वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-44, verse-15

का त्वं काञ्चनवर्णाभे पीतकौशेयवासिनि ।
कमलानां शुभां मालां पद्मिनीव च बिभ्रती ॥१५॥

15. kā tvaṃ kāñcanavarṇābhe pītakauśeyavāsini ,
kamalānāṃ śubhāṃ mālāṃ padminīva ca bibhratī.

15. kā tvam kāñcanavarṇābhe pītakauśeyavāsini
kamalānām śubhām mālām padminī iva ca bibhratī

15. kāñcanavarṇābhe pītakauśeyavāsini kamalānām śubhām mālām padminī iva ca bibhratī,
tvam kā

15. O you with a golden complexion, clad in yellow silk, and bearing a beautiful garland of lotuses, like a lotus-bearing woman (padminī), who are you?

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - who (feminine singular) (who, what)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

• काञ्चनवर्णाभे (kāñcanavarṇābhe) - addressing a woman with a golden complexion (O you with a golden complexion/luster)

• पीतकौशेयवासिनि (pītakauśeyavāsini) - addressing a woman wearing yellow silk garments (O you clad in yellow silk)

• कमलानाम् (kamalānām) - of lotus flowers (of lotuses)

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - a beautiful (beautiful, auspicious, radiant)

• मालाम् (mālām) - a garland (garland, string, wreath)

• पद्मिनी (padminī) - a lotus-bearing woman or a lotus pond (lotus plant, lotus-bearing woman, woman like a lotus)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• बिभ्रती (bibhratī) - bearing (a garland) (bearing, carrying, wearing)

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - who (feminine singular) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

काञ्चनवर्णाभे (kāñcanavarṇābhe) - addressing a woman with a golden complexion (O you with a golden complexion/luster)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kāñcanavarṇābha

kāñcanavarṇābha - having the luster of gold, golden-complexioned

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kāñcana+varṇa+ābhā)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective
• varṇa – color, complexion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• ābhā – luster, beauty, semblance
  noun (feminine)
  from ā + bhā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhā (class 2)

पीतकौशेयवासिनि (pītakauśeyavāsini) - addressing a woman wearing yellow silk garments (O you clad in yellow silk)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of pītakauśeyavāsin

pītakauśeyavāsin - wearing yellow silk

from pīta-kauśeya + vāsin (from √vas 'to wear')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pīta+kauśeya+vāsin)

• pīta – yellow
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from √pī 'to drink' (or √pī 'to swell' - here more likely 'yellow' as a color)
  Root: pī (class 3)
• kauśeya – silken, made of silk, silk garment
  noun (neuter)
  from kośa 'bud, cocoon'
• vāsin – wearing, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Primary Suffix -in
  from √vas 'to wear'
  Root: vas (class 2)

कमलानाम् (kamalānām) - of lotus flowers (of lotuses)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kamala

kamala - lotus

Root: kam (class 1)

शुभाम् (śubhām) - a beautiful (beautiful, auspicious, radiant)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubha

śubha - beautiful, auspicious, radiant

Root: śubh (class 1)

मालाम् (mālām) - a garland (garland, string, wreath)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mālā

mālā - garland, string, wreath

पद्मिनी (padminī) - a lotus-bearing woman or a lotus pond (lotus plant, lotus-bearing woman, woman like a lotus)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of padminī

padminī - lotus plant, lotus-bearing woman, woman like a lotus

feminine form of padmin

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बिभ्रती (bibhratī) - bearing (a garland) (bearing, carrying, wearing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bibhrat

bibhrat - bearing, carrying, wearing

Present Active Participle

from √bhṛ 'to bear', reduplicated

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

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