वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-10

शातकुम्भनिभाः के चित् के चिदग्निशिखोपमाः ।
नीलाञ्जननिभाः के चित्तत्राशोकाः सहस्रशः ॥१०॥

10. śātakumbhanibhāḥ ke cit ke cidagniśikhopamāḥ ,
nīlāñjananibhāḥ ke cittatrāśokāḥ sahasraśaḥ.

10. śātakuṃbhanibhāḥ ke cit ke cit agniśikhopamāḥ
nīlāñjananibhāḥ ke cit tatra aśokāḥ sahasraśaḥ

10. tatra aśokāḥ sahasraśaḥ ke cit śātakuṃbhanibhāḥ
ke cit agniśikhopamāḥ ke cit nīlāñjananibhāḥ

10. Some (aśoka trees) shone like refined gold, some resembled flames of fire, and others were like blue collyrium; there were thousands of aśoka trees.

Words meanings summery:

• शातकुंभनिभाः (śātakuṁbhanibhāḥ) - resembling refined gold

• के (ke) - some

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

• के (ke) - some

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

• अग्निशिखोपमाः (agniśikhopamāḥ) - resembling a flame of fire

• नीलाञ्जननिभाः (nīlāñjananibhāḥ) - resembling blue collyrium

• के (ke) - some

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• अशोकाः (aśokāḥ) - aśoka trees

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

शातकुंभनिभाः (śātakuṁbhanibhāḥ) - resembling refined gold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śātakuṃbhanibha

śātakuṁbhanibha - resembling refined gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śātakuṃbha+nibha)

• śātakuṃbha – refined gold
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

के (ke) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, some

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

के (ke) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, some

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

अग्निशिखोपमाः (agniśikhopamāḥ) - resembling a flame of fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of agniśikhopama

agniśikhopama - resembling a flame of fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agniśikhā+upama)

• agniśikhā – flame of fire
  noun (feminine)
• upama – resembling, similar to, like
  adjective (masculine)

नीलाञ्जननिभाः (nīlāñjananibhāḥ) - resembling blue collyrium

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nīlāñjananibha

nīlāñjananibha - resembling blue collyrium

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nīlāñjana+nibha)

• nīlāñjana – blue collyrium
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

के (ke) - some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ka

ka - who, what, some

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

अशोकाः (aśokāḥ) - aśoka trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aśoka

aśoka - aśoka tree (Saraca asoca); literally 'without sorrow'

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

suffix -śas indicating distribution or measure

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