वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-40

सरश्च राजतैः पद्मैर्ज्वलितैर्हेमकेसरैः ।
नाम्ना सुदर्शनं नाम राजहंसैः समाकुलम् ॥४०॥

40. saraśca rājataiḥ padmairjvalitairhemakesaraiḥ ,
nāmnā sudarśanaṃ nāma rājahaṃsaiḥ samākulam.

40. saraḥ ca rājataiḥ padmaiḥ jvalitaiḥ hemakesaraiḥ
nāmnā sudarśanam nāma rājahansaiḥ samākulam

40. ca saraḥ nāmnā sudarśanam nāma rājataiḥ jvalitaiḥ
hemakesaraiḥ padmaiḥ rājahansaiḥ samākulam

40. And there is a lake, named Sudarśana, adorned with silver lotuses whose golden filaments gleam, and teeming with royal swans.

Words meanings summery:

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

• च (ca) - and

• राजतैः (rājataiḥ) - with silver, made of silver

• पद्मैः (padmaiḥ) - with lotuses

• ज्वलितैः (jvalitaiḥ) - gleaming, shining, blazing

• हेमकेसरैः (hemakesaraiḥ) - with golden filaments

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, with the name

• सुदर्शनम् (sudarśanam) - Sudarśana (name of the lake) (good-looking, beautiful; a proper name)

• नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed

• राजहन्सैः (rājahansaiḥ) - with royal swans, by royal swans

• समाकुलम् (samākulam) - teeming, filled, crowded

Words meanings and morphology

सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राजतैः (rājataiḥ) - with silver, made of silver

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of rajata

rajata - silver, made of silver

Note: Agrees with 'padmaiḥ'

पद्मैः (padmaiḥ) - with lotuses

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of padma

padma - lotus, lotus flower

ज्वलितैः (jvalitaiḥ) - gleaming, shining, blazing

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jvalita

jvalita - shone, blazing, illuminated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root jval- (to shine, blaze)

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'hemakesaraiḥ' and 'padmaiḥ'

हेमकेसरैः (hemakesaraiḥ) - with golden filaments

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of hemakesara

hemakesara - golden filament, golden anther

Compound type : karmadhāraya (hema+kesara)

• hema – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• kesara – filament (of a flower), anther, mane
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'padmaiḥ'

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name, with the name

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

सुदर्शनम् (sudarśanam) - Sudarśana (name of the lake) (good-looking, beautiful; a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sudarśana

sudarśana - good to look at, beautiful, handsome; a proper name (of a lake, chakra, etc.)

Note: Agrees with 'saraḥ'

नाम (nāma) - name, by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

राजहन्सैः (rājahansaiḥ) - with royal swans, by royal swans

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rājahansa

rājahansa - royal swan, flamingo

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+hansa)

• rājan – king, royal
  noun (masculine)
• hansa – swan, goose, a kind of mythical bird
  noun (masculine)

समाकुलम् (samākulam) - teeming, filled, crowded

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samākula

samākula - full of, crowded with, teeming with

Note: Agrees with 'saraḥ'

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