वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-6, verse-5

एकयामावशिष्टायां रात्र्यां प्रतिविबुध्य सः ।
अलंकारविधिं कृत्स्नं कारयामास वेश्मनः ॥५॥

5. ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātryāṃ prativibudhya saḥ ,
alaṃkāravidhiṃ kṛtsnaṃ kārayāmāsa veśmanaḥ.

5. ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyām rātryām prativibudhya saḥ
alaṃkāravidhiṃ kṛtsnam kārayāmāsa veśmanaḥ

5. saḥ ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyām rātryām prativibudhya
veśmanaḥ kṛtsnam alaṃkāravidhiṃ kārayāmāsa

5. When only one watch (yāma) of the night remained, he (Rama) awoke and had the entire decoration of the palace carried out.

Words meanings summery:

• एकयामावशिष्टायाम् (ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyām) - when one watch (of the night) remained, in the remaining one watch

• रात्र्याम् (rātryām) - in the night

• प्रतिविबुध्य (prativibudhya) - having awakened, having aroused oneself

• सः (saḥ) - Referring to Rama (he)

• अलंकारविधिं (alaṁkāravidhiṁ) - the decoration ceremony, the ritual of adornment

• कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete

• कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - caused to be done, had done, made to perform

• वेश्मनः (veśmanaḥ) - of the house, of the palace, of the dwelling

Words meanings and morphology

एकयामावशिष्टायाम् (ekayāmāvaśiṣṭāyām) - when one watch (of the night) remained, in the remaining one watch

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of ekayāmāvaśiṣṭa

ekayāmāvaśiṣṭa - with one watch remaining

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+yāma+avaśiṣṭa)

• eka – one
  numeral (masculine)
• yāma – a watch (of the night), a period of time (usually 3 hours)
  noun (masculine)
• avaśiṣṭa – remaining, left over
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ava
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'rātryām'

रात्र्याम् (rātryām) - in the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

प्रतिविबुध्य (prativibudhya) - having awakened, having aroused oneself

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Prefixes: prati+vi

Root: budh (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - Referring to Rama (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अलंकारविधिं (alaṁkāravidhiṁ) - the decoration ceremony, the ritual of adornment

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṃkāravidhi

alaṁkāravidhi - method of decoration, ceremonial adornment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alaṃkāra+vidhi)

• alaṃkāra – decoration, ornament, embellishment
  noun (masculine)
• vidhi – rule, method, ceremony, injunction
  noun (masculine)

कृत्स्नम् (kṛtsnam) - entire, whole, complete

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, complete

Note: Agrees with 'alaṃkāravidhiṃ'

कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - caused to be done, had done, made to perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of kṛ

causative past perfect

Causative stem kār- formed from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वेश्मनः (veśmanaḥ) - of the house, of the palace, of the dwelling

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of veśman

veśman - house, dwelling, palace

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