वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-14, verse-3

तत्र काषायिणो वृद्धान् वेत्रपाणीन् स्वलंकृतान् ।
ददर्श विष्ठितान्द्वारि स्त्र्यध्यक्षान् सुसमाहितान् ॥३॥

3. tatra kāṣāyiṇo vṛddhān vetrapāṇīn svalaṃkṛtān ,
dadarśa viṣṭhitāndvāri stryadhyakṣān susamāhitān.

3. tatra kāṣāyiṇaḥ vṛddhān vetrapāṇīn svalaṅkṛtān
dadarśa viṣṭhitān dvāri stryadhyakṣān susamāhitān

3. dadarśa tatra stryadhyakṣān vṛddhān kāṣāyiṇaḥ
vetrapāṇīn svalaṅkṛtān viṣṭhitān dvāri susamāhitān

3. There, he saw the superintendents of the women's quarters, who were old men, dressed in saffron robes, holding staffs, well-adorned, and standing very attentively at the door.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• काषायिणः (kāṣāyiṇaḥ) - saffron-robed, wearing a saffron garment

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old, aged, grown

• वेत्रपाणीन् (vetrapāṇīn) - holding a staff, staff-in-hand

• स्वलङ्कृतान् (svalaṅkṛtān) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, he beheld

• विष्ठितान् (viṣṭhitān) - stationed, placed, standing

• द्वारि (dvāri) - at the door, in the gate

• स्त्र्यध्यक्षान् (stryadhyakṣān) - superintendents of women, chief officers over women's quarters

• सुसमाहितान् (susamāhitān) - very attentive, well-composed, concentrated

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

from tad (that)

काषायिणः (kāṣāyiṇaḥ) - saffron-robed, wearing a saffron garment

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāṣāyin

kāṣāyin - saffron-robed, wearing a saffron garment

from kāṣāya (saffron garment) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old, aged, grown

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛdh (to grow)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

वेत्रपाणीन् (vetrapāṇīn) - holding a staff, staff-in-hand

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vetrapāṇin

vetrapāṇin - holding a staff, staff-in-hand

from vetra (cane, staff) + pāṇi (hand) + -in (possessive suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vetra+pāṇi)

• vetra – cane, staff, reed
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

स्वलङ्कृतान् (svalaṅkṛtān) - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svalaṅkṛta

svalaṅkṛta - well-adorned, beautifully decorated

Past Passive Participle

from su (well) + alaṅkṛta (adorned)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+alaṅkṛta)

• su – well, good, excellent
  indeclinable
• alaṅkṛta – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from prefix alam (sufficiently) + root kṛ (to do, make)
  Prefix: alam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, he beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect

reduplicated perfect form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विष्ठितान् (viṣṭhitān) - stationed, placed, standing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viṣṭhita

viṣṭhita - stationed, placed, standing

Past Passive Participle

from vi + sthā (to stand)

Prefix: vi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

द्वारि (dvāri) - at the door, in the gate

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dvār

dvār - door, gate, entrance

स्त्र्यध्यक्षान् (stryadhyakṣān) - superintendents of women, chief officers over women's quarters

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of stryadhyakṣa

stryadhyakṣa - superintendent of women, chief officer over women's quarters

compound of strī (woman) + adhyakṣa (superintendent)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (strī+adhyakṣa)

• strī – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)
• adhyakṣa – superintendent, overseer, president
  noun (masculine)
  from adhi + akṣa (eye, sense perception)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: akṣ

Note: object of 'saw'

सुसमाहितान् (susamāhitān) - very attentive, well-composed, concentrated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of susamāhita

susamāhita - very attentive, well-composed, concentrated, well-fixed

Past Passive Participle

from su (well) + sam (together) + ā (towards) + hita (placed)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+sam+ā+hita)

• su – well, good, excellent
  indeclinable
• samāhita – composed, attentive, collected, fixed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam + ā + hita (past participle of dhā)
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: describes stryadhyakṣān

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