वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-99, verse-9

ऋषयश्च महात्मानः सर्व एव महीसुराः ।
अन्वगच्छन्त काकुत्स्थं स्वर्गद्वारमुपागतम् ॥९॥

9. ṛṣayaśca mahātmānaḥ sarva eva mahīsurāḥ ,
anvagacchanta kākutsthaṃ svargadvāramupāgatam.

9. ṛṣayaḥ ca mahātmānaḥ sarve eva mahīsurāḥ
anvagacchanta kākutstham svargadvāram upāgatam

9. And all the great-souled ones (mahatman), who are considered gods on earth, followed Rama (kākutstha), who had reached the gate of heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

• च (ca) - and

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled sages (great-souled, noble-minded)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• महीसुराः (mahīsurāḥ) - gods on earth, Brahmins

• अन्वगच्छन्त (anvagacchanta) - they followed

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rama (Kakutstha (an epithet for Rama))

• स्वर्गद्वारम् (svargadvāram) - to the gate of heaven

• उपागतम् (upāgatam) - who had reached (approached, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, a Vedic hymn composer

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled sages (great-souled, noble-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, a great person

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

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

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

महीसुराः (mahīsurāḥ) - gods on earth, Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahīsura

mahīsura - god on earth, Brahmin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahī+sura)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

अन्वगच्छन्त (anvagacchanta) - they followed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of anugam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rama (Kakutstha (an epithet for Rama))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rama)

स्वर्गद्वारम् (svargadvāram) - to the gate of heaven

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svargadvāra

svargadvāra - gate of heaven, entrance to svarga

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+dvāra)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

उपागतम् (upāgatam) - who had reached (approached, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, reached, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes upa and ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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