वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-28

तां नीलकेशीं बिम्बौष्ठीं सुमध्यां सुप्रतिष्ठिताम् ।
सीतां पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मन्मथस्य रतिं यथा ॥२८॥

28. tāṃ nīlakeśīṃ bimbauṣṭhīṃ sumadhyāṃ supratiṣṭhitām ,
sītāṃ padmapalāśākṣīṃ manmathasya ratiṃ yathā.

28. tām nīlakeśīm bimbauṣṭhīm sumadhyām supratiṣṭhitām
sītām padmapalāśākṣīm manmathasya ratim yathā

28. tām sītām nīlakeśīm bimbauṣṭhīm sumadhyām
supratiṣṭhitām padmapalāśākṣīm manmathasya ratim yathā

28. Sita, with her dark hair, lips like bimba fruit, a beautiful waist, well-proportioned form, and eyes like lotus petals, was like Rati, the consort of the god of love (manmatha).

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her (referring to Sita) (her, that (feminine))

• नीलकेशीम् (nīlakeśīm) - with dark hair (having black/dark blue hair)

• बिम्बौष्ठीम् (bimbauṣṭhīm) - with lips like the bimba fruit (red and full) (having lips like the bimba fruit)

• सुमध्याम् (sumadhyām) - with a beautiful waist (having a beautiful waist, slender-waisted)

• सुप्रतिष्ठिताम् (supratiṣṭhitām) - well-proportioned (well-established, well-founded, well-proportioned)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

• पद्मपलाशाक्षीम् (padmapalāśākṣīm) - with eyes like lotus petals (having eyes like lotus petals)

• मन्मथस्य (manmathasya) - of Manmatha (the god of love) (of Manmatha, of Kama, of the god of love)

• रतिम् (ratim) - Rati (the goddess, consort of Manmatha) (Rati (goddess), delight, pleasure, sexual love)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, like, in which manner)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her (referring to Sita) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to Sita.

नीलकेशीम् (nīlakeśīm) - with dark hair (having black/dark blue hair)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nīlakeśī

nīlakeśī - having dark hair

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nīla+keśa)

• nīla – dark blue, black
  adjective (masculine)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies sītām.

बिम्बौष्ठीम् (bimbauṣṭhīm) - with lips like the bimba fruit (red and full) (having lips like the bimba fruit)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bimbauṣṭhī

bimbauṣṭhī - having lips like the bimba fruit

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bimba+oṣṭha)

• bimba – bimba fruit (red gourd-like fruit), disk, orb
  noun (neuter)
• oṣṭha – lip
  noun (masculine)
  Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sītām.

सुमध्याम् (sumadhyām) - with a beautiful waist (having a beautiful waist, slender-waisted)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumadhyā

sumadhyā - beautiful-waisted, slender-waisted

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhya)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
  Prefix.
• madhya – middle, waist
  noun (neuter)
  Root: madh

Note: Qualifies sītām.

सुप्रतिष्ठिताम् (supratiṣṭhitām) - well-proportioned (well-established, well-founded, well-proportioned)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of supratiṣṭhitā

supratiṣṭhitā - well-established, well-proportioned, firm, stable

Past Passive Participle

From su (well) + pratiṣṭhita (established, formed). prati + sthā.

Compound type : prādi tatpuruṣa (su+pratiṣṭhita)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
  Prefix.
• pratiṣṭhita – established, founded, placed, firm
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prati + root sthā.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sītām.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rama)

Note: Main object being described.

पद्मपलाशाक्षीम् (padmapalāśākṣīm) - with eyes like lotus petals (having eyes like lotus petals)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padmapalāśākṣī

padmapalāśākṣī - having eyes like lotus petals

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+palāśa+akṣi)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 1)
• palāśa – petal, leaf
  noun (neuter)
  Root: palāś (class 1)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: akṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies sītām.

मन्मथस्य (manmathasya) - of Manmatha (the god of love) (of Manmatha, of Kama, of the god of love)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manmatha

manmatha - Manmatha (god of love), Kama, agitation of mind

Literally 'churner of the mind'.

Root: manth (class 1)

Note: Possessive, describing ratim.

रतिम् (ratim) - Rati (the goddess, consort of Manmatha) (Rati (goddess), delight, pleasure, sexual love)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - Rati (goddess of love), delight, pleasure, attachment

Derived from root ram (to delight).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, like, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to tathā. Here used for comparison.

Note: Particle of comparison.

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