वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-63, verse-13

पीठे कार्ष्णायसे चैनं निषण्णं कृष्णवाससं ।
प्रहसन्ति स्म राजानं प्रमदाः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः ॥१३॥

13. pīṭhe kārṣṇāyase cainaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasaṃ ,
prahasanti sma rājānaṃ pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ.

13. pīṭhe kārṣṇāyase ca enam niṣaṇṇam kṛṣṇavāsasam
prahasanti sma rājānam pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ

13. pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ enam rājānam niṣaṇṇam
kṛṣṇavāsasam kārṣṇāyase pīṭhe ca prahasanti sma

13. The dark-tawny women were laughing at the king, who was seated on a black iron stool and wearing black garments.

Words meanings summery:

• पीठे (pīṭhe) - on a seat, on a stool

• कार्ष्णायसे (kārṣṇāyase) - made of black iron

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - him

• निषण्णम् (niṣaṇṇam) - seated, sitting

• कृष्णवाससम् (kṛṣṇavāsasam) - wearing black garments

• प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they laugh at, they ridicule

• स्म (sma) - indeed, (particle indicating past tense with present verb)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women (joyful, intoxicated)

• कृष्णपिङ्गलाः (kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ) - dark-tawny, dark-reddish-brown

Words meanings and morphology

पीठे (pīṭhe) - on a seat, on a stool

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of pīṭha

pīṭha - seat, stool, bench

कार्ष्णायसे (kārṣṇāyase) - made of black iron

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of kārṣṇāyasa

kārṣṇāyasa - made of black iron

Derived from kṛṣṇāyasa (black iron) with the 'aṇ' suffix indicating 'made of'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+ayasa)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• ayasa – iron, metal
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'pīṭhe'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him

निषण्णम् (niṣaṇṇam) - seated, sitting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niṣaṇṇa

niṣaṇṇa - seated, sitting, settled down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sad' with prefix 'ni', meaning 'to sit down'

Prefix: ni

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'rājānam'

कृष्णवाससम् (kṛṣṇavāsasam) - wearing black garments

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇavāsas

kṛṣṇavāsas - wearing black garments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛṣṇa+vāsas)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'rājānam'

प्रहसन्ति (prahasanti) - they laugh at, they ridicule

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of has

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

स्म (sma) - indeed, (particle indicating past tense with present verb)

(indeclinable)

राजानम् (rājānam) - the king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women (joyful, intoxicated)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - woman (especially a joyful, amorous, or intoxicated one), any young woman

Root: mad (class 4)

कृष्णपिङ्गलाः (kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ) - dark-tawny, dark-reddish-brown

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛṣṇapiṅgala

kṛṣṇapiṅgala - dark-tawny, blackish-brown, dark-reddish-brown

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛṣṇa+piṅgala)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• piṅgala – tawny, reddish-brown, yellowish-brown
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'pramadāḥ'

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