वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-44, verse-20

चारुस्मिते चारुदति चारुनेत्रे विलासिनि ।
मनो हरसि मे रामे नदीकूलमिवाम्भसा ॥२०॥

20. cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini ,
mano harasi me rāme nadīkūlamivāmbhasā.

20. cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini
manaḥ harasi me rāme nadīkūlam iva ambhasā

20. rāme cārusmite cārudati cārunetre vilāsini,
me manaḥ ambhasā nadīkūlam iva harasi.

20. O you with a charming smile, beautiful teeth, and lovely eyes, O playful one! You captivate my mind, Rāma, just as water erodes a riverbank.

Words meanings summery:

• चारुस्मिते (cārusmite) - O you with a charming smile (O charming-smiled one; O lady with a beautiful smile)

• चारुदति (cārudati) - O you with beautiful teeth (O charming-toothed one; O lady with beautiful teeth)

• चारुनेत्रे (cārunetre) - O you with lovely eyes (O charming-eyed one; O lady with beautiful eyes)

• विलासिनि (vilāsini) - O playful one (O playful one, O charming lady, O coquettish woman)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, heart, spirit, intellect)

• हरसि (harasi) - you captivate (you take away, you seize, you captivate, you destroy)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• रामे (rāme) - O Rāma (addressing the lady by an endearing name) (O Rāma, O Sitā, O beautiful one)

• नदीकूलम् (nadīkūlam) - riverbank (riverbank, river's edge)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

Words meanings and morphology

चारुस्मिते (cārusmite) - O you with a charming smile (O charming-smiled one; O lady with a beautiful smile)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of cārusmitā

cārusmitā - having a beautiful smile (feminine)

Feminine of Bahuvrihi compound 'cārusmita' (cāru smitaṃ yasyāḥ sā).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cāru+smita)

• cāru – charming, beautiful, lovely, agreeable
  adjective
  Root: car (class 1)
• smita – smile, smiling; blossomed
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root smi (स्मि) 'to smile'.
  Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Addressing the lady.

चारुदति (cārudati) - O you with beautiful teeth (O charming-toothed one; O lady with beautiful teeth)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of cārudantī

cārudantī - having beautiful teeth (feminine)

Feminine of Bahuvrihi compound 'cārudanta' (cāru dantā yasyāḥ sā).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cāru+danta)

• cāru – charming, beautiful, lovely, agreeable
  adjective
  Root: car (class 1)
• danta – tooth, tusk
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dam (दम्) 'to tame, bite'.
  Root: dam (class 1)

Note: Addressing the lady.

चारुनेत्रे (cārunetre) - O you with lovely eyes (O charming-eyed one; O lady with beautiful eyes)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of cārunetrā

cārunetrā - having beautiful eyes (feminine)

Feminine of Bahuvrihi compound 'cārunetra' (cāru netre yasyāḥ sā).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cāru+netra)

• cāru – charming, beautiful, lovely, agreeable
  adjective
  Root: car (class 1)
• netra – eye, leader
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root nī (नी) 'to lead'.
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Addressing the lady.

विलासिनि (vilāsini) - O playful one (O playful one, O charming lady, O coquettish woman)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vilāsinī

vilāsinī - a playful, charming, or coquettish woman

Feminine noun derived from root las (लस्) 'to shine, sport' with upasarga vi (वि).

Prefix: vi

Root: las (class 1)

Note: Addressing the lady.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, heart, spirit, intellect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, spirit

Derived from root man (मन्) 'to think'.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Object of 'harasi'.

हरसि (harasi) - you captivate (you take away, you seize, you captivate, you destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Present active indicative

From root hṛ (हृ) 'to seize, take'.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun base.

Note: Possessive for 'manaḥ'.

रामे (rāme) - O Rāma (addressing the lady by an endearing name) (O Rāma, O Sitā, O beautiful one)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of rāmā

rāmā - delightful, pleasing; a beautiful woman; Sitā (wife of Rama)

Feminine of 'rāma' (delightful, pleasing).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Addressing the lady.

नदीकूलम् (nadīkūlam) - riverbank (riverbank, river's edge)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nadīkūla

nadīkūla - riverbank, shore of a river

Compound type : tatpurusha (nadī+kūla)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root nad (नद्) 'to sound'.
  Root: nad (class 1)
• kūla – bank, shore, edge
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of comparison for the effect of 'harasi'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

अम्भसा (ambhasā) - by water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

Note: Instrument of erosion in the simile.

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