वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-28

दर्शयन्ति शरन्नद्यः पुलिनानि शनैः शनैः ।
नवसंगमसव्रीडा जघनानीव योषितः ॥२८॥

28. darśayanti śarannadyaḥ pulināni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ,
navasaṃgamasavrīḍā jaghanānīva yoṣitaḥ.

28. darśayanti śarannadyaḥ pulināni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
navasaṅgamasavrīḍāḥ jaghanāni iva yoṣitaḥ

28. śarannadyaḥ śanaiḥ śanaiḥ pulināni darśayanti
navasaṅgamasavrīḍāḥ yoṣitaḥ jaghanāni iva

28. The autumn rivers slowly reveal their sandbanks, just as women, shy from a new union, gradually reveal their hips.

Words meanings summery:

• दर्शयन्ति (darśayanti) - they reveal (they show, they reveal, they cause to see)

• शरन्नद्यः (śarannadyaḥ) - the rivers in autumn (autumn rivers, rivers in autumn)

• पुलिनानि (pulināni) - their sandbanks (of the rivers) (sandbanks, river banks, islands)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• नवसङ्गमसव्रीडाः (navasaṅgamasavrīḍāḥ) - shy in a new encounter/union (describing women) (shy from a new union/encounter, modest due to new companionship)

• जघनानि (jaghanāni) - their hips (hips, posteriors, loins)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women (women, wives)

Words meanings and morphology

दर्शयन्ति (darśayanti) - they reveal (they show, they reveal, they cause to see)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of darśaya

Causative Present Indicative

3rd person plural, present tense, active voice, causative stem from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शरन्नद्यः (śarannadyaḥ) - the rivers in autumn (autumn rivers, rivers in autumn)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śarannadī

śarannadī - autumn river, river in autumn

compound formed with "śarat" (autumn) and "nadī" (river)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarat+nadī)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

Note: The 't' of śarat becomes 'n' before 'n' by sandhi.

पुलिनानि (pulināni) - their sandbanks (of the rivers) (sandbanks, river banks, islands)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pulina

pulina - sandbank, small island, river-bank

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

adverbial form from śana

Note: Used adverbially

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

adverbial form from śana

Note: Used adverbially

नवसङ्गमसव्रीडाः (navasaṅgamasavrīḍāḥ) - shy in a new encounter/union (describing women) (shy from a new union/encounter, modest due to new companionship)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of navasaṅgamasavrīḍā

navasaṅgamasavrīḍā - shy from a new union, modest due to new companionship

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (navasaṅgama+savrīḍa)

• navasaṅgama – new union, new encounter
  noun (masculine)
• savrīḍa – shy, modest, with shame/shyness
  adjective
  sa (with) + vrīḍā (shyness)

Note: Compound adjective for yoṣitaḥ

जघनानि (jaghanāni) - their hips (hips, posteriors, loins)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jaghana

jaghana - hip, buttock, posterior, loins

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women (women, wives)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, wife

from root yu (to join, to bind)

Root: yu (class 2)