वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-53, verse-10

दान्तका राजताश्चैव गवाक्षाः प्रियदर्शनाः ।
हेमजालावृताश्चासंस्तत्र प्रासादपङ्क्तयः ॥१०॥

10. dāntakā rājatāścaiva gavākṣāḥ priyadarśanāḥ ,
hemajālāvṛtāścāsaṃstatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ.

10. dāntakāḥ rājatāḥ ca eva gavākṣāḥ priyadarśanāḥ
hemajālāvṛtāḥ ca āsan tatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ

10. tatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ hemajālāvṛtāḥ ca āsan
priyadarśanāḥ gavākṣāḥ dāntakāḥ rājatāḥ ca eva (āsan)

10. There, the rows of palaces were adorned with golden lattices, and they featured charming windows made of ivory and silver.

Words meanings summery:

• दान्तकाः (dāntakāḥ) - made of ivory

• राजताः (rājatāḥ) - made of silver, silvery

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

• गवाक्षाः (gavākṣāḥ) - windows, airholes

• प्रियदर्शनाः (priyadarśanāḥ) - charming (pleasing to sight, lovely to behold, beautiful)

• हेमजालाव्र्̣ताः (hemajālāvṛtāḥ) - covered with golden lattices

• च (ca) - and, also

• आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• प्रासादपङ्क्तयः (prāsādapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of palaces

Words meanings and morphology

दान्तकाः (dāntakāḥ) - made of ivory

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāntaka

dāntaka - made of ivory, ivory

from danta (tooth, tusk, ivory) + -ka (taddhita affix)

Note: Agrees with gavākṣāḥ.

राजताः (rājatāḥ) - made of silver, silvery

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājata

rājata - made of silver; silver

from rajata (silver) + -a (taddhita affix)

Note: Agrees with gavākṣāḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

(indeclinable)

गवाक्षाः (gavākṣāḥ) - windows, airholes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gavākṣa

gavākṣa - window, airhole, bull's eye

go + akṣa (bull's eye, often refers to an opening)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (go+akṣa)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (masculine)
• akṣa – eye; axis; die
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the implicit verb (to be) or part of the descriptive phrase.

प्रियदर्शनाः (priyadarśanāḥ) - charming (pleasing to sight, lovely to behold, beautiful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of priyadarśana

priyadarśana - pleasing to sight, lovely to behold, beautiful

priya (dear, pleasing) + darśana (sight, appearance)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+darśana)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective
• darśana – seeing, sight, appearance, vision
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  From √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gavākṣāḥ.

हेमजालाव्र्̣ताः (hemajālāvṛtāḥ) - covered with golden lattices

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hemajālāvṛta

hemajālāvṛta - covered/enclosed with golden lattices

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hema+jāla+āvṛta)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, lattice, web
  noun (neuter)
• āvṛta – covered, surrounded, enclosed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From ā-√vṛ (to cover, enclose)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with prāsādapaṅktayaḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were, there were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of as

imperfect tense

3rd person plural imperfect of √as

Root: as (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

derived from tad (that) + tra (locative suffix)

प्रासादपङ्क्तयः (prāsādapaṅktayaḥ) - rows of palaces

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prāsādapaṅkti

prāsādapaṅkti - row of palaces

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāsāda+paṅkti)

• prāsāda – palace, mansion, lofty building
  noun (masculine)
  pra-sād (to settle down, perch)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sad (class 1)
• paṅkti – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the verb āsan.

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