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7,5

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-5, verse-19

हिमवन्तं समाश्रित्य मेरुं मन्दरमेव वा ।
महेश्वरगृहप्रख्यं गृहं नः क्रियतां महत् ॥१९॥
19. himavantaṃ samāśritya meruṃ mandarameva vā ,
maheśvaragṛhaprakhyaṃ gṛhaṃ naḥ kriyatāṃ mahat.
19. himavantam samāśritya merum mandaram eva vā
maheśvaragṛhaprakhyam gṛham naḥ kriyatām mahat
19. himavantam merum mandaram eva vā samāśritya
naḥ maheśvaragṛhaprakhyam mahat gṛham kriyatām
19. Having taken refuge in the Himalayas, or Meru, or even Mandara, let a great house resembling the abode of Maheśvara be built for us.

Words meanings summery:

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  • हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himalayas
  • समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having taken refuge in, having resorted to
  • मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru
  • मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mount Mandara
  • एव (eva) - even (even, indeed, only)
  • वा (vā) - or
  • महेश्वरगृहप्रख्यम् (maheśvaragṛhaprakhyam) - resembling the abode of Maheśvara
  • गृहम् (gṛham) - a house (house, home, abode)
  • नः (naḥ) - for us (for us, to us)
  • क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be built (let it be made, let it be done, let it be built)
  • महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himalayas
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of himavat
himavat - snowy, covered with snow, the Himalayas
Derived from hima (snow) with suffix -vat.
समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having taken refuge in, having resorted to
(indeclinable)
Gerund (absolutive) form.
Derived from root śri (to resort to) with prefixes sam-ā, ending in -tya.
Prefixes: sam+ā
Root: śri (class 1)
मेरुम् (merum) - Mount Meru
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of meru
meru - Meru (a mythical mountain, center of the universe)
मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mount Mandara
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mandara
mandara - Mandara (a mythical mountain used in the churning of the ocean)
एव (eva) - even (even, indeed, only)
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
महेश्वरगृहप्रख्यम् (maheśvaragṛhaprakhyam) - resembling the abode of Maheśvara
(compound adjective)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maheśvara+gṛha+prakhya)
  • maheśvara – Maheśvara (a name of Shiva), the great lord
    proper noun (masculine)
    Compound of mahā (great) + īśvara (lord).
  • gṛha – house, home, abode
    noun (neuter)
  • prakhya – resembling, looking like, similar to
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from pra (forth) + khyā (to see, perceive).
    Prefix: pra
    Root: khyā (class 2)
Note: Modifies 'gṛham'.
गृहम् (gṛham) - a house (house, home, abode)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of gṛha
gṛha - house, home, abode
Note: Could be accusative if 'kriyatām' takes a direct object, but as a passive construction, the 'house' is the subject.
नः (naḥ) - for us (for us, to us)
(pronoun)
Dative, plural of asmad
asmad - I, we
Note: Also found as genitive plural.
क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be built (let it be made, let it be done, let it be built)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (Lot) of kṛ
Imperative form.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, mighty)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat
mahat - great, large, mighty, important
Note: Modifies 'gṛham'.