वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-45

अस्थीनि मेघा वर्षन्ति उष्णं शोणितमेव च ।
वेलां समुद्रो ऽप्युत्क्रान्तश्चलन्ते चाचलोत्तमाः ॥४५॥

45. asthīni meghā varṣanti uṣṇaṃ śoṇitameva ca ,
velāṃ samudro'pyutkrāntaścalante cācalottamāḥ.

45. asthīni meghāḥ varṣanti uṣṇam śoṇitam eva ca velām
samudraḥ api utkrāntaḥ calante ca acalottamāḥ

45. meghāḥ asthīni uṣṇam śoṇitam ca eva varṣanti
samudraḥ api velām utkrāntaḥ ca acalottamāḥ calante

45. Clouds shower down bones and hot blood. Even the ocean has overflowed its shores, and the greatest mountains tremble.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्थीनि (asthīni) - bones

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• वर्षन्ति (varṣanti) - they rain, they shower down

• उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - hot, warm

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• च (ca) - and, also

• वेलाम् (velām) - the shore, boundary, limit

• समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - the ocean, sea

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• उत्क्रान्तः (utkrāntaḥ) - overflowed, transgressed, surpassed

• चलन्ते (calante) - they move, they shake, they tremble

• च (ca) - and, also

• अचलोत्तमाः (acalottamāḥ) - chief mountains, greatest mountains

Words meanings and morphology

अस्थीनि (asthīni) - bones

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of asthi

asthi - bone, core

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

From root mih (to sprinkle)

Root: mih (class 1)

वर्षन्ति (varṣanti) - they rain, they shower down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vṛṣ

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - hot, warm

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, fiery, passionate

From root uṣ (to burn)

Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'śoṇitam'.

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood; red, crimson

From root śoṇ (to be red)

Root: śoṇ (class 10)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वेलाम् (velām) - the shore, boundary, limit

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of velā

velā - limit, boundary, shore, coast, time, opportunity

समुद्रः (samudraḥ) - the ocean, sea

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea (literally 'collection of waters')

From sam + udra (water)

Prefix: sam

Root: ud

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

उत्क्रान्तः (utkrāntaḥ) - overflowed, transgressed, surpassed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utkrānta

utkrānta - gone beyond, transgressed, overflowed, stepped over

Past Passive Participle

From root kram (to step, go) with upasarga ut (up, out)

Prefix: ut

Root: kram (class 1)

चलन्ते (calante) - they move, they shake, they tremble

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of cal

Root: cal (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अचलोत्तमाः (acalottamāḥ) - chief mountains, greatest mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acalottama

acalottama - chief of mountains, excellent mountain, greatest mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (acala+uttama)

• acala – mountain (literally 'immovable')
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, chief, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

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