वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-23, verse-10

व्यजनाभ्यां च मुख्याभ्यां शतपत्रनिभेक्षणम् ।
चन्द्रहंसप्रकाशाभ्यां वीज्यते न तवाननम् ॥१०॥

10. vyajanābhyāṃ ca mukhyābhyāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇam ,
candrahaṃsaprakāśābhyāṃ vījyate na tavānanam.

10. vyajanābhyām ca mukhyābhyām śatapatranibhekṣaṇam
candrahaṃsaprakāśābhyām vījyate na tava ānanam

10. tava śatapatranibhekṣaṇam ānanam ca mukhyābhyām
candrahaṃsaprakāśābhyām vyajanābhyām na vījyate

10. And your face, with eyes resembling lotus petals, is not being fanned by excellent fans that shine like the moon and swans.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यजनाभ्याम् (vyajanābhyām) - by two fans

• च (ca) - and

• मुख्याभ्याम् (mukhyābhyām) - by two excellent/chief ones

• शतपत्रनिभेक्षणम् (śatapatranibhekṣaṇam) - (having) eyes like lotus petals

• चन्द्रहंसप्रकाशाभ्याम् (candrahaṁsaprakāśābhyām) - by two shining like moon and swans

• वीज्यते (vījyate) - is fanned

• न (na) - not, no

• तव (tava) - your

• आननम् (ānanam) - face, mouth

Words meanings and morphology

व्यजनाभ्याम् (vyajanābhyām) - by two fans

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of vyajana

vyajana - fan

Note: Agent in passive construction

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मुख्याभ्याम् (mukhyābhyām) - by two excellent/chief ones

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of mukhya

mukhya - principal, chief, excellent, foremost

Note: Agrees with vyajanābhyām

शतपत्रनिभेक्षणम् (śatapatranibhekṣaṇam) - (having) eyes like lotus petals

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śatapatranibhekṣaṇa

śatapatranibhekṣaṇa - having eyes like lotus petals

Bahuvrihi compound: śatapatra-nibha-īkṣaṇa (eyes resembling lotus petals)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śatapatra+nibha+īkṣaṇa)

• śatapatra – lotus (having a hundred petals)
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ānanam

चन्द्रहंसप्रकाशाभ्याम् (candrahaṁsaprakāśābhyām) - by two shining like moon and swans

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of candrahaṃsaprakāśa

candrahaṁsaprakāśa - shining like the moon and swans

Bahuvrihi compound: candra-haṃsa-prakāśa (whose radiance is like moon and swans)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (candra+haṃsa+prakāśa)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• prakāśa – light, splendor, shining
  noun (masculine)
  from root kāś 'to shine' with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vyajanābhyām and mukhyābhyām

वीज्यते (vījyate) - is fanned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vīj

Passive form of vīj

Root: vīj (class 1)

Note: Negated by "na"

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates vījyate

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying ānanam

आननम् (ānanam) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ānana

ānana - face, mouth

Note: Subject of the passive verb vījyate

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