वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-44, verse-18

विशालं जघनं पीनमूरू करिकरोपमौ ।
एताव् उपचितौ वृत्तौ सहितौ संप्रगल्भितौ ॥१८॥

18. viśālaṃ jaghanaṃ pīnamūrū karikaropamau ,
etāv upacitau vṛttau sahitau saṃpragalbhitau.

18. viśālam jaghanam pīnam ūru karikaropamau
etau upacitau vṛttau sahitau sampragalbhitau

18. jaghanam viśālam pīnam ūru karikaropamau
etau upacitau vṛttau sahitau sampragalbhitau

18. Your hips are broad and full. Your thighs resemble elephants' trunks. These two (thighs) are plump, round, close-set, and very graceful.

Words meanings summery:

• विशालम् (viśālam) - broad (hips) (wide, broad, spacious)

• जघनम् (jaghanam) - hips (hip, buttock, private parts)

• पीनम् (pīnam) - full, plump (hips) (plump, full, fat, thick)

• ऊरु (ūru) - (your two) thighs (thigh)

• करिकरोपमौ (karikaropamau) - like elephants' trunks (thighs) (resembling an elephant's trunk)

• एतौ (etau) - these two (thighs) (these two)

• उपचितौ (upacitau) - plump, well-developed (thighs) (accumulated, developed, plump)

• वृत्तौ (vṛttau) - round (thighs) (round, circular, happened)

• सहितौ (sahitau) - close-set, joined together (thighs) (joined, accompanied, endowed with)

• सम्प्रगल्भितौ (sampragalbhitau) - very graceful, charming (thighs) (bold, confident, charming, mature)

Words meanings and morphology

विशालम् (viśālam) - broad (hips) (wide, broad, spacious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viśāla

viśāla - wide, broad, spacious, great

from vi + √śal 'to move' or √śāl 'to shine'

जघनम् (jaghanam) - hips (hip, buttock, private parts)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jaghana

jaghana - hip, buttock, private parts

Root: han (class 2)

पीनम् (pīnam) - full, plump (hips) (plump, full, fat, thick)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pīna

pīna - plump, full, fat, thick

Past Passive Participle

from √pī 'to swell'

Root: pī (class 3)

ऊरु (ūru) - (your two) thighs (thigh)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ūru

ūru - thigh

Note: This is the dual form.

करिकरोपमौ (karikaropamau) - like elephants' trunks (thighs) (resembling an elephant's trunk)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of karikaropama

karikaropama - resembling an elephant's trunk

from karikara + upama

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (karikara+upama)

• karikara – elephant's trunk
  noun (masculine)
  from karin (elephant) + kara (hand, trunk)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• upama – resembling, similar, simile
  adjective (masculine)
  from upa + √mā 'to measure'
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

एतौ (etau) - these two (thighs) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to ūru (thighs).

उपचितौ (upacitau) - plump, well-developed (thighs) (accumulated, developed, plump)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of upacita

upacita - accumulated, grown, plump, well-developed

Past Passive Participle

from upa + √ci 'to gather, accumulate'

Prefix: upa

Root: ci (class 5)

वृत्तौ (vṛttau) - round (thighs) (round, circular, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛtta

vṛtta - round, circular, happened, occurred

Past Passive Participle

from √vṛt 'to turn, to exist'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

सहितौ (sahitau) - close-set, joined together (thighs) (joined, accompanied, endowed with)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - joined, accompanied, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

from saha (with) + √dhā (to place), often analyzed as from √sah 'to endure' with sa-

Prefix: sa

Root: sah (class 1)

सम्प्रगल्भितौ (sampragalbhitau) - very graceful, charming (thighs) (bold, confident, charming, mature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sampragalbhita

sampragalbhita - made bold, confident, charming, mature

Past Passive Participle

from sam + pra + √galbh 'to be confident, brave'

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: galbh (class 1)

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