वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-73, verse-17

ततो ऽर्धदिवसे प्राप्ते पूज्यमानस्ततस्ततः ।
अयोध्यां प्राप्य काकुत्स्थो विमानादवरोहत ॥१७॥

17. tato'rdhadivase prāpte pūjyamānastatastataḥ ,
ayodhyāṃ prāpya kākutstho vimānādavarohata.

17. tataḥ ardhacivase prāpte pūjyamānaḥ tataḥ tataḥ
ayodhyām prāpya kākutsthaḥ vimānāt avarohat

17. tataḥ ardhacivase prāpte tataḥ tataḥ pūjyamānaḥ
kākutsthaḥ ayodhyām prāpya vimānāt avarohat

17. Then, when midday (ardhadivase) arrived, after being honored from all directions, Rama (kākutstha), having reached Ayodhya, descended from the aerial car.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• अर्धचिवसे (ardhacivase) - at midday, at half a day

• प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, when it had arrived, obtained

• पूज्यमानः (pūjyamānaḥ) - being honored, being worshipped

• ततः (tataḥ) - from every side (due to repetition) (from there, from that place)

• ततः (tataḥ) - from every side (due to repetition) (from there, from that place)

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rama, descendant of Kakutstha (Kakutstha (an epithet of Rama))

• विमानात् (vimānāt) - from the aerial car, from the celestial chariot

• अवरोहत् (avarohat) - he descended

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad (that) with suffix -taḥ.

अर्धचिवसे (ardhacivase) - at midday, at half a day

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ardhadivasa

ardhadivasa - midday, half a day

Compound of ardha (half) and divasa (day).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ardha+divasa)

• ardha – half, part
  adjective (neuter)
• divasa – day
  noun (masculine)

प्राप्ते (prāpte) - having arrived, when it had arrived, obtained

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with ardhadivase in a locative absolute construction.

पूज्यमानः (pūjyamānaḥ) - being honored, being worshipped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjyamāna

pūjyamāna - being honored, being worshipped

Present Passive Participle

From root √pūj (to honor) with suffix -māna.

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Agrees with kākutsthaḥ.

ततः (tataḥ) - from every side (due to repetition) (from there, from that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad (that) with suffix -taḥ.

Note: Repeated tataḥ tataḥ for 'from all directions'.

ततः (tataḥ) - from every side (due to repetition) (from there, from that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad (that) with suffix -taḥ.

Note: Repeated tataḥ tataḥ for 'from all directions'.

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ayodhyā

ayodhyā - Ayodhya (the capital of Kosala, Rama's kingdom)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yodhya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• yodhya – to be fought, fightable
  adjective (feminine)
  Gerundive
  From root √yudh (to fight) with suffix -ya.
  Root: yudh (class 4)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix pra-, and suffix -ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rama, descendant of Kakutstha (Kakutstha (an epithet of Rama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (epithet of Rama)

Patronymic derived from Kakutstha.

Note: Subject of avarohat.

विमानात् (vimānāt) - from the aerial car, from the celestial chariot

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vimāna

vimāna - aerial car, celestial chariot, palace

From root √mā (to measure) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: mā (class 3)

अवरोहत् (avarohat) - he descended

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ava-ruh

Imperfect 3rd singular active.

Prefix: ava

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Subject is kākutsthaḥ.

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