वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-39, verse-10

शयानमनघं रात्रौ पितेवाभिपरिष्वजन् ।
रश्मिभिः संस्पृशञ् शीतैश्चन्द्रमा ह्लादयिष्यति ॥१०॥

10. śayānamanaghaṃ rātrau pitevābhipariṣvajan ,
raśmibhiḥ saṃspṛśañ śītaiścandramā hlādayiṣyati.

10. śayānam anagham rātrau pitā iva abhipariṣvajan
raśmibhiḥ saṃspṛśan śītaiḥ candramāḥ hlādayiṣyati

10. candramāḥ pitā iva abhipariṣvajan śītaiḥ raśmibhiḥ
saṃspṛśan anagham śayānam rātrau hlādayiṣyati

10. The moon, embracing him like a father and touching him with its cool rays, will delight the innocent one sleeping at night.

Words meanings summery:

• शयानम् (śayānam) - sleeping, reclining, lying down

• अनघम् (anagham) - faultless, sinless, innocent, pure

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - in the night, at night

• पिता (pitā) - father

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अभिपरिष्वजन् (abhipariṣvajan) - embracing, caressing all around

• रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - by rays, with rays

• संस्पृशन् (saṁspṛśan) - touching, caressing, stroking

• शीतैः (śītaiḥ) - by cool, with cool (ones)

• चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - the moon

• ह्लादयिष्यति (hlādayiṣyati) - will delight, will gladden, will refresh

Words meanings and morphology

शयानम् (śayānam) - sleeping, reclining, lying down

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śayana

śayana - sleeping, resting, bed, couch

Derived from root śī (to lie down) with suffix -ana.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Present Active Participle, used adjectivally to describe the object of delight.

अनघम् (anagham) - faultless, sinless, innocent, pure

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anagha

anagha - faultless, sinless, innocent, pure

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'na' (not) and 'agha' (fault, sin).

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+agha)

• na – not, no, non-
  indeclinable
• agha – evil, sin, fault, distress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with an implied masculine singular object (e.g., 'him').

रात्रौ (rātrau) - in the night, at night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अभिपरिष्वजन् (abhipariṣvajan) - embracing, caressing all around

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhipariṣvajan

abhipariṣvaj - to embrace, to caress completely

Present Active Participle

Derived from root svaj (to embrace) with prefixes abhi and pari.

Prefixes: abhi+pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

Note: Present Active Participle, agreeing with 'candramāḥ'.

रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - by rays, with rays

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of raśmi

raśmi - ray (of light), cord, bridle

संस्पृशन् (saṁspṛśan) - touching, caressing, stroking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃspṛśan

saṁspṛś - to touch, to come into contact with

Present Active Participle

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Present Active Participle, agreeing with 'candramāḥ'.

शीतैः (śītaiḥ) - by cool, with cool (ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śīta

śīta - cool, cold, chilled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śyai (to be cold, freeze).

Root: śyai (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'raśmibhiḥ'.

चन्द्रमाः (candramāḥ) - the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candramas

candramas - the moon, moon-god

Note: Subject of the sentence.

ह्लादयिष्यति (hlādayiṣyati) - will delight, will gladden, will refresh

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of hlād

Future Tense (Causative)

Causative form of root hlād (to make happy).

Root: hlād (class 1)

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