वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-73, verse-2

तत्रोदकमुपस्पृष्श्य संध्यामन्वास्य पश्चिमाम् ।
आश्रमं प्राविशद् रामः कुम्भयोनेर्महात्मनः ॥२॥

2. tatrodakamupaspṛṣśya saṃdhyāmanvāsya paścimām ,
āśramaṃ prāviśad rāmaḥ kumbhayonermahātmanaḥ.

2. tatra udakam upaspṛśya sandhyām anvāsya paścimām
āśramam prāviśat rāmaḥ kumbhayoneḥ mahātmanaḥ

2. rāmaḥ tatra udakam upaspṛśya paścimām sandhyām
anvāsya mahātmanaḥ kumbhayoneḥ āśramam prāviśat

2. Having touched water there and performed the evening (sandhyā) ritual, Rama entered the hermitage of the great-souled (mahātman) Agastya (kumbhayoni).

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched, having bathed

• सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - twilight, twilight ritual

• अन्वास्य (anvāsya) - having performed, having attended

• पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - referring to the evening twilight ritual (western, evening)

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, ascetic's abode

• प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rama, the protagonist of Ramayana (Rama)

• कुम्भयोनेः (kumbhayoneḥ) - referring to the sage Agastya, who was said to be born from a pot (of Agastya (pot-born))

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - describing Agastya as a great-souled individual (of the great-souled one)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched, having bathed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund from root spṛś with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - twilight, twilight ritual

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - twilight, twilight ritual, evening

अन्वास्य (anvāsya) - having performed, having attended

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund from root ās with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: ās (class 2)

पश्चिमाम् (paścimām) - referring to the evening twilight ritual (western, evening)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paścima

paścima - western, hindmost, last

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage, ascetic's abode

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, ascetic's abode, stage of life

प्राविशत् (prāviśat) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-viś

imperfect past tense

third person singular, active voice, imperfect past tense

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Prince Rama, the protagonist of Ramayana (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

कुम्भयोनेः (kumbhayoneḥ) - referring to the sage Agastya, who was said to be born from a pot (of Agastya (pot-born))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kumbhayoni

kumbhayoni - pot-born (epithet of Agastya)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kumbha+yoni)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• yoni – origin, source, womb
  noun (feminine)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - describing Agastya as a great-souled individual (of the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – soul, self, spirit
  noun (masculine)

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