वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-94, verse-6

मधुं च कैटभं चैव ययोरस्थिचयैर्वृता ।
इयं पर्वतसंबाधा मेदिनी चाभवन्मही ॥६॥

6. madhuṃ ca kaiṭabhaṃ caiva yayorasthicayairvṛtā ,
iyaṃ parvatasaṃbādhā medinī cābhavanmahī.

6. madhum ca kaiṭabham ca eva yayoḥ asthicayaiḥ
vṛtā iyam parvatasaṃbādhā medinī ca abhavat mahī

6. Those two were Madhu and Kaiṭabha, by whose piles of bones this earth (medinī) became covered and obstructed by mountains, thus becoming the great land.

Words meanings summery:

• मधुम् (madhum) - Madhu (the demon) (Madhu (name of a demon); honey, sweet)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कैटभम् (kaiṭabham) - Kaiṭabha (the demon) (Kaiṭabha (name of a demon))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• ययोः (yayoḥ) - by whose (bones) (of whom (dual))

• अस्थिचयैः (asthicayaiḥ) - by piles of bones (by heaps of bones)

• वृता (vṛtā) - covered (covered, surrounded, chosen)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine nominative singular))

• पर्वतसंबाधा (parvatasaṁbādhā) - obstructed by mountains (obstructed by mountains, filled with mountains)

• मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (earth, ground)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

• मही (mahī) - the great land (the earth, great land, ground)

Words meanings and morphology

मधुम् (madhum) - Madhu (the demon) (Madhu (name of a demon); honey, sweet)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet; spring season; name of a demon

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कैटभम् (kaiṭabham) - Kaiṭabha (the demon) (Kaiṭabha (name of a demon))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaiṭabha

kaiṭabha - name of a demon, brother of Madhu

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

ययोः (yayoḥ) - by whose (bones) (of whom (dual))

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Used here with an instrumental sense 'by means of them' or as a possessive for 'bones'.

अस्थिचयैः (asthicayaiḥ) - by piles of bones (by heaps of bones)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of asthicaya

asthicaya - heap of bones, pile of bones

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (asthi+caya)

• asthi – bone
  noun (neuter)
• caya – heap, pile, collection
  noun (masculine)
  from root ci (to gather)
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Refers to the remains of the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha.

वृता (vṛtā) - covered (covered, surrounded, chosen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vṛta

vṛta - covered, surrounded, chosen, appointed

past passive participle

past passive participle of root vṛ (to cover, to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'iyam medinī mahī'.

इयम् (iyam) - this (this (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the earth.

पर्वतसंबाधा (parvatasaṁbādhā) - obstructed by mountains (obstructed by mountains, filled with mountains)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parvatasaṃbādha

parvatasaṁbādha - obstructed by mountains, filled with mountains

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (parvata+saṃbādha)

• parvata – mountain
  noun (masculine)
• saṃbādha – obstruction, crowding, narrowness, impediment
  noun (masculine)
  from sam- + badh (to oppress, hinder)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: badh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'iyam medinī mahī'.

मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (earth, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, ground

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

imperfect tense

imperfect tense (laṅ) of root bhū, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

मही (mahī) - the great land (the earth, great land, ground)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - the earth, ground, land, great, mighty (feminine of mahat)

Note: Here refers to the planet Earth.