वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-23, verse-12

न ते क्षौद्रं च दधि च ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः ।
मूर्ध्नि मूर्धावसिक्तस्य दधति स्म विधानतः ॥१२॥

12. na te kṣaudraṃ ca dadhi ca brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ ,
mūrdhni mūrdhāvasiktasya dadhati sma vidhānataḥ.

12. na te kṣaudram ca dadhi ca brāhmaṇāḥ vedapāragāḥ
mūrdhni mūrdhāvasiktasya dadhati sma vidhānataḥ

12. vedapāragāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ te mūrdhāvasiktasya mūrdhni
vidhānataḥ kṣaudram ca dadhi ca na dadhati sma

12. The Brahmins, who have mastered the Vedas, no longer ceremonially place honey and curds upon your anointed head.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - no longer (not)

• ते (te) - your

• क्षौद्रम् (kṣaudram) - honey

• च (ca) - and

• दधि (dadhi) - curds, yogurt

• च (ca) - and

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

• वेदपारगाः (vedapāragāḥ) - those who have mastered the Vedas

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head

• मूर्धावसिक्तस्य (mūrdhāvasiktasya) - Refers to a consecrated king or person who has undergone a ritual anointing. (of one whose head has been anointed, of a consecrated one)

• दधति (dadhati) - they place, offer, hold

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• विधानतः (vidhānataḥ) - according to ritual, properly, ceremonially

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - no longer (not)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates dadhati sma

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying mūrdhni

क्षौद्रम् (kṣaudram) - honey

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣaudra

kṣaudra - honey, honey-related

Note: Object of dadhati

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects kṣaudram and dadhi

दधि (dadhi) - curds, yogurt

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dadhi

dadhi - curds, yogurt, thickened milk

Note: Object of dadhati

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects kṣaudram and dadhi

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin (member of the priestly class), related to Brahman

Note: Subject of dadhati

वेदपारगाः (vedapāragāḥ) - those who have mastered the Vedas

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vedapāraga

vedapāraga - one who has crossed to the other shore of the Vedas, a master of the Vedas

Tatpurusha compound: Veda-pāraga

Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+pāraga)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
• pāraga – going to the other shore, mastering, expert
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: pāra
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇāḥ

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on the head

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

Note: Indicates location of the offering

मूर्धावसिक्तस्य (mūrdhāvasiktasya) - Refers to a consecrated king or person who has undergone a ritual anointing. (of one whose head has been anointed, of a consecrated one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mūrdhāvasikta

mūrdhāvasikta - whose head has been sprinkled/anointed; a consecrated king

Past Passive Participle

Bahuvrihi compound: mūrdhan-avasikta (head-sprinkled)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mūrdhan+avasikta)

• mūrdhan – head, top, summit
  noun (masculine)
• avasikta – sprinkled, anointed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sic 'to sprinkle' with prefix ava-
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sic (class 6)

Note: Modifies the implied person

दधति (dadhati) - they place, offer, hold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used with sma to indicate past customary action

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

Note: Transforms present tense verb into past tense

विधानतः (vidhānataḥ) - according to ritual, properly, ceremonially

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to vidhāna

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