वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-26

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तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्कन्नं गर्भपरिस्रवे ।
स्नापयन्परया लक्ष्म्या दीप्यमानमिवानलम् ॥२६॥

26. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā skannaṃ garbhaparisrave ,
snāpayanparayā lakṣmyā dīpyamānamivānalam.

26. teṣām tat-vacanam śrutvā skannam garbha-parisrave
snāpayan parayā lakṣmyā dīpyamānam iva analam

26. teṣām tat-vacanam śrutvā,
garbha-parisrave skannam tam (kumāram) parayā lakṣmyā snāpayan,
analam iva dīpyamānam (āsa)

26. Having heard their words, they bathed the child, who had emerged from the spilled generative fluid, with great splendor, as he was shining brightly like fire.

Words meanings summery:

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तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (the gods') (of them, their)

तत्-वचनम् (tat-vacanam) - that declaration (of the gods) (that word, that speech)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (the gods' declaration) (having heard, after hearing)

स्कन्नम् (skannam) - who had emerged from the spilled (generative fluid) (spilled, dropped, gushed forth, originated from a spill)

गर्भ-परिस्रवे (garbha-parisrave) - in the generative fluid (referring to the circumstances of Skanda's birth from Shiva's semen) (in the womb-discharge, in the generative fluid)

स्नापयन् (snāpayan) - they (the gods) bathed (the child) (they bathed, they caused to bathe)

परया (parayā) - with supreme (splendor) (with supreme, with excellent)

लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā) - with great splendor (with beauty, with splendor, with fortune)

दीप्यमानम् (dīpyamānam) - (him who was) shining brightly (shining, blazing, glowing)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as it were)

अनलम् (analam) - fire (Agni) (fire)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (the gods') (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the gods mentioned in the previous verse.

तत्-वचनम् (tat-vacanam) - that declaration (of the gods) (that word, that speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatvacana

tatvacana - that word, that speech

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+vacana)

tad – that, this
pronoun
vacana – word, speech, saying, declaration
noun (neuter)
Derived from root 'vac'.
Root: vac (वच्) (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (the gods' declaration) (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (श्रु) (class 5)

स्कन्नम् (skannam) - who had emerged from the spilled (generative fluid) (spilled, dropped, gushed forth, originated from a spill)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of skanna

skanna - spilled, dropped, fallen, gushed forth, oozed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'skand'.

Root: skand (स्कन्द्) (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied object (the child).

गर्भ-परिस्रवे (garbha-parisrave) - in the generative fluid (referring to the circumstances of Skanda's birth from Shiva's semen) (in the womb-discharge, in the generative fluid)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of garbhaparisrava

garbhaparisrava - discharge from the womb, generative fluid, embryonic fluid

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (garbha+parisrava)

garbha – womb, embryo, fetus, interior, semen, generative fluid
noun (masculine)
Root: gṛbh (गृभ्)
parisrava – flowing, oozing, discharge, exudation
noun (masculine)
Derived from root 'sru' with prefix 'pari'.
Prefix: pari
Root: sru (स्रु) (class 1)

Note: Specifies the context/source of Skanda's emergence.

स्नापयन् (snāpayan) - they (the gods) bathed (the child) (they bathed, they caused to bathe)

(verb)

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

Imperfect active, 3rd plural (causative stem)

Causative stem 'snāpaya-'. The 3rd plural imperfect form 'asnāpayan' often drops the augment 'a' in epic poetry.

Root: snā (स्ना) (class 2)

परया (parayā) - with supreme (splendor) (with supreme, with excellent)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate, other

Note: Adjective modifying 'lakṣmyā'.