वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-36, verse-23

दिव्यचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गान्दिव्याभरणभूषितान् ।
द्रक्ष्यस्यभिहतान्भूमौ तव दोषात्तु राक्षसान् ॥२३॥

23. divyacandanadigdhāṅgāndivyābharaṇabhūṣitān ,
drakṣyasyabhihatānbhūmau tava doṣāttu rākṣasān.

23. divya-candana-digdhāṅgān divya-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitān
drakṣyasi abhihatān bhūmau tava doṣāt tu rākṣasān

23. tvam drakṣyasi divya-candana-digdhāṅgān
divya-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitān rākṣasān tava doṣāt tu bhūmau abhihatān

23. You will see the Rākṣasas, whose bodies are smeared with divine sandalwood paste and who are adorned with divine ornaments, struck down on the ground because of your transgression.

Words meanings summery:

• दिव्य-चन्दन-दिग्धाङ्गान् (divya-candana-digdhāṅgān) - whose limbs are smeared with divine sandalwood paste

• दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितान् (divya-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitān) - adorned with divine ornaments

• द्रक्ष्यसि (drakṣyasi) - you will see

• अभिहतान् (abhihatān) - struck down, killed

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• दोषात् (doṣāt) - because of your transgression (from fault, because of a defect/transgression)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the Rākṣasas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

दिव्य-चन्दन-दिग्धाङ्गान् (divya-candana-digdhāṅgān) - whose limbs are smeared with divine sandalwood paste

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of divyacandanadigdhāṅga

divyacandanadigdhāṅga - one whose body is smeared with divine sandalwood

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (divya+candana+digdha+aṅga)

• divya – divine, heavenly, celestial
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: div
• candana – sandalwood, sandalwood paste
  noun (neuter)
• digdha – smeared, anointed, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)

दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितान् (divya-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitān) - adorned with divine ornaments

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of divyābharaṇabhūṣita

divyābharaṇabhūṣita - adorned with divine ornaments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (divya+ābharaṇa+bhūṣita)

• divya – divine, heavenly, celestial
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: div
• ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration, jewelry
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root bhṛ with upasarga ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhūṣ (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

द्रक्ष्यसि (drakṣyasi) - you will see

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अभिहतान् (abhihatān) - struck down, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhihata

abhihata - struck, killed, defeated, smitten

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike, kill) with upasarga abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दोषात् (doṣāt) - because of your transgression (from fault, because of a defect/transgression)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, sin, transgression, vice

Root: duṣ

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the Rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a Rākṣasa (class of demons/ogres), a demon

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