वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-89, verse-6

जटाजिनधराः काले वल्कलोत्तरवाससः ।
ऋषयस्त्ववगाहन्ते नदीं मन्दाकिनीं प्रिये ॥६॥

6. jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ ,
ṛṣayastvavagāhante nadīṃ mandākinīṃ priye.

6. jaṭājinadharāḥ kāle valkalottaravāsasaḥ
ṛṣayaḥ tu avagāhante nadīm mandākinīm priye

6. priye ṛṣayaḥ jaṭājinadharāḥ valkalottaravāsasaḥ
kāle tu mandākinīm nadīm avagāhante

6. O beloved, at times, sages, wearing matted hair and deerskins, and with bark as their upper garments, bathe in the Mandakini river.

Words meanings summery:

• जटाजिनधराः (jaṭājinadharāḥ) - wearers of matted hair and deerskins

• काले (kāle) - at the proper time, at times

• वल्कलोत्तरवाससः (valkalottaravāsasaḥ) - having bark as upper garments

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers, inspired poets

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, moreover

• अवगाहन्ते (avagāhante) - they bathe, they enter, they plunge into

• नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

• मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - the Mandakini (river)

• प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one, O dear one

Words meanings and morphology

जटाजिनधराः (jaṭājinadharāḥ) - wearers of matted hair and deerskins

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jaṭājinadhara

jaṭājinadhara - one who bears matted hair and deerskin

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jaṭājina+dhara)

• jaṭājina – matted hair and deerskin
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearer, holder
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

काले (kāle) - at the proper time, at times

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

वल्कलोत्तरवाससः (valkalottaravāsasaḥ) - having bark as upper garments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of valkalottaravāsas

valkalottaravāsas - one whose upper garment is bark

Compound type : bahuvrihi (valkala+uttaravāsas)

• valkala – bark, fibrous bark
  noun (masculine)
• uttaravāsas – upper garment, outer covering
  noun (neuter)

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - sages, seers, inspired poets

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

तु (tu) - indeed, but, moreover

(indeclinable)

अवगाहन्ते (avagāhante) - they bathe, they enter, they plunge into

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of avagāh

Root gāh with upasarga ava

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

नदीम् (nadīm) - the river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river

मन्दाकिनीम् (mandākinīm) - the Mandakini (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mandākinī

mandākinī - name of a sacred river

प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one, O dear one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear (feminine form)

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