वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-1, verse-56

मुखं नासिकया तस्य ताम्रया ताम्रमाबभौ ।
संध्यया समभिस्पृष्टं यथा सूर्यस्य मण्डलम् ॥५६॥

56. mukhaṃ nāsikayā tasya tāmrayā tāmramābabhau ,
saṃdhyayā samabhispṛṣṭaṃ yathā sūryasya maṇḍalam.

56. mukham nāsikayā tasya tāmrayā tāmram ābabhau
sandhyayā samabhisspṛṣṭam yathā sūryasya maṇḍalam

56. mukham nāsikayā tasya tāmrayā tāmram ābabhau
sandhyayā samabhisspṛṣṭam yathā sūryasya maṇḍalam

56. His face, coppery with his coppery nose, shone brightly, just as the sun's orb appears tinged by the glow of twilight.

Words meanings summery:

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• नासिकया (nāsikayā) - by the nose

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• ताम्रया (tāmrayā) - coppery, reddish-brown

• ताम्रम् (tāmram) - coppery, reddish-brown

• आबभौ (ābabhau) - shone brightly, appeared

• सन्ध्यया (sandhyayā) - by twilight, by dawn/dusk

• समभिस्स्पृष्टम् (samabhisspṛṣṭam) - tinged, touched, suffused

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the sun

• मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - orb, disk, circle

Words meanings and morphology

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, entrance, forefront

Note: Subject of the sentence.

नासिकया (nāsikayā) - by the nose

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nāsikā

nāsikā - nose

Note: Indicates the means or cause.

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to Hanumān.

ताम्रया (tāmrayā) - coppery, reddish-brown

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tāmra

tāmra - coppery, red, reddish-brown

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'nāsikayā'.

ताम्रम् (tāmram) - coppery, reddish-brown

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāmra

tāmra - coppery, red, reddish-brown

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'mukham'.

आबभौ (ābabhau) - shone brightly, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Perfect tense form. Root from Dhatupatha with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

सन्ध्यया (sandhyayā) - by twilight, by dawn/dusk

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - twilight, dawn, dusk, juncture

Note: Agent of the passive participle.

समभिस्स्पृष्टम् (samabhisspṛṣṭam) - tinged, touched, suffused

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samabhisspṛṣṭa

samabhisspṛṣṭa - touched, suffused, tinged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with prefixes sam and abhi.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'maṇḍalam'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, solar deity

Note: Possessive, modifying 'maṇḍalam'.

मण्डलम् (maṇḍalam) - orb, disk, circle

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, disk, orb, region

Note: The object of comparison.