वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-13, verse-18

ताम्रापि सुषुवे कन्याः पञ्चैता लोकविश्रुताः ।
उलूकाञ्जनयत् क्रौञ्ची भासी भासान् व्यजायत ॥१८॥

18. tāmrāpi suṣuve kanyāḥ pañcaitā lokaviśrutāḥ ,
ulūkāñjanayat krauñcī bhāsī bhāsān vyajāyata.

18. tāmra api suṣuve kanyāḥ pañca etāḥ lokaviśrutāḥ
ulūkān ajanayat krauñcī bhāsī bhāsān vyajāyata

18. tāmra api etāḥ pañca lokaviśrutāḥ kanyāḥ suṣuve
krauñcī ulūkān ajanayat bhāsī bhāsān vyajāyata

18. Tāmra, too, gave birth to these five world-renowned daughters. Krauñcī gave birth to owls, and Bhāsī gave birth to vultures.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम्र (tāmra) - Tāmra (a mythical mother)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• सुषुवे (suṣuve) - she gave birth, she bore

• कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - daughters, maidens

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine plural)

• लोकविश्रुताः (lokaviśrutāḥ) - renowned in the world, famous

• उलूकान् (ulūkān) - owls

• अजनयत् (ajanayat) - she gave birth, she begot

• क्रौञ्ची (krauñcī) - Krauñcī (name of a daughter of Tāmra, now a mother)

• भासी (bhāsī) - Bhāsī (name of a daughter of Tāmra, now a mother)

• भासान् (bhāsān) - vultures

• व्यजायत (vyajāyata) - she gave birth

Words meanings and morphology

ताम्र (tāmra) - Tāmra (a mythical mother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāmra

tāmra - copper, red, name of a mythical mother (daughter of Dakṣa, wife of Kaśyapa)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

सुषुवे (suṣuve) - she gave birth, she bore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of sū

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Ātmanepada form of a parasmaipada root

कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - daughters, maidens

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, maiden, girl

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'kanyāḥ'.

एताः (etāḥ) - these (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, here

Note: Agrees with 'kanyāḥ'.

लोकविश्रुताः (lokaviśrutāḥ) - renowned in the world, famous

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of lokaviśruta

lokaviśruta - famous throughout the world, universally known

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+viśruta)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• viśruta – famous, renowned, heard of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śru with prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śru (class 1)

उलूकान् (ulūkān) - owls

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ulūka

ulūka - an owl

अजनयत् (ajanayat) - she gave birth, she begot

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

क्रौञ्ची (krauñcī) - Krauñcī (name of a daughter of Tāmra, now a mother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of krauñcī

krauñcī - a female curlew, name of a daughter (of Tāmra)

भासी (bhāsī) - Bhāsī (name of a daughter of Tāmra, now a mother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāsī

bhāsī - a female vulture, name of a daughter (of Tāmra)

भासान् (bhāsān) - vultures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhāsa

bhāsa - light, lustre, a vulture, a bird of prey

व्यजायत (vyajāyata) - she gave birth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of jan

Prefix: vi

Root: jan (class 4)

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