वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-68, verse-8

अथापश्यं शवं तत्र सुपुष्टमजरं क्व चित् ।
तिष्ठन्तं परया लक्ष्म्या तस्मिंस्तोयाशये नृप ॥८॥

8. athāpaśyaṃ śavaṃ tatra supuṣṭamajaraṃ kva cit ,
tiṣṭhantaṃ parayā lakṣmyā tasmiṃstoyāśaye nṛpa.

8. atha apaśyam śavam tatra supuṣṭam ajaram kva cit
tiṣṭhantam parayā lakṣmyā tasmin toyāśaye nṛpa

8. atha nṛpa tatra tasmin toyāśaye kva cit parayā
lakṣmyā tiṣṭhantam supuṣṭam ajaram śavam apaśyam

8. Then, O king, in that body of water, I saw a very stout, undecaying corpse, remaining there somewhere with supreme splendor (lakṣmī).

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

• शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सुपुष्टम् (supuṣṭam) - well-nourished, plump, stout

• अजरम् (ajaram) - undecaying, unaging

• क्व (kva) - where?

• चित् (cit) - particle implying indefiniteness

• तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing, remaining

• परया (parayā) - with supreme, with highest, with excellent

• लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - by glory, by beauty, by fortune, by splendor

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• तोयाशये (toyāśaye) - in the reservoir of water, in the lake

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अपश्यम् (apaśyam) - I saw

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Form of √dṛś in imperfect tense

शवम् (śavam) - corpse, dead body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śava

śava - corpse, dead body

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Locative case ending of 'tad' (that) used as an adverb

सुपुष्टम् (supuṣṭam) - well-nourished, plump, stout

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of supuṣṭa

supuṣṭa - well-nourished, plump, stout, thriving

Past Passive Participle

From su- (well) + puṣṭa (nourished, P.P.P. of √puṣ)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+puṣṭa)

• su – well, good, excellent
  indeclinable
• puṣṭa – nourished, thriving, strong
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  P.P.P. of √puṣ (to nourish, thrive)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with śavam

अजरम् (ajaram) - undecaying, unaging

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ajara

ajara - undecaying, unaging, everlasting

From a- (not) + jara (decay, old age)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jara)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jara – decay, old age, infirmity
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śavam

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun derivative

Note: Used with 'cit' to mean 'somewhere'

चित् (cit) - particle implying indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing, remaining

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, to remain, to exist

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śavam

परया (parayā) - with supreme, with highest, with excellent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other

Note: Agrees with lakṣmyā

लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - by glory, by beauty, by fortune, by splendor

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - splendor, beauty, prosperity, fortune, wealth, grace

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with toyāśaye

तोयाशये (toyāśaye) - in the reservoir of water, in the lake

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of toyāśaya

toyāśaya - reservoir of water, lake, pond

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (toya+āśaya)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• āśaya – reservoir, receptacle, abode
  noun (masculine)
  From ā- + √śī (to lie, to rest)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śī (class 2)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, men
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From √pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

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