वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-9

अङ्गरागोचितां सीतां रक्तचन्दन सेविनीम् ।
वर्षमुष्णं च शीतं च नेष्यत्याशु विवर्णताम् ॥९॥

9. aṅgarāgocitāṃ sītāṃ raktacandana sevinīm ,
varṣamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca neṣyatyāśu vivarṇatām.

9. aṅgarāga ucitām sītām raktacandana sevinīm
varṣam uṣṇam ca śītam ca neṣyati āśu vivarṇatām

9. varṣam uṣṇam ca śītam ca āśu neṣyati sītām
aṅgarāga ucitām raktacandana sevinīm vivarṇatām

9. The rainy season, the heat, and the cold will quickly lead Sita, who is accustomed to bodily unguents and uses red sandalwood, to discoloration.

Words meanings summery:

• अङ्गराग (aṅgarāga) - bodily unguent, perfume, cosmetic

• उचिताम् (ucitām) - accustomed to (unguents) (suitable, accustomed to, proper)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

• रक्तचन्दन (raktacandana) - red sandalwood

• सेविनीम् (sevinīm) - using (red sandalwood) (accustomed to, devoted to, using, serving)

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - the rainy season (rain, rainy season, year)

• उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - the hot season (heat, hot season)

• च (ca) - and, also

• शीतम् (śītam) - the cold season (cold, cold season)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नेष्यति (neṣyati) - will lead, will carry

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• विवर्णताम् (vivarṇatām) - discoloration, paleness, loss of color

Words meanings and morphology

अङ्गराग (aṅgarāga) - bodily unguent, perfume, cosmetic

(noun)

of aṅgarāga

aṅgarāga - bodily unguent, perfume, cosmetic, anointing the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṅga+rāga)

• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)
• rāga – color, dye, passion, affection, musical mode
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'rañj' (to color, to dye)
  Root: rañj (class 1)

उचिताम् (ucitām) - accustomed to (unguents) (suitable, accustomed to, proper)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ucita

ucita - proper, fit, suitable, accustomed, customary

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'uc' (to be suitable) or 'vac' (to speak)

Root: uc (class 1)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Janaka's daughter and Rama's wife); furrow, cultivated land

रक्तचन्दन (raktacandana) - red sandalwood

(noun)

of raktacandana

raktacandana - red sandalwood

Compound type : tatpurusha (rakta+candana)

• rakta – red, colored, dyed, attached to, delighted in
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'rañj' (to dye, to color)
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• candana – sandalwood, sandalwood tree
  noun (neuter)

सेविनीम् (sevinīm) - using (red sandalwood) (accustomed to, devoted to, using, serving)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sevinī

sevinī - serving, frequenting, using, accustomed to (feminine form of 'sevin')

Agent noun / Adjective from root 'sev'

Derived from the root 'sev' (to serve, to frequent, to use) with the suffix '-inī' (feminine form)

Root: sev (class 1)

वर्षम् (varṣam) - the rainy season (rain, rainy season, year)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, rainy season, year, showering

From root 'vṛṣ' (to rain)

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - the hot season (heat, hot season)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, heat, hot season

From root 'uṣ' (to burn, to be hot)

Root: uṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शीतम् (śītam) - the cold season (cold, cold season)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śīta

śīta - cold, cool, coldness, cold season

Past Passive Participle of root 'śyai' (to freeze, to be cold)

Root: śyai (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नेष्यति (neṣyati) - will lead, will carry

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of nī

Root: nī (class 1)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

विवर्णताम् (vivarṇatām) - discoloration, paleness, loss of color

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vivarṇatā

vivarṇatā - discoloration, change of color, paleness, ugliness

Derived from 'vivarṇa' (discolored) with suffix '-tā' (abstract feminine noun)

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