वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-19

तेन बाहुसहस्रेण संनिरुद्धजला नदी ।
सागरोद्गारसंकाशानुद्गारान् सृजते मुहुः ॥१९॥

19. tena bāhusahasreṇa saṃniruddhajalā nadī ,
sāgarodgārasaṃkāśānudgārān sṛjate muhuḥ.

19. tena bāhusahasreṇa saṃniruddhajalā nadī
sāgarodgārasaṃkāśān udgārān sṛjate muhuḥ

19. tena bāhusahasreṇa saṃniruddhajalā nadī
sāgarodgārasaṃkāśān udgārān muhuḥ sṛjate

19. By his thousand arms, the river, with its waters completely obstructed, repeatedly generates discharges that resemble oceanic eruptions.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by his (arms) (by that, by him)

• बाहुसहस्रेण (bāhusahasreṇa) - by his thousand arms (by a thousand arms)

• संनिरुद्धजला (saṁniruddhajalā) - with its waters completely obstructed (whose water is completely blocked)

• नदी (nadī) - the river (Narmadā) (river)

• सागरोद्गारसंकाशान् (sāgarodgārasaṁkāśān) - resembling oceanic eruptions (resembling oceanic discharges)

• उद्गारान् (udgārān) - discharges (discharges, eruptions)

• सृजते (sṛjate) - generates (creates, releases, emits)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly (repeatedly, again and again, instantly)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by his (arms) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, her, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

बाहुसहस्रेण (bāhusahasreṇa) - by his thousand arms (by a thousand arms)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bāhusahasra

bāhusahasra - thousand arms

Compound of bāhu (arm) and sahasra (thousand).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bāhu+sahasra)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Kārtavīrya Arjuna, who had a thousand arms.

संनिरुद्धजला (saṁniruddhajalā) - with its waters completely obstructed (whose water is completely blocked)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃniruddhajalā

saṁniruddhajalā - whose water is completely blocked/stopped

Bahuvrīhi compound: sam-ni-ruddha (completely blocked) + jala (water). The final ā indicates it's modifying a feminine noun.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sam+ni+ruddha+jala)

• sam – completely, thoroughly, together
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ni – down, into, completely
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ruddha – obstructed, blocked, stopped
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root rudh (to obstruct).
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with nadī.

नदी (nadī) - the river (Narmadā) (river)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

Root: nad (class 1)

सागरोद्गारसंकाशान् (sāgarodgārasaṁkāśān) - resembling oceanic eruptions (resembling oceanic discharges)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāgarodgārasaṃkāśa

sāgarodgārasaṁkāśa - resembling oceanic discharges/eruptions

Compound of sāgara (ocean), udgāra (eruption/discharge), and saṃkāśa (resembling).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa followed by upamita (sāgara+udgāra+saṃkāśa)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• udgāra – eruption, discharge, utterance, belching
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: gṛ (class 6)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

उद्गारान् (udgārān) - discharges (discharges, eruptions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of udgāra

udgāra - eruption, discharge, utterance, belching

From root gṛ with prefix ut.

Prefix: ut

Root: gṛ (class 6)

सृजते (sṛjate) - generates (creates, releases, emits)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Middle Voice

Root sṛj.

Root: sṛj (class 6)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly (repeatedly, again and again, instantly)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: Modifies sṛjate.