वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-9, verse-30

सन्ति दुःसंस्थिताः कुब्जा वक्राः परमपापिकाः ।
त्वं पद्ममिव वातेन संनता प्रियदर्शना ॥३०॥

30. santi duḥsaṃsthitāḥ kubjā vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ ,
tvaṃ padmamiva vātena saṃnatā priyadarśanā.

30. santi duḥsaṃsthitāḥ kubjāḥ vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ
tvam padmam iva vātena saṃnatā priyadarśanā

30. duḥsaṃsthitāḥ kubjāḥ vakrāḥ paramapāpikāḥ santi
tvam vātena padmam iva saṃnatā priyadarśanā

30. There are many ill-formed, hunchbacked, crooked, and exceedingly sinful women, but you, bent gracefully like a lotus by the wind, are delightful to behold.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्ति (santi) - exist, are

• दुःसंस्थिताः (duḥsaṁsthitāḥ) - ill-formed, deformed, badly situated

• कुब्जाः (kubjāḥ) - hunchbacked, humpbacked

• वक्राः (vakrāḥ) - crooked, bent, curved

• परमपापिकाः (paramapāpikāḥ) - extremely sinful, most wicked

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पद्मम् (padmam) - lotus

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

• संनता (saṁnatā) - bent, bowed, modest, inclined

• प्रियदर्शना (priyadarśanā) - of pleasant appearance, charming to behold

Words meanings and morphology

सन्ति (santi) - exist, are

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indic

Root: as (class 2)

दुःसंस्थिताः (duḥsaṁsthitāḥ) - ill-formed, deformed, badly situated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duḥsaṃsthita

duḥsaṁsthita - ill-formed, badly situated

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefixes 'dus' (badly) and 'sam' (together, well).

Prefixes: dus+sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

कुब्जाः (kubjāḥ) - hunchbacked, humpbacked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kubjā

kubjā - hunchbacked woman, hunchbacked

वक्राः (vakrāḥ) - crooked, bent, curved

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vakra

vakra - crooked, bent, curved

परमपापिकाः (paramapāpikāḥ) - extremely sinful, most wicked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of paramapāpikā

paramapāpikā - extremely sinful woman, most wicked

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+pāpikā)

• parama – highest, utmost, supreme, extreme
  adjective
• pāpikā – sinful woman, wicked woman
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'pāpika'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पद्मम् (padmam) - lotus

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of padma

padma - lotus, lotus flower

Note: Used adverbially here with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

संनता (saṁnatā) - bent, bowed, modest, inclined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃnata

saṁnata - bent, bowed, modest, inclined

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'nam' (to bend) with the prefix 'sam' (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: nam (class 1)

प्रियदर्शना (priyadarśanā) - of pleasant appearance, charming to behold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyadarśana

priyadarśana - pleasant to see, lovely, beautiful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (priya+darśana)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasant
  adjective
• darśana – sight, appearance, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  From the root 'dṛś' (to see) with the suffix '-ana'.
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

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