वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-49, verse-18

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षौ खड्गतूणीधनुर्धरौ ।
अश्विनाविव रूपेण समुपस्थितयौवनौ ॥१८॥

18. padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau ,
aśvināviva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau.

18. padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau
aśvinau iva rūpeṇa samupasthitayauvanau

18. padmapatraviśālākṣau khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau
rūpeṇa aśvinau iva samupasthitayauvanau

18. They possess broad eyes like lotus petals, carry swords, quivers, and bows, and in their beauty, they resemble the Ashvin (Aśvin) twins, having just entered the prime of their youth.

Words meanings summery:

• पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षौ (padmapatraviśālākṣau) - with broad eyes like lotus petals

• खड्गतूणीधनुर्धरौ (khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau) - bearing swords, quivers, and bows

• अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Ashvins (divine twin deities)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - in form, by beauty, in appearance

• समुपस्थितयौवनौ (samupasthitayauvanau) - whose youth has just arrived, having reached the prime of youth

Words meanings and morphology

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षौ (padmapatraviśālākṣau) - with broad eyes like lotus petals

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of padmapatraviśālākṣa

padmapatraviśālākṣa - having large eyes like lotus petals

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+patra+viśāla+akṣi)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• viśāla – broad, wide, large, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

खड्गतूणीधनुर्धरौ (khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdharau) - bearing swords, quivers, and bows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdhara

khaḍgatūṇīdhanurdhara - bearing sword, quiver, and bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (khaḍga+tūṇī+dhanus+dhara)

• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)
• tūṇī – quiver
  noun (feminine)
• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, wearing (from root dhṛ)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  agent noun/adjective from root dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Ashvins (divine twin deities)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - belonging to a horse; (as noun, dual) the two Ashvins, divine horsemen, twin deities of dawn and healing

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

रूपेण (rūpeṇa) - in form, by beauty, in appearance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, beauty, appearance, figure

समुपस्थितयौवनौ (samupasthitayauvanau) - whose youth has just arrived, having reached the prime of youth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samupasthitayauvana

samupasthitayauvana - whose youth has arrived, in the prime of youth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samupasthita+yauvana)

• sam-upa-sthita – approached, arrived, present, standing near
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root sthā with sam- and upa- prefixes
  Prefixes: sam+upa
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• yauvana – youth, youthfulness, prime of life
  noun (neuter)

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