वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-32, verse-23

स्पृष्टमात्रे ततः पाणौ विकुब्जा विगतज्वराः ।
युक्ताः परमया लक्ष्म्या बभुः कन्याशतं तदा ॥२३॥

23. spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ pāṇau vikubjā vigatajvarāḥ ,
yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyāśataṃ tadā.

23. spṛṣṭa-mātre tataḥ pāṇau vi-kubjāḥ vigata-jvarāḥ
yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyā-śatam tadā

23. tataḥ pāṇau spṛṣṭa-mātre tadā kanyā-śatam vi-kubjāḥ
vigata-jvarāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā yuktāḥ babhuḥ

23. Then, as soon as their hands were touched, the hundred daughters, freed from their humps and all distress, shone, endowed with supreme beauty.

Words meanings summery:

• स्पृष्ट-मात्रे (spṛṣṭa-mātre) - as soon as (their hands) were touched (as soon as touched, merely touched)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• पाणौ (pāṇau) - upon the hand (of each daughter) (on the hand, in the hand)

• वि-कुब्जाः (vi-kubjāḥ) - freed from humps, no longer hunchbacked

• विगत-ज्वराः (vigata-jvarāḥ) - freed from all distress (freed from fever, free from distress/anxiety)

• युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - endowed (with beauty) (endowed, joined, possessed of)

• परमया (paramayā) - with supreme, with highest, with excellent

• लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - with beauty, with fortune, with prosperity

• बभुः (babhuḥ) - they shone, they appeared, they became

• कन्या-शतम् (kanyā-śatam) - a hundred maidens, a hundred daughters

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

स्पृष्ट-मात्रे (spṛṣṭa-mātre) - as soon as (their hands) were touched (as soon as touched, merely touched)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of spṛṣṭa-mātra

spṛṣṭa-mātra - as soon as touched, merely touched, only on being touched

compound formed with past passive participle 'spṛṣṭa' and 'mātra' (only, merely)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (spṛṣṭa+mātra)

• spṛṣṭa – touched, contacted, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root spṛś (to touch)
  Root: spṛś (class 6)
• mātra – only, mere, just, as soon as
  adjective (neuter)
  suffix indicating 'only' or 'just'

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of tad

Note: Adverbial.

पाणौ (pāṇau) - upon the hand (of each daughter) (on the hand, in the hand)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand, palm

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'when the hand was touched'.

वि-कुब्जाः (vi-kubjāḥ) - freed from humps, no longer hunchbacked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vi-kubja

vi-kubja - without a hump, straight, freed from deformity or crookedness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+kubja)

• vi – without, apart, away, indicating separation or negation
  indeclinable
  prefix
• kubja – hunchbacked, crippled, bent
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kubj (class 6)

Note: Qualifies kanyāśatam.

विगत-ज्वराः (vigata-jvarāḥ) - freed from all distress (freed from fever, free from distress/anxiety)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vigata-jvara

vigata-jvara - freed from fever, free from distress, anxiety, or suffering

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+jvara)

• vigata – gone away, departed, disappeared, past
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root gam with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, distress, anxiety, suffering
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Qualifies kanyāśatam.

युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - endowed (with beauty) (endowed, joined, possessed of)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yukta

yukta - joined, united, endowed with, possessed of, fit, proper

past passive participle

from root yuj (to join, to yoke)

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies kanyāśatam.

परमया (paramayā) - with supreme, with highest, with excellent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, ultimate

Note: Qualifies lakṣmyā.

लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - with beauty, with fortune, with prosperity

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - beauty, grace, prosperity, fortune, wealth, good luck, Goddess Lakṣmī

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

Note: Used with yuktāḥ (endowed with).

बभुः (babhuḥ) - they shone, they appeared, they became

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

perfect active

perfect third person plural active of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

कन्या-शतम् (kanyā-śatam) - a hundred maidens, a hundred daughters

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kanyā-śata

kanyā-śata - a hundred maidens, a hundred daughters

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kanyā+śata)

• kanyā – maiden, girl, daughter
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of babhuḥ. Although syntactically singular neuter, it denotes a collection of 100 individuals, hence the plural adjectives vikubjāḥ, vigatajvarāḥ, yuktāḥ.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of tad