वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-41

सुवर्णमणिमुक्तेन प्रवालेन च शोभिताः ।
आगुर्विंशतिसाहस्राः कुबेरप्रहिताः स्त्रियः ॥४१॥

41. suvarṇamaṇimuktena pravālena ca śobhitāḥ ,
āgurviṃśatisāhasrāḥ kuberaprahitāḥ striyaḥ.

41. suvarṇamaṇimuktena pravālena ca śobhitāḥ āguḥ
viṃśati sāhasrāḥ kubera-prahitāḥ striyaḥ

41. kubera-prahitāḥ striyaḥ suvarṇamaṇimuktena
pravālena ca śobhitāḥ viṃśati sāhasrāḥ āguḥ

41. Twenty thousand women, sent by Kubera and adorned with gold, gems, pearls, and coral, arrived.

Words meanings summery:

• सुवर्णमणिमुक्तेन (suvarṇamaṇimuktena) - by gold, gems, and pearls

• प्रवालेन (pravālena) - by coral

• च (ca) - and

• शोभिताः (śobhitāḥ) - adorned, beautified

• आगुः (āguḥ) - they came, they arrived

• विंशति (viṁśati) - twenty

• साहस्राः (sāhasrāḥ) - twenty thousand (in number) (thousands, consisting of a thousand)

• कुबेर-प्रहिताः (kubera-prahitāḥ) - sent by Kubera

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

सुवर्णमणिमुक्तेन (suvarṇamaṇimuktena) - by gold, gems, and pearls

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of suvarṇamaṇimukta

suvarṇamaṇimukta - adorned with gold, gems, and pearls; consisting of gold, gems, and pearls

compound of suvarṇa, maṇi, and mukta

Compound type : Dvandva (suvarṇa+maṇi+mukta)

• suvarṇa – gold
  noun (neuter)
• maṇi – gem, jewel
  noun (masculine)
• mukta – pearl
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the means of adornment, not the women themselves.

प्रवालेन (pravālena) - by coral

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pravāla

pravāla - coral

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शोभिताः (śobhitāḥ) - adorned, beautified

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śobhita

śobhita - adorned, decorated, beautiful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root √śubh (to shine, be beautiful)

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'striyaḥ'

आगुः (āguḥ) - they came, they arrived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of āguḥ

Perfect tense, third person plural

From √gam with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

विंशति (viṁśati) - twenty

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viṃśati

viṁśati - twenty

Note: Grammatically a feminine noun in singular, but denotes quantity.

साहस्राः (sāhasrāḥ) - twenty thousand (in number) (thousands, consisting of a thousand)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sāhasra

sāhasra - consisting of a thousand, thousand-fold, a group of a thousand

Derived from 'sahasra' (thousand) with taddhita suffix.

Note: Agrees with 'striyaḥ' and is used in conjunction with 'viṃśati' to mean 'twenty thousand'.

कुबेर-प्रहिताः (kubera-prahitāḥ) - sent by Kubera

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kuberaprahita

kuberaprahita - sent by Kubera

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kubera+prahita)

• kubera – Kubera (the god of wealth)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prahita – sent, dispatched, appointed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root √hā (to send, abandon) with upasarga pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'striyaḥ'

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

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