वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-57, verse-16

क्रोशन्ती राम रामेति लक्ष्मणेति च भामिनी ।
भूषणान्यपविध्यन्ती गात्राणि च विधुन्वती ॥१६॥

16. krośantī rāma rāmeti lakṣmaṇeti ca bhāminī ,
bhūṣaṇānyapavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī.

16. krośantī rāma rāma iti lakṣmaṇa iti ca bhāminī
bhūṣaṇāni apavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī

16. bhāminī rāma rāma iti lakṣmaṇa iti ca krośantī
bhūṣaṇāni apavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī

16. The distressed lady, crying out 'Rama, Rama,' and 'Lakshmana,' was throwing off her ornaments and shaking her limbs.

Words meanings summery:

• क्रोशन्ती (krośantī) - crying out (in distress) (crying out, wailing, shrieking)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (a personal name))

• राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (a personal name))

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating the spoken words) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or conclusion)

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana (Lakshmana (a personal name))

• इति (iti) - thus (indicating the spoken words) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or conclusion)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भामिनी (bhāminī) - the distressed lady (a passionate woman, angry woman, beautiful woman, distressed woman)

• भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments (ornaments, decorations)

• अपविध्यन्ती (apavidhyantī) - throwing off (throwing off, discarding)

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs (of her body) (limbs, body parts, body)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विधुन्वती (vidhunvatī) - shaking (her limbs) (shaking, trembling, causing to tremble)

Words meanings and morphology

क्रोशन्ती (krośantī) - crying out (in distress) (crying out, wailing, shrieking)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kruśat

kruśat - crying out, wailing (present participle of kruś)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root kruś (class 1, Parasmaipada) + śatṛ suffix, then feminine ī suffix.

Root: kruś (class 1)

Note: kruś - to cry out, scream.

राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (a personal name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a personal name, hero of Ramayana)

Note: Used in direct address.

राम (rāma) - O Rama (Rama (a personal name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a personal name, hero of Ramayana)

Note: Used in direct address.

इति (iti) - thus (indicating the spoken words) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender, number, case, person, tense_mode, lakara, voice for indeclinables.

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana (Lakshmana (a personal name))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (brother of Rama)

Note: Used in direct address.

इति (iti) - thus (indicating the spoken words) (thus, so, indicates direct speech or conclusion)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender, number, case, person, tense_mode, lakara, voice for indeclinables.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender, number, case, person, tense_mode, lakara, voice for indeclinables.

भामिनी (bhāminī) - the distressed lady (a passionate woman, angry woman, beautiful woman, distressed woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - a passionate/angry/beautiful/distressed woman

Derived from bhāma (anger, passion) with feminine suffix.

Note: Subject of the participial phrases.

भूषणानि (bhūṣaṇāni) - ornaments (ornaments, decorations)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūṣaṇa

bhūṣaṇa - ornament, decoration, adornment

Derived from root bhūṣ (to adorn, decorate).

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Object of apavidhyantī.

अपविध्यन्ती (apavidhyantī) - throwing off (throwing off, discarding)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apavidhyat

apavidhyat - throwing off, casting away (present participle of apa-vidh)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vidh (class 6, Parasmaipada) with prefix apa + śatṛ suffix, then feminine ī suffix.

Prefix: apa

Root: vidh (class 6)

Note: Qualifies bhāminī.

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs (of her body) (limbs, body parts, body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body part, body

Note: Object of vidhunvatī.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Null for gender, number, case, person, tense_mode, lakara, voice for indeclinables.

विधुन्वती (vidhunvatī) - shaking (her limbs) (shaking, trembling, causing to tremble)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhunvat

vidhunvat - shaking, trembling (present participle of vidhu)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vidhū (class 5, Ubhayapada) + śatṛ suffix, then feminine ī suffix. dhū often becomes dhun in present stem.

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Qualifies bhāminī.

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