)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pulina

pulina - sandbank, river bank, shore

यत्र (yatra) - where (where, in which place)

(indeclinable)

Root: yad

राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the lord of demons (lord of rākṣasas (demons))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - chief of rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra
  noun (masculine)

स (sa) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Lanka)

Root: ru (class 2)

पुष्पोपहारम् (puṣpopahāram) - flower offering (flower offering, offering of flowers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puṣpopahāra

puṣpopahāra - offering of flowers

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+upahāra)

• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)
• upahāra – offering, present, gift
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

कुरुते (kurute) - performs (performs, makes, does)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present indicative

Class 8 verb, middle voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (from that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देशात् (deśāt) - from that place (from the place, from the region)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country

Root: diś (class 6)

अदूरतः (adūrataḥ) - not far (from that place) (not far, nearby)

(indeclinable)

Suffix 'tas' indicating 'from/at'

Note: Derived from 'dūra' (distance) with negative prefix 'a' and suffix '-tas'.

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