वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-10, verse-29

पूज्यमाना च ताभिः सा राज्ञा चैव विशेषतः ।
उवास तत्र सुखिता कं चित् कालं सह द्विजा ॥२९॥

29. pūjyamānā ca tābhiḥ sā rājñā caiva viśeṣataḥ ,
uvāsa tatra sukhitā kaṃ cit kālaṃ saha dvijā.

29. pūjyamānā ca tābhiḥ sā rājñā ca eva viśeṣataḥ
uvāsa tatra sukhitā kam cit kālam saha dvija

29. ca tābhiḥ ca rājñā eva viśeṣataḥ pūjyamānā sā sukhitā tatra kam cit kālam saha uvāsa,
dvija

29. And she, being honored by those women and especially by the king, happily dwelt there for some time, O Brahmin (dvija).

Words meanings summery:

• पूज्यमाना (pūjyamānā) - being honored (being worshipped, being honored)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (women)

• सा (sā) - she (the Brahmin's wife) (she, that (female))

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king (by the king, by the ruler)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - especially (indeed, only, certainly, even)

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, distinctively)

• उवास (uvāsa) - she dwelt (she lived, she dwelt, she resided)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• सुखिता (sukhitā) - happily (happy, comfortable, pleased)

• कम् (kam) - some (whom, what, some)

• चित् (cit) - a certain (time) (a certain, some, anything)

• कालम् (kālam) - for some time (time, period, season)

• सह (saha) - together (with, together with)

• द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (dvija) (O Brahmin, O twice-born one)

Words meanings and morphology

पूज्यमाना (pūjyamānā) - being honored (being worshipped, being honored)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūjyamāna

pūjyamāna - being worshipped, being honored, being respected

Present Passive Participle

formed from root '√pūj' (to worship) + suffix '-śānac'

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'sā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'tābhiḥ' and 'rājñā'.

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (women)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agent of 'pūjyamānā'. Refers to the 'antaḥpurāṇi' (women of the inner palace).

सा (sā) - she (the Brahmin's wife) (she, that (female))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'uvāsa'.

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king (by the king, by the ruler)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Note: Agent of 'pūjyamānā'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - especially (indeed, only, certainly, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'viśeṣataḥ'.

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially (especially, particularly, distinctively)

(indeclinable)

formed from 'viśeṣa' (distinction) + suffix '-tas'

Note: Modifies 'pūjyamānā'.

उवास (uvāsa) - she dwelt (she lived, she dwelt, she resided)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

locative of pronoun 'tad' used as an indeclinable

Note: Refers to the palace.

सुखिता (sukhitā) - happily (happy, comfortable, pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukhitā

sukhitā - happy, joyful, pleased, comfortable

from 'sukha' (happiness) + suffix '-ita'

Note: Modifies 'sā'.

कम् (kam) - some (whom, what, some)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, some

Note: Part of the indefinite pronoun 'kaṃ cit'.

चित् (cit) - a certain (time) (a certain, some, anything)

(indeclinable)

Note: Follows 'kam'.

कालम् (kālam) - for some time (time, period, season)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, duration, season

Note: Denotes duration.

सह (saha) - together (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

द्विज (dvija) - O Brahmin (dvija) (O Brahmin, O twice-born one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, snake, tooth

compound of 'dvi' (twice) + 'ja' (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  derived from root '√jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Direct address to the narrator's audience.

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