वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-16

ताः पाणिभिः सुखस्पर्शैर्मृद्वङ्गुलितलैः शुभैः ।
प्रममार्जू रजः पृष्ठाद् रामस्यायतलोचनाः ॥१६॥

16. tāḥ pāṇibhiḥ sukhasparśairmṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ śubhaiḥ ,
pramamārjū rajaḥ pṛṣṭhād rāmasyāyatalocanāḥ.

16. tāḥ pāṇibhiḥ sukhasparśaiḥ mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ śubhaiḥ
pramamārjū rajaḥ pṛṣṭhāt rāmasya āyatalocanāḥ

16. āyatalocanāḥ tāḥ sukhasparśaiḥ mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ
śubhaiḥ pāṇibhiḥ rāmasya pṛṣṭhāt rajaḥ pramamārjū

16. The mothers, with their beautiful long eyes, gently wiped the dust from Rama's back with their soft-palmed, auspicious hands that were pleasant to touch.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (mothers) (they, those)

• पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands

• सुखस्पर्शैः (sukhasparśaiḥ) - pleasant to touch

• मृद्वङ्गुलितलैः (mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ) - with soft finger-pads

• शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - auspicious, beautiful, good

• प्रममार्जू (pramamārjū) - they wiped off, they cleaned

• रजः (rajaḥ) - dust, pollen, passion

• पृष्ठात् (pṛṣṭhāt) - from the back, from the surface

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• आयतलोचनाः (āyatalocanāḥ) - (the mothers) with beautiful long eyes (long-eyed)

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - those (mothers) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

सुखस्पर्शैः (sukhasparśaiḥ) - pleasant to touch

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sukhasparśa

sukhasparśa - pleasant to touch

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+sparśa)

• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)
• sparśa – touch, contact, sensation of touch
  noun (masculine)
  Root: spṛś

मृद्वङ्गुलितलैः (mṛdvaṅgulitalaiḥ) - with soft finger-pads

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛdvaṅgulitala

mṛdvaṅgulitala - soft finger-pad/palm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛdu+aṅgulitala)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, tender
  adjective (neuter)
• aṅgulitala – palm of the hand, finger-pad
  noun (neuter)

शुभैः (śubhaiḥ) - auspicious, beautiful, good

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śubha

śubha - auspicious, beautiful, good, fortunate

प्रममार्जू (pramamārjū) - they wiped off, they cleaned

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of mṛj

perfect

Perfect active, 3rd person plural, with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

रजः (rajaḥ) - dust, pollen, passion

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rajas

rajas - dust, dirt, pollen, gloom, passion (a guṇa)

पृष्ठात् (pṛṣṭhāt) - from the back, from the surface

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back, surface, top

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name), pleasing, delightful

आयतलोचनाः (āyatalocanāḥ) - (the mothers) with beautiful long eyes (long-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āyatalocana

āyatalocana - having long eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āyata+locana)

• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yam with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc

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