वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-96, verse-16

अनुच्छ्वसन्तं युक्तं तं सशक्राः साप्सरोगणाः ।
देवाः सर्षिगणाः सर्वे पुष्पैरवकिरंस्तदा ॥१६॥

16. anucchvasantaṃ yuktaṃ taṃ saśakrāḥ sāpsarogaṇāḥ ,
devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve puṣpairavakiraṃstadā.

16. anucchvasantam yuktam tam saśakrāḥ sāpsarogaṇāḥ
devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve puṣpaiḥ avakiran tadā

16. tadā saśakrāḥ sāpsarogaṇāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ sarve
devāḥ anucchvasantam yuktam tam puṣpaiḥ avakiran

16. Then, all the gods, along with Indra, the hosts of apsaras, and the groups of sages (ṛṣi), showered him—who was holding his breath and perfectly concentrated (yukta)—with flowers.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुच्छ्वसन्तम् (anucchvasantam) - him who was not breathing, holding his breath

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - concentrated, disciplined, absorbed (in yoga (yoga))

• तम् (tam) - Lakshmana (him, that)

• सशक्राः (saśakrāḥ) - accompanied by Indra (with Indra)

• साप्सरोगणाः (sāpsarogaṇāḥ) - accompanied by hosts of celestial nymphs (with groups of apsaras)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

• सर्षिगणाः (sarṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by hosts of sages (with groups of rishis (sages))

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers

• अवकिरन् (avakiran) - strewed, showered

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

अनुच्छ्वसन्तम् (anucchvasantam) - him who was not breathing, holding his breath

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anucchvasat

anucchvasat - not breathing, breathless

Present Active Participle

Derived from root śvas with prefixes ud and an- (negation)

Prefixes: an+ud

Root: śvas (class 2)

युक्तम् (yuktam) - concentrated, disciplined, absorbed (in yoga (yoga))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, united, fit, appropriate, yoked, concentrated, absorbed in meditation (yoga)

Past Passive Participle

Root: yuj (class 7)

तम् (tam) - Lakshmana (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सशक्राः (saśakrāḥ) - accompanied by Indra (with Indra)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saśakra

saśakra - accompanied by Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śakra)

• sa – with, accompanied by (prefix)
  indeclinable
• śakra – Indra (king of the gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

साप्सरोगणाः (sāpsarogaṇāḥ) - accompanied by hosts of celestial nymphs (with groups of apsaras)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāpsarogaṇa

sāpsarogaṇa - accompanied by hosts of apsaras (celestial nymphs)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+apsaras+gaṇa)

• sa – with, accompanied by (prefix)
  indeclinable
• apsaras – celestial nymph
  noun (feminine)
• gaṇa – group, host, multitude
  noun (masculine)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

सर्षिगणाः (sarṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by hosts of sages (with groups of rishis (sages))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarṣigaṇa

sarṣigaṇa - accompanied by groups of sages (ṛṣi)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+ṛṣi+gaṇa)

• sa – with, accompanied by (prefix)
  indeclinable
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, host, multitude
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

अवकिरन् (avakiran) - strewed, showered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ava-kṛ

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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