वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-22

अमरा ऋषयश्चैव संहत्य किल शंकरम् ।
अस्मद्वधं परीप्सन्त इदमूचुस्त्रिलोचनम् ॥२२॥

22. amarā ṛṣayaścaiva saṃhatya kila śaṃkaram ,
asmadvadhaṃ parīpsanta idamūcustrilocanam.

22. amarāḥ ṛṣayaḥ ca eva saṃhatya kila śaṅkaram |
asmat-vadham parīpsantaḥ idam ūcuḥ trilocanam

22. The immortal beings and the sages, indeed, having assembled, desirous of our destruction, spoke these words to Śaṅkara, the three-eyed god.

Words meanings summery:

• अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortals, gods

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• संहत्य (saṁhatya) - having assembled, having united

• किल (kila) - indeed, it is said

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - to Śaṅkara (an epithet of Shiva)

• अस्मत्-वधम् (asmat-vadham) - our destruction

• परीप्सन्तः (parīpsantaḥ) - desiring, wishing for

• इदम् (idam) - this

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

• त्रिलोचनम् (trilocanam) - to the three-eyed god (Śiva)

Words meanings and morphology

अमराः (amarāḥ) - immortals, gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of amara

amara - immortal, god

a (negation) + mara (mortal)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+mara)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• mara – mortal
  adjective (masculine)
  from √mṛ
  Root: mṛ (class 6)

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer

Root: ṛṣ

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

संहत्य (saṁhatya) - having assembled, having united

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from sam-han (to strike together, unite)

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

किल (kila) - indeed, it is said

(indeclinable)

शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - to Śaṅkara (an epithet of Shiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaṅkara

śaṅkara - Śaṅkara (an epithet of Shiva, meaning 'producer of happiness')

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मत्-वधम् (asmat-vadham) - our destruction

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asmat-vadha

asmat-vadha - our destruction

compound of asmat (us/our) and vadha (killing/destruction)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (asmat+vadha)

• asmat – us, our
  pronoun
  ablative/genitive stem of 'asmad'
• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  from root √vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

परीप्सन्तः (parīpsantaḥ) - desiring, wishing for

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parīpsat

parīpsat - desiring, wishing to obtain

Present Active Participle

Desiderative of āp with pari (to wish to obtain, to desire)

Prefix: pari

Root: āp (class 5)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, third plural

Perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

त्रिलोचनम् (trilocanam) - to the three-eyed god (Śiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trilocana

trilocana - three-eyed (an epithet of Shiva)

compound of tri (three) and locana (eye)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+locana)

• tri – three
  numeral
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  from √loc (to see)
  Root: loc

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