वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-9, verse-33

त्वमायताभ्यां सक्थिभ्यां मन्थरे क्षौमवासिनि ।
अग्रतो मम गच्छन्ती राजहंसीव राजसे ॥३३॥

33. tvamāyatābhyāṃ sakthibhyāṃ manthare kṣaumavāsini ,
agrato mama gacchantī rājahaṃsīva rājase.

33. tvam āyatābhyām sakthibhyām manthare kṣaumavāsini
agrataḥ mama gacchantī rājahaṃsī iva rājase

33. manthare kṣaumavāsini tvam āyatābhyām sakthibhyām
mama agrataḥ gacchantī rājahaṃsī iva rājase

33. O slow-moving one (mantharā), clad in silken garments, you, with your long thighs, shine like a royal swan as you walk before me.

Words meanings summery:

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• आयताभ्याम् (āyatābhyām) - with long, with extended

• सक्थिभ्याम् (sakthibhyām) - with thighs, by means of thighs

• मन्थरे (manthare) - O slow-moving one, O graceful one

• क्षौमवासिनि (kṣaumavāsini) - O dweller in silk, O clad in silk

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• गच्छन्ती (gacchantī) - going, walking

• राजहंसी (rājahaṁsī) - royal swan, flamingo

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• राजसे (rājase) - you shine, you appear, you are resplendent

Words meanings and morphology

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आयताभ्याम् (āyatābhyām) - with long, with extended

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of āyata

āyata - long, extended, stretched, controlled

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'yam' (to restrain, extend) with the prefix 'ā' (towards, fully).

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

सक्थिभ्याम् (sakthibhyām) - with thighs, by means of thighs

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of sakthi

sakthi - thigh, shank

मन्थरे (manthare) - O slow-moving one, O graceful one

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of manthara

manthara - slow, sluggish, gentle, graceful (in movement)

क्षौमवासिनि (kṣaumavāsini) - O dweller in silk, O clad in silk

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kṣaumavāsin

kṣaumavāsin - wearing silk, clad in silk, dwelling in silk

Derived from 'kṣauma' (silk) and 'vāsin' (wearing, dwelling).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣauma+vāsin)

• kṣauma – silken cloth, linen
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – wearing, dwelling, inhabiting
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from the root 'vas' (to wear, to dwell) with the suffix '-in'.
  Root: vas (class 2)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'agra' (front) with the suffix '-tas'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

गच्छन्ती (gacchantī) - going, walking

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, walking

Present Active Participle

From the root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

राजहंसी (rājahaṁsī) - royal swan, flamingo

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājahaṃsī

rājahaṁsī - royal swan, female flamingo (feminine form)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+haṃsī)

• rājan – king, royal
  noun (masculine)
• haṃsī – female swan, female flamingo
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of 'haṃsa'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

राजसे (rājase) - you shine, you appear, you are resplendent

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of rāj

Present Middle Indic

Root: rāj (class 1)

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