वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-18

उपावृत्योत्थितां दीनां वडवामिव वाहिताम् ।
पांशुगुण्ठितसर्वाग्नीं विममर्श च पाणिना ॥१८॥

18. upāvṛtyotthitāṃ dīnāṃ vaḍavāmiva vāhitām ,
pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāgnīṃ vimamarśa ca pāṇinā.

18. upāvṛtya utthitām dīnām vaḍavām iva vāhitām
pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgīm vimamarśa ca pāṇinā

18. upāvṛtya ca pāṇinā utthitām dīnām vāhitām
vaḍavām iva pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgīm vimamarśa

18. Having approached her, who had risen, distressed like an overworked mare, her entire body covered with dust, he gently touched her with his hand.

Words meanings summery:

• उपावृत्य (upāvṛtya) - having approached, having returned, having turned towards

• उत्थिताम् (utthitām) - Kausalya, who had stood up (risen, stood up)

• दीनाम् (dīnām) - Kausalya, in distress (distressed, miserable, wretched, dejected)

• वडवाम् (vaḍavām) - mare

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• वाहिताम् (vāhitām) - like a mare that has been overworked (driven, carried, overworked)

• पांशुगुण्ठितसर्वाङ्गीम् (pāṁśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgīm) - Kausalya, covered in dust (whose entire body is covered with dust)

• विममर्श (vimamarśa) - he touched, he stroked, he felt

• च (ca) - and, also

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - by the hand, with the hand

Words meanings and morphology

उपावृत्य (upāvṛtya) - having approached, having returned, having turned towards

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from the root vṛt (to turn) with prefixes upa and ā, using the absolutive suffix -ya.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उत्थिताम् (utthitām) - Kausalya, who had stood up (risen, stood up)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, stood up, produced

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root sthā (to stand) with the prefix ut, using the suffix -ta.

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

दीनाम् (dīnām) - Kausalya, in distress (distressed, miserable, wretched, dejected)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīna

dīna - distressed, miserable, pitiable, poor

वडवाम् (vaḍavām) - mare

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaḍavā

vaḍavā - a mare, a female horse

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

वाहिताम् (vāhitām) - like a mare that has been overworked (driven, carried, overworked)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāhita

vāhita - driven, carried, overworked, borne

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

Formed from the causative stem of the root vah (to carry, draw) with the suffix -ta.

Root: vah (class 1)

पांशुगुण्ठितसर्वाङ्गीम् (pāṁśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgīm) - Kausalya, covered in dust (whose entire body is covered with dust)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pāṃśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgī

pāṁśuguṇṭhitasarvāṅgī - whose entire body is covered with dust

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāṃśuguṇṭhita+sarvāṅgī)

• pāṃśuguṇṭhita – covered with dust
  adjective (masculine)
• sarvāṅgī – entire body, all limbs
  noun (feminine)

विममर्श (vimamarśa) - he touched, he stroked, he felt

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vimṛś

Perfect Tense

Formed from the root mṛś (to touch) with prefix vi, conjugated in Perfect (Lit) tense.

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - by the hand, with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

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