वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-13, verse-11

कश्यपः प्रतिजग्राह तासामष्टौ सुमध्यमाः ।
अदितिं च दितिं चैव दनूमपि च कालकाम् ॥११॥

11. kaśyapaḥ pratijagrāha tāsāmaṣṭau sumadhyamāḥ ,
aditiṃ ca ditiṃ caiva danūmapi ca kālakām.

11. kaśyapaḥ pratijagrāha tāsām aṣṭau sumadhyamāḥ
aditiṃ ca ditiṃ ca eva danūm api ca kālakām

11. kaśyapaḥ tāsām aṣṭau sumadhyamāḥ aditiṃ ca
ditiṃ ca eva danūm api ca kālakām pratijagrāha

11. Kaśyapa accepted eight of them, the beautiful ones: Aditi, Diti, and also Danu and Kālakā.

Words meanings summery:

• कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted, took

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of the daughters of Dakṣa (of them)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• सुमध्यमाः (sumadhyamāḥ) - slender-waisted, beautiful

• अदितिं (aditiṁ) - Aditi

• च (ca) - and

• दितिं (ditiṁ) - Diti

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• दनूम् (danūm) - Danu

• अपि (api) - also, even

• च (ca) - and

• कालकाम् (kālakām) - Kālakā

Words meanings and morphology

कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - name of a celebrated Vedic sage, husband of Aditi and other daughters of Dakṣa, and father of gods, demons, men, birds, etc.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted, took

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of grah

Perfect

3rd person singular, Perfect active

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

तासाम् (tāsām) - of the daughters of Dakṣa (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'daughters' (implied by context).

सुमध्यमाः (sumadhyamāḥ) - slender-waisted, beautiful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - fair-waisted, beautiful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
• madhyamā – middle, waist
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'daughters'.

अदितिं (aditiṁ) - Aditi

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aditi

aditi - Aditi (name of a goddess, mother of the gods)

Note: One of the eight daughters accepted by Kaśyapa.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

दितिं (ditiṁ) - Diti

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diti

diti - Diti (name of a goddess, mother of the Daityas)

Note: One of the eight daughters accepted by Kaśyapa.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

दनूम् (danūm) - Danu

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of danu

danu - Danu (name of a goddess, mother of the Danavas)

Note: One of the eight daughters accepted by Kaśyapa.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

कालकाम् (kālakām) - Kālakā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālakā

kālakā - Kālakā (name of a daughter of Dakṣa, mother of Kālaka-Grāmaṇī demons)

Note: One of the eight daughters accepted by Kaśyapa.

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