वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-9, verse-32

जघनं तव निर्घुष्टं रशनादामशोभितम् ।
जङ्घे भृशमुपन्यस्ते पादौ चाप्यायताव् उभौ ॥३२॥

32. jaghanaṃ tava nirghuṣṭaṃ raśanādāmaśobhitam ,
jaṅghe bhṛśamupanyaste pādau cāpyāyatāv ubhau.

32. jaghanam tava nirghuṣṭam raśanādāmaśobhitam
jaṅghe bhṛśam upanyaste pādau ca āpyāyatāu ubhau

32. tava jaghanam nirghuṣṭam raśanādāmaśobhitam
jaṅghe bhṛśam upanyaste ca ubhau pādau āpyāyatāu

32. Your hips are full and rounded, adorned by a charming girdle. Your two shanks are beautifully set, and both your feet are plump and well-developed.

Words meanings summery:

• जघनम् (jaghanam) - hip, buttock, loins

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• निर्घुष्टम् (nirghuṣṭam) - full, rounded, well-formed (lit. sounded, proclaimed)

• रशनादामशोभितम् (raśanādāmaśobhitam) - adorned by a charming girdle

• जङ्घे (jaṅghe) - shanks, calves

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, very much, exceedingly

• उपन्यस्ते (upanyaste) - well-placed, set, arranged

• पादौ (pādau) - feet

• च (ca) - and

• आप्यायताउ (āpyāyatāu) - plump, well-developed, swollen

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

Words meanings and morphology

जघनम् (jaghanam) - hip, buttock, loins

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaghana

jaghana - hip, buttock, loins, private parts

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

निर्घुष्टम् (nirghuṣṭam) - full, rounded, well-formed (lit. sounded, proclaimed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirghuṣṭa

nirghuṣṭa - sounded, proclaimed, full, rounded

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'ghuṣ' (to sound) with the prefix 'nir' (out, forth). In this context, it implies a well-defined or full form.

Prefix: nir

Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

रशनादामशोभितम् (raśanādāmaśobhitam) - adorned by a charming girdle

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of raśanādāmaśobhita

raśanādāmaśobhita - adorned by a girdle-rope

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective meaning 'beautified by a girdle-rope'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raśanādāma+śobhita)

• raśanādāma – girdle-rope, waist-cord
  noun (neuter)
• śobhita – adorned, beautified, splendid
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root 'śubh' (to shine, be beautiful).
  Root: śubh (class 1)

जङ्घे (jaṅghe) - shanks, calves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of jaṅghā

jaṅghā - shank, calf of the leg

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, very much, exceedingly

(indeclinable)

उपन्यस्ते (upanyaste) - well-placed, set, arranged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of upanyasta

upanyasta - placed, set down, well-arranged

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'as' (to throw) with prefixes 'upa' (near, secondary) and 'ni' (down, in).

Prefixes: upa+ni

Root: as (class 4)

पादौ (pādau) - feet

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, ray

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आप्यायताउ (āpyāyatāu) - plump, well-developed, swollen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of āpyāyata

āpyāyata - plump, increased, swollen, well-developed

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'pyāy' (to swell, grow) with the prefix 'ā' (towards, fully).

Prefix: ā

Root: pyāy (class 1)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

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