वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-4, verse-9

चामरव्यजने चाग्र्ये रुक्मदण्डे महाधने ।
गृहीते वननारीभ्यां धूयमाने च मूर्धनि ॥९॥

9. cāmaravyajane cāgrye rukmadaṇḍe mahādhane ,
gṛhīte vananārībhyāṃ dhūyamāne ca mūrdhani.

9. cāmaravyajane ca agrye rukmadaṇḍe mahādhane
gṛhīte vananārībhyām dhūyamāne ca mūrdhani

9. ca dve agrye cāmaravyajane rukmadaṇḍe mahādhane
vananārībhyām gṛhīte ca mūrdhani dhūyamāne (āsan)

9. And two excellent fly-whisks (cāmara), with golden handles and highly valuable, were held by two forest-women and waved over the head.

Words meanings summery:

• चामरव्यजने (cāmaravyajane) - two fly-whisks (cāmara) (two fly-whisks)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अग्र्ये (agrye) - excellent (excellent, chief, foremost)

• रुक्मदण्डे (rukmadaṇḍe) - with golden handles (with golden handles, having golden staffs)

• महाधने (mahādhane) - highly valuable (very valuable, of great wealth)

• गृहीते (gṛhīte) - held (held, grasped, seized)

• वननारीभ्याम् (vananārībhyām) - by two forest-women (by two forest women)

• धूयमाने (dhūyamāne) - being waved (being waved, being fanned)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - over the head (on the head, at the top)

Words meanings and morphology

चामरव्यजने (cāmaravyajane) - two fly-whisks (cāmara) (two fly-whisks)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of cāmaravyajana

cāmaravyajana - fly-whisk

Compound type : Tatpurusha (cāmara+vyajana)

• cāmara – fly-whisk (made of yak tail)
  noun (neuter)
• vyajana – fan, whisk
  noun (neuter)
  From vi-aj + ana
  Prefix: vi
  Root: vyaj (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb, modified by participles.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Conjunction.

अग्र्ये (agrye) - excellent (excellent, chief, foremost)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of agrya

agrya - excellent, chief, foremost, best

Root: ag (class 1)

Note: Modifying 'cāmaravyajane'.

रुक्मदण्डे (rukmadaṇḍe) - with golden handles (with golden handles, having golden staffs)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of rukmadaṇḍa

rukmadaṇḍa - golden handle/staff

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (rukma+daṇḍa)

• rukma – gold, golden, bright
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ruc (class 1)
• daṇḍa – staff, stick, handle, rod
  noun (masculine)
  Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

Note: Modifying 'cāmaravyajane'.

महाधने (mahādhane) - highly valuable (very valuable, of great wealth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of mahādhana

mahādhana - very valuable, of great wealth

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mahā+dhana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dhana – wealth, riches, valuable possession
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifying 'cāmaravyajane'.

गृहीते (gṛhīte) - held (held, grasped, seized)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, dual of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - held, grasped, seized, taken

Past Passive Participle

From root 'grah' (to seize, to take) with suffix '-īta'.

Root: grah (class 9)

वननारीभ्याम् (vananārībhyām) - by two forest-women (by two forest women)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of vananārī

vananārī - forest woman, wild woman

Compound type : Tatpurusha (vana+nārī)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
  Root: van (class 1)
• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
  from nṛ + ī
  Root: nṛ (class 1)

Note: Agent of 'gṛhīte' and 'dhūyamāne'.

धूयमाने (dhūyamāne) - being waved (being waved, being fanned)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, dual of dhūyamāna

dhūyamāna - being waved, being fanned

Present Passive Participle

From root 'dhū' (to shake, to agitate) with passive suffix '-yamāna'.

Root: dhū (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Conjunction.

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - over the head (on the head, at the top)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

Root: mūrch (class 1)

Note: Indicates location of waving.