वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-73, verse-5

ददौ कन्या पिता तासां दासीदासमनुत्तमम् ।
हिरण्यस्य सुवर्णस्य मुक्तानां विद्रुमस्य च ॥५॥

5. dadau kanyā pitā tāsāṃ dāsīdāsamanuttamam ,
hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya muktānāṃ vidrumasya ca.

5. dadau kanyā pitā tāsām dāsīdāsam anuttamam
hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya muktānām vidrumasya ca

5. तासां कन्या पिता दासीदासम अनुत्तमम् हिरण्यस्य
सुवर्णस्य मुक्तानाम् च विद्रुमस्य ददौ

5. Their father gave excellent maidservants and servants to them. He also presented gold (both uncoined and fine), pearls, and coral.

Words meanings summery:

• ददौ (dadau) - gave, he gave

• कन्या (kanyā) - the girls' (brides') father (daughter, maiden, girl)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of the brides (Sita and her sisters) (of them, to them (feminine))

• दासीदासम् (dāsīdāsam) - maidservants and servants (collectively)

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, best

• हिरण्यस्य (hiraṇyasya) - of gold, of wealth

• सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of fine gold, of good color/quality

• मुक्तानाम् (muktānām) - of pearls

• विद्रुमस्य (vidrumasya) - of coral

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

ददौ (dadau) - gave, he gave

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dā

Perfect tense form (Lit)

Root: √dā (class 3)

कन्या (kanyā) - the girls' (brides') father (daughter, maiden, girl)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - girl, maiden, daughter, virgin

Note: Here, likely modifying 'pitā' (father of the girls)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तासाम् (tāsām) - of the brides (Sita and her sisters) (of them, to them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

दासीदासम् (dāsīdāsam) - maidservants and servants (collectively)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāsīdāsa

dāsīdāsa - maidservants and male servants

Compound type : dvandva (dāsī+dāsa)

• dāsī – maidservant, female slave
  noun (feminine)
• dāsa – servant, slave, worshipper
  noun (masculine)

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unrivalled, unsurpassed, excellent, best, supreme

Compound type : na-tatpurusha (an+uttama)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, chief, excellent
  adjective

Note: Modifies 'dāsīdāsam'

हिरण्यस्य (hiraṇyasya) - of gold, of wealth

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold (unwrought), money, wealth

सुवर्णस्य (suvarṇasya) - of fine gold, of good color/quality

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold, fine gold, good color, beautiful, golden

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+varṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• varṇa – color, hue, quality, class, caste
  noun (masculine)

मुक्तानाम् (muktānām) - of pearls

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of muktā

muktā - pearl, a freed woman

विद्रुमस्य (vidrumasya) - of coral

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vidruma

vidruma - coral, a coral tree

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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