वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-76, verse-8

कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च कैकेयी च सुमध्यमा ।
वधूप्रतिग्रहे युक्ता याश्चान्या राजयोषितः ॥८॥

8. kausalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca sumadhyamā ,
vadhūpratigrahe yuktā yāścānyā rājayoṣitaḥ.

8. kausalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca sumadhyamā
vadhūpratigrahe yuktā yāḥ ca anyāḥ rājayōṣitaḥ

8. kausalyā ca sumitrā ca sumadhyamā kaikeyī ca
yāḥ ca anyāḥ rājayōṣitaḥ vadhūpratigrahe yuktā

8. Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi, (the one) with the slender waist, as well as other royal ladies, were engaged in receiving the brides.

Words meanings summery:

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (mother of Rama) (Kausalya)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुमित्रा (sumitrā) - Sumitra (mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna) (Sumitra)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (mother of Bharata) (Kaikeyi)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - with a slender waist, slender-waisted

• वधूप्रतिग्रहे (vadhūpratigrahe) - in the reception of the brides

• युक्ता (yuktā) - engaged, occupied, connected

• याः (yāḥ) - who, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other

• राजय्ओषितः (rājayōṣitaḥ) - royal ladies, queens

Words meanings and morphology

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kausalya (mother of Rama) (Kausalya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (name of a queen, mother of Rama)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुमित्रा (sumitrā) - Sumitra (mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna) (Sumitra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumitrā

sumitrā - Sumitra (name of a queen)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (mother of Bharata) (Kaikeyi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (name of a queen)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - with a slender waist, slender-waisted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - having a beautiful waist, slender-waisted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhyama)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• madhyama – middle, waist
  noun (neuter)

वधूप्रतिग्रहे (vadhūpratigrahe) - in the reception of the brides

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadhūpratigraha

vadhūpratigraha - reception of brides, acceptance of wives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhū+pratigraha)

• vadhū – bride, wife, young woman
  noun (feminine)
• pratigraha – reception, acceptance, taking
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: grah (class 9)

युक्ता (yuktā) - engaged, occupied, connected

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukta

yukta - engaged, joined, connected, proper, fit

Past Passive Participle

Root: yuj (class 7)

याः (yāḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

राजय्ओषितः (rājayōṣitaḥ) - royal ladies, queens

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rājayōṣit

rājayōṣit - royal lady, queen

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+yōṣit)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• yōṣit – woman, lady
  noun (feminine)

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