वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-99, verse-4

ततः क्षौमाम्बरधरो ब्रह्म चावर्तयन्परम् ।
कुशान् गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां प्रसज्य प्रययावथ ॥४॥

4. tataḥ kṣaumāmbaradharo brahma cāvartayanparam ,
kuśān gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṃ prasajya prayayāvatha.

4. tataḥ kṣauma ambara dharaḥ brahma ca āvartayan
param kuśān gṛhītvā pāṇibhyām prasajya prayayau atha

4. tataḥ kṣauma ambara dharaḥ ca param brahma āvartayan
pāṇibhyām kuśān gṛhītvā prasajya atha prayayau

4. Then, wearing silk garments, reciting the supreme (brahman), and holding kuśa grass in both hands, he dedicated himself (to the journey) and departed.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• क्षौम (kṣauma) - made of silk or flax, silken

• अम्बर (ambara) - garment (garment, cloth, sky)

• धरः (dharaḥ) - wearing, holding, bearing

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality (brahman), sacred text/knowledge

• च (ca) - and, also

• आवर्तयन् (āvartayan) - reciting (reciting, repeating, causing to turn)

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• कुशान् (kuśān) - kuśa grasses

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having held, having seized

• पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with both hands, by means of hands

• प्रसज्य (prasajya) - having dedicated himself to the journey/task (having attached, having dedicated, having applied oneself)

• प्रययौ (prayayau) - he departed, he went forth

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

क्षौम (kṣauma) - made of silk or flax, silken

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṣauma

kṣauma - made of flax or silk, flaxen, silken

Note: Part of a compound 'kṣaumāmbaradharaḥ'.

अम्बर (ambara) - garment (garment, cloth, sky)

(noun)

neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - garment, cloth, sky, atmosphere

Note: Part of a compound 'kṣaumāmbaradharaḥ'.

धरः (dharaḥ) - wearing, holding, bearing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhara

dhara - holding, bearing, wearing, carrying (often as a suffix in compounds)

Derived from root dhṛ (to hold)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: As part of 'kṣaumāmbaradharaḥ' meaning 'one who wears silk garments'.

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute Reality (brahman), sacred text/knowledge

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute Reality, ultimate truth; sacred knowledge, a Vedic text or mantra

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आवर्तयन् (āvartayan) - reciting (reciting, repeating, causing to turn)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āvartayat

āvartayat - causing to turn, repeating, reciting, performing (present active participle, causative)

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from root vṛt (to turn) with prefix 'ā' and causative suffix -i and present participle suffix -at

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject (Vasiṣṭha).

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, excellent, other, distant

Note: Agrees with 'brahma'.

कुशान् (kuśān) - kuśa grasses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuśa

kuśa - kuśa grass (Poa cynosuroides), a sacred grass used in Vedic rituals

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having held, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root grah (to seize, take) with suffix -tvā

Root: grah (class 9)

पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with both hands, by means of hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

प्रसज्य (prasajya) - having dedicated himself to the journey/task (having attached, having dedicated, having applied oneself)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sanj (to cling, attach) with prefix 'pra' and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: sañj (class 1)

प्रययौ (prayayau) - he departed, he went forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pra-yā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

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