वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-17

सा सुजाता सुजातानि वैदेही प्रस्थिता वनम् ।
भूषयामास गात्राणि तैर्विचित्रैर्विभूषणैः ॥१७॥

17. sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam ,
bhūṣayāmāsa gātrāṇi tairvicitrairvibhūṣaṇaiḥ.

17. sā sujātā sujātāni vaidehī prasthitā vanam
bhūṣayāmāsa gātrāṇi taiḥ vicitraiḥ vibhūṣaṇaiḥ

17. sā sujātā vaidehī vanam prasthitā sujātāni
gātrāṇi taiḥ vicitraiḥ vibhūṣaṇaiḥ bhūṣayāmāsa

17. That noble lady, Vaidehī, who was setting out for the forest, adorned her well-formed limbs with those various wondrous ornaments.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that

• सुजाता (sujātā) - noble (well-born, noble, beautiful)

• सुजातानि (sujātāni) - well-formed, beautiful

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehī (Sītā)

• प्रस्थिता (prasthitā) - set out, departed, gone forth

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• भूषयामास (bhūṣayāmāsa) - adorned

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those

• विचित्रैः (vicitraiḥ) - various, wondrous, diverse

• विभूषणैः (vibhūṣaṇaiḥ) - by ornaments

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

सुजाता (sujātā) - noble (well-born, noble, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sujāta

sujāta - well-born, noble, beautiful, excellent

Past Passive Participle (secondary)

Derived from 'su' (good) and 'jāta' (born, produced), where 'jāta' is the PPP of root 'jan'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+jāta)

• su – good, well, excellent, beautiful
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, occurred
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

सुजातानि (sujātāni) - well-formed, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sujāta

sujāta - well-born, noble, beautiful, excellent

Past Passive Participle (secondary)

Derived from 'su' (good) and 'jāta' (born, produced), where 'jāta' is the PPP of root 'jan'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+jāta)

• su – good, well, excellent, beautiful
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, occurred
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root jan (to be born, to produce)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehī (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

Derived from Videha, referring to the kingdom of Sītā's father.

प्रस्थिता (prasthitā) - set out, departed, gone forth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - departed, gone forth, set out

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root sthā (to stand) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove; water; collection; desire

भूषयामास (bhūṣayāmāsa) - adorned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhūṣayāmāsa

Perfect tense (ām-pratyaya with causative stem)

Perfect tense 3rd person singular active, formed from the causative stem bhūṣaya- with the auxiliary verb ās.

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, body parts

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body

तैः (taiḥ) - by those

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

विचित्रैः (vicitraiḥ) - various, wondrous, diverse

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - various, diverse, variegated, wondrous, strange

विभूषणैः (vibhūṣaṇaiḥ) - by ornaments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vibhūṣaṇa

vibhūṣaṇa - ornament, decoration, adornment

Prefix: vi

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

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