वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-40

तेनैव च मुहूर्तेन दिव्याभरणभूषिताः ।
आगुर्विंशतिसाहस्रा ब्रह्मणा प्रहिताः स्त्रियः ॥४०॥

40. tenaiva ca muhūrtena divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ ,
āgurviṃśatisāhasrā brahmaṇā prahitāḥ striyaḥ.

40. tena eva ca muhūrtena divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ |
āguḥ viṃśatisāhasrāḥ brahmaṇā prahitāḥ striyaḥ

40. tena eva ca muhūrtena brahmaṇā prahitāḥ
divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ viṃśatisāhasrāḥ striyaḥ āguḥ

40. And at that very moment, twenty thousand women, adorned with divine ornaments and dispatched by Brahma, arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that (very moment) (by that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, quickly, within a short time

• दिव्याभरणभूषिताः (divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ) - adorned with divine ornaments

• आगुः (āguḥ) - they came, they arrived

• विंशतिसाहस्राः (viṁśatisāhasrāḥ) - twenty thousand

• ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma (the deity) (by Brahma, by the Absolute (brahman))

• प्रहिताः (prahitāḥ) - sent, dispatched, commissioned

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that (very moment) (by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun.

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, quickly, within a short time

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, a division of time (48 minutes)

Note: Adverbial usage.

दिव्याभरणभूषिताः (divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ) - adorned with divine ornaments

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of divyābharaṇabhūṣita

divyābharaṇabhūṣita - adorned with divine ornaments

Compound adjective.

Compound type : tatpurusha (divya+ābharaṇa+bhūṣita)

• divya – divine, celestial
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
  Root: div (class 4)
• ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration, jewelry
  noun (neuter)
  From ā-bhṛ.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated, ornamented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhūṣ + ita suffix.
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

आगुः (āguḥ) - they came, they arrived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of ā-gam

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Reduplicated root. Perfect stem ā-jag.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

विंशतिसाहस्राः (viṁśatisāhasrāḥ) - twenty thousand

(numeral)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (viṃśati+sāhasra)

• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)
• sāhasra – thousand, consisting of a thousand
  adjective (masculine)
  From sahasra + aṇ.

ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahma (the deity) (by Brahma, by the Absolute (brahman))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahma (the creator deity), the Absolute (brahman), prayer, sacred word

N-stem.

Root: bṛh (class 1)

प्रहिताः (prahitāḥ) - sent, dispatched, commissioned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pra-hita

hi - to send, to throw, to urge

Past Passive Participle

From root hi (also related to dhā) + ta suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 5)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

I-stem feminine noun.

Note: Subject of āguḥ.

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