वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-74, verse-3

कूपकाराः सुधाकारा वंशकर्मकृतस्तथा ।
समर्था ये च द्रष्टारः पुरतस्ते प्रतस्थिरे ॥३॥

3. kūpakārāḥ sudhākārā vaṃśakarmakṛtastathā ,
samarthā ye ca draṣṭāraḥ purataste pratasthire.

3. kūpakārāḥ sudhākārāḥ vaṃśakarmakṛtaḥ tathā
samarthāḥ ye ca draṣṭāraḥ purataḥ te pratastire

3. kūpakārāḥ sudhākārāḥ vaṃśakarmakṛtaḥ tathā ye ca samarthāḥ draṣṭāraḥ,
te purataḥ pratastire

3. Well-diggers, plasterers, bamboo workers, and also those who were capable overseers—they set out ahead.

Words meanings summery:

• कूपकाराः (kūpakārāḥ) - well-diggers, well-makers

• सुधाकाराः (sudhākārāḥ) - plasterers, whitewashers

• वंशकर्मकृतः (vaṁśakarmakṛtaḥ) - bamboo workers

• तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

• समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable, competent, able

• ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

• च (ca) - and

• द्रष्टारः (draṣṭāraḥ) - overseers, observers, seers

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

• ते (te) - they

• प्रतस्तिरे (pratastire) - they set out, they started, they departed

Words meanings and morphology

कूपकाराः (kūpakārāḥ) - well-diggers, well-makers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kūpakāra

kūpakāra - maker of wells, well-digger

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kūpa+kāra)

• kūpa – well, hole, pit
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – maker, doer, actor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुधाकाराः (sudhākārāḥ) - plasterers, whitewashers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sudhākāra

sudhākāra - plasterer, whitewasher (maker of mortar/lime)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sudhā+kāra)

• sudhā – lime, mortar, whitewash, nectar, ambrosia
  noun (feminine)
• kāra – maker, doer, actor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वंशकर्मकृतः (vaṁśakarmakṛtaḥ) - bamboo workers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṃśakarmakṛt

vaṁśakarmakṛt - one who does bamboo work

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+karma+kṛt)

• vaṃśa – bamboo, lineage, family, race
  noun (masculine)
• karma – work, action, deed (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• kṛt – doer, maker, performing
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - and, likewise, thus

(indeclinable)

समर्थाः (samarthāḥ) - capable, competent, able

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samartha

samartha - capable, able, competent, suitable

ये (ye) - who (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्रष्टारः (draṣṭāraḥ) - overseers, observers, seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of draṣṭṛ

draṣṭṛ - seer, observer, supervisor, witness

Agent noun from root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, ahead, before

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

प्रतस्तिरे (pratastire) - they set out, they started, they departed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pra-sthā

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form of the perfect tense.