वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-1, verse-9

मारुतः सुखं संस्पर्शे वाति चन्दनशीतलः ।
षट्पदैरनुकूजद्भिर्वनेषु मधुगन्धिषु ॥९॥

9. mārutaḥ sukhaṃ saṃsparśe vāti candanaśītalaḥ ,
ṣaṭpadairanukūjadbhirvaneṣu madhugandhiṣu.

9. mārutaḥ sukham saṃsparśe vāti candanaśītalaḥ
ṣaṭpadaiḥ anukūjadbhiḥ vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu

9. candanaśītalaḥ mārutaḥ saṃsparśe sukham vāti
madhugandhiṣu vaneṣu anukūjadbhiḥ ṣaṭpadaiḥ

9. The wind, cool like sandalwood, blows pleasantly to the touch, in the forests fragrant with sweet nectar, where bees hum along.

Words meanings summery:

• मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind

• सुखम् (sukham) - pleasantly, happily, easily

• संस्पर्शे (saṁsparśe) - in contact, in touch

• वाति (vāti) - blows (the wind)

• चन्दनशीतलः (candanaśītalaḥ) - cool with sandalwood, cool like sandalwood

• षट्पदैः (ṣaṭpadaiḥ) - by bees (lit. by six-footed ones)

• अनुकूजद्भिः (anukūjadbhiḥ) - by those humming along

• वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests

• मधुगन्धिषु (madhugandhiṣu) - in the honey-fragrant, in the sweetly scented

Words meanings and morphology

मारुतः (mārutaḥ) - the wind

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruta

māruta - wind, air, god of wind (Vāyu)

Derived from marut (wind, a class of deities).

सुखम् (sukham) - pleasantly, happily, easily

(indeclinable)

संस्पर्शे (saṁsparśe) - in contact, in touch

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃsparśa

saṁsparśa - touch, contact, sensation

From sam-spṛś (to touch completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

वाति (vāti) - blows (the wind)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vā

Root: vā (class 2)

चन्दनशीतलः (candanaśītalaḥ) - cool with sandalwood, cool like sandalwood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candanaśītala

candanaśītala - cool with sandalwood, cool like sandalwood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candana+śītala)

• candana – sandalwood
  noun (neuter)
• śītala – cool, cold, refreshing
  adjective

षट्पदैः (ṣaṭpadaiḥ) - by bees (lit. by six-footed ones)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ṣaṭpada

ṣaṭpada - six-footed (an epithet for a bee or insect)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṣaṭ+pada)

• ṣaṭ – six
  numeral
• pada – foot, step, word
  noun (neuter)

अनुकूजद्भिः (anukūjadbhiḥ) - by those humming along

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anukūjat

anukūjat - humming, buzzing, cooing along

Present Active Participle

From anu-kūj (to hum after, to coo).

Prefix: anu

Root: kūj (class 1)

वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

मधुगन्धिषु (madhugandhiṣu) - in the honey-fragrant, in the sweetly scented

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of madhugandhi

madhugandhi - fragrant with honey/sweetness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (madhu+gandhi)

• madhu – honey, sweet, nectar
  noun (neuter)
• gandhi – fragrant, smelling
  adjective

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