वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-50

उत्साद्य स्नापयन्ति स्म नदीतीरेषु वल्गुषु ।
अप्येकमेकं पुरुषं प्रमदाः सत्प चाष्ट च ॥५०॥

50. utsādya snāpayanti sma nadītīreṣu valguṣu ,
apyekamekaṃ puruṣaṃ pramadāḥ satpa cāṣṭa ca.

50. utsādya snāpayanti sma nadītīreṣu valguṣu |
api ekam ekam puruṣam pramadāḥ sapta ca aṣṭa ca

50. sapta ca aṣṭa ca pramadāḥ valguṣu nadītīreṣu
api ekam ekam puruṣam utsādya snāpayanti sma

50. Seven or eight beautiful women would massage each man and make him bathe on the lovely river banks.

Words meanings summery:

• उत्साद्य (utsādya) - having massaged, having rubbed, having cleansed

• स्नापयन्ति (snāpayanti) - they make (them) bathe

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action)

• नदीतीरेषु (nadītīreṣu) - on the river banks

• वल्गुषु (valguṣu) - beautiful, charming

• अपि (api) - even, also

• एकम् (ekam) - one, each

• एकम् (ekam) - one, each

• पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man, person

• प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, lovely ladies

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• च (ca) - and

• अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

उत्साद्य (utsādya) - having massaged, having rubbed, having cleansed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From causative of ut-√sad

Prefix: ut

Root: sad (class 1)

स्नापयन्ति (snāpayanti) - they make (them) bathe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √snā

Causative form

Root: snā (class 2)

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action)

(indeclinable)

नदीतीरेषु (nadītīreṣu) - on the river banks

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nadītīra

nadītīra - river bank

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+tīra)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)

वल्गुषु (valguṣu) - beautiful, charming

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of valgu

valgu - beautiful, charming, lovely, handsome

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - one, each

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, each

एकम् (ekam) - one, each

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, each

पुरुषम् (puruṣam) - man, person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

प्रमदाः (pramadāḥ) - women, lovely ladies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pramadā

pramadā - a wanton woman, a beautiful woman, a lovely lady

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अष्ट (aṣṭa) - eight

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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