Shloka 42

रामस्य हिमवद्गमनम्

Rama’s Journey to Himavat

Devanagari script

प्रतापविषमैराजन्ह्रास्यमानं सरिच्छतैः / सारोवरैश्च विपुलैः कुमुदोत्पलमण्डितैः

Transliteration

pratāpaviṣamairājanhrāsyamānaṃ saricchataiḥ / sārovaraiśca vipulaiḥ kumudotpalamaṇḍitaiḥ

Translation

大王啊，那片地域因威势而显得崎岖不齐，又被诸河水势所侵蚀而处处似有消减；并有广阔的湖泊点缀其间，遍饰库穆达与乌特帕拉莲花。

Word by Word

• pratāpa-viṣamaiḥ: by rugged (places) due to heat/glare
• pratāpa-viṣamaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; samāsa: pratāpena viṣamāni (instrumental-determinative)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana

• hrāsyamānam: being diminished/lessened
• hrāsyamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hrāsya (कृदन्त, √hras/ह्रस् धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kāla-kṛdanta (present passive participle/शानच्), Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; √hras (ह्रस्) + ya (passive) → hrāsyamāna

• sarit-chataiḥ: by (areas) covered with rivers/streams
• sarit-chataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक) + chata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; samāsa: saritaḥ chadanti iti / saridbhiḥ chataiḥ (river-covered/river-shaded)

• sārovaraiḥ: by lakes/ponds
• sārovaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārovara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• vipulaiḥ: vast, extensive
• vipulaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; sārovaraiḥ iti viśeṣaṇam

• kumuda-utpala-maṇḍitaiḥ: adorned with white lotuses and blue lotuses
• kumuda-utpala-maṇḍitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kumuda (प्रातिपदिक) + utpala (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍita (कृदन्त, √maṇḍ/मण्ड् धातु)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana; bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle/क्त), maṇḍita = adorned; samāsa: kumudaiś ca utpalaiś ca maṇḍitaiḥ (adorned with kumuda and utpala lotuses)