वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-88, verse-8

तदद्भुतमिवाचिन्त्यं निरीक्षन्ते समाहिताः ।
मानवाः सर्वराष्ट्रेभ्यः पूर्वं कृतयुगे यथा ॥८॥

8. tadadbhutamivācintyaṃ nirīkṣante samāhitāḥ ,
mānavāḥ sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge yathā.

8. tat adbhutam iva acintyam nirīkṣante samāhitāḥ
mānavāḥ sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ pūrvam kṛtayuge yathā

8. sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ mānavāḥ samāhitāḥ pūrvam kṛtayuge
yathā tat adbhutam iva acintyam nirīkṣante

8. Humans from all nations, with focused attention, gazed upon that astonishing and inconceivable event, just as they used to in the Krita Yuga.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अचिन्त्यम् (acintyam) - inconceivable, unthinkable

• निरीक्षन्ते (nirīkṣante) - they look at, they observe

• समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - concentrated, absorbed, attentive

• मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, men

• सर्वराष्ट्रेभ्यः (sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ) - from all kingdoms/countries

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, before

• कृतयुगे (kṛtayuge) - in the Krita Yuga

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, miraculous, surprising

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अचिन्त्यम् (acintyam) - inconceivable, unthinkable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of acintya

acintya - inconceivable, unthinkable, incomprehensible, not to be thought of

Gerundive/Potential Participle

Derived from the root 'cint' (to think) with the negative prefix 'a-' and the gerundive suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: a

Root: cint (class 10)

निरीक्षन्ते (nirīkṣante) - they look at, they observe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (lat) of nirīkṣ

Present tense

Derived from the root 'īkṣ' (to see, look) with the prefix 'nis' (often appearing as 'nir').

Prefix: nis

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - concentrated, absorbed, attentive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, attentive, composed, absorbed, united

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root 'dhā' (to place, put) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - humans, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

Derived from 'manu' (man, human) with the suffix 'aṇ'.

सर्वराष्ट्रेभ्यः (sarvarāṣṭrebhyaḥ) - from all kingdoms/countries

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of sarvarāṣṭra

sarvarāṣṭra - all kingdoms, all countries/nations

Karmadhāraya compound of 'sarva' (all) and 'rāṣṭra' (kingdom/country).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+rāṣṭra)

• sarva – all, every, whole, complete
  pronoun
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, country, nation, realm
  noun (neuter)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, before

(indeclinable)

कृतयुगे (kṛtayuge) - in the Krita Yuga

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṛtayuga

kṛtayuga - Krita Yuga (the first and golden age of the world cycle, characterized by righteousness)

Karmadhāraya compound of 'kṛta' (done, made, perfect, golden) and 'yuga' (age, epoch).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛta+yuga)

• kṛta – done, made, performed, perfect, golden
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of the root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• yuga – age, era, epoch, pair, yoke
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

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