वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-47, verse-9

स्निग्धपत्राः स्थले यत्र पद्मिन्यः फुल्लपङ्कजाः ।
प्रेक्षणीयाः सुगन्धाश्च भ्रमरैश्चापि वर्जिताः ॥९॥

9. snigdhapatrāḥ sthale yatra padminyaḥ phullapaṅkajāḥ ,
prekṣaṇīyāḥ sugandhāśca bhramaraiścāpi varjitāḥ.

9. snigdhapatrāḥ sthale yatra padminyaḥ phullapaṅkajāḥ
prekṣaṇīyāḥ sugandhāḥ ca bhramaraiḥ ca api varjitāḥ

9. yatra sthale snigdhapatrāḥ phullapaṅkajāḥ padminyaḥ
prekṣaṇīyāḥ sugandhāḥ ca bhramaraiḥ ca api varjitāḥ

9. In that place, the lotus plants on the land, with their glossy leaves and blooming lotuses, are beautiful to behold, fragrant, and yet also free from bees.

Words meanings summery:

• स्निग्धपत्राः (snigdhapatrāḥ) - having glossy leaves, with smooth leaves

• स्थले (sthale) - on the land, in the place

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पद्मिन्यः (padminyaḥ) - lotus plants, lotuses

• फुल्लपङ्कजाः (phullapaṅkajāḥ) - having blooming lotuses, with opened lotuses

• प्रेक्षणीयाः (prekṣaṇīyāḥ) - worth seeing, attractive, beautiful

• सुगन्धाः (sugandhāḥ) - fragrant, having a good smell

• च (ca) - and

• भ्रमरैः (bhramaraiḥ) - by bees

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• वर्जिताः (varjitāḥ) - deprived of, avoided, free from

Words meanings and morphology

स्निग्धपत्राः (snigdhapatrāḥ) - having glossy leaves, with smooth leaves

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of snigdhapatra

snigdhapatra - having glossy or smooth leaves

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (snigdha+patra)

• snigdha – smooth, glossy, tender, oily
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √snih
  Root: snih (class 4)
• patra – leaf, petal, feather
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'padminyaḥ'

स्थले (sthale) - on the land, in the place

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - land, dry ground, place, spot

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

पद्मिन्यः (padminyaḥ) - lotus plants, lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padminī

padminī - lotus plant, collection of lotuses

फुल्लपङ्कजाः (phullapaṅkajāḥ) - having blooming lotuses, with opened lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of phullapaṅkaja

phullapaṅkaja - having blooming lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (phulla+paṅkaja)

• phulla – blooming, expanded, opened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √phall
  Root: phall (class 1)
• paṅkaja – lotus (born from mud)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'padminyaḥ'

प्रेक्षणीयाः (prekṣaṇīyāḥ) - worth seeing, attractive, beautiful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prekṣaṇīya

prekṣaṇīya - to be seen, visible, beautiful, attractive

Gerundive

Formed from pra + √īkṣ with the suffix -anīya

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'padminyaḥ'

सुगन्धाः (sugandhāḥ) - fragrant, having a good smell

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sugandha

sugandha - fragrant, sweet-smelling, good smell

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+gandha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix
• gandha – smell, fragrance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'padminyaḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भ्रमरैः (bhramaraiḥ) - by bees

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhramara

bhramara - bee

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

वर्जिताः (varjitāḥ) - deprived of, avoided, free from

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of varjita

varjita - excluded, avoided, abandoned, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √vṛj

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'padminyaḥ'