वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-41

श्यामानि चिरयुक्तत्वात्तथा संस्थानवन्ति च ।
तान्येवैतानि मन्ये ऽहं यानि रामो ऽव्नकीर्तयत् ॥४१॥

41. śyāmāni cirayuktatvāttathā saṃsthānavanti ca ,
tānyevaitāni manye'haṃ yāni rāmo'vnakīrtayat.

41. śyāmāni cirayuktatvāt tathā saṃsthānavanti ca
tāni eva etāni manye aham yāni rāmaḥ anvakīrtayat

41. cirayuktatvāt śyāmāni tathā ca saṃsthānavanti
aham manye etāni tāni eva yāni rāmaḥ anvakīrtayat

41. These (ornaments) are darkened because they have been worn for a long time, yet they retain their original form. I believe these are indeed the very same ones that Rāma had described.

Words meanings summery:

• श्यामानि (śyāmāni) - dark-colored, dusky, blackish (neuter plural)

• चिरयुक्तत्वात् (cirayuktatvāt) - due to being worn for a long time, from long association

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, and

• संस्थानवन्ति (saṁsthānavanti) - having form, retaining shape, having position (neuter plural)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तानि (tāni) - those (neuter plural)

• एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

• एतानि (etāni) - these (neuter plural)

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

• अहम् (aham) - I

• यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• अन्वकीर्तयत् (anvakīrtayat) - had mentioned, had described

Words meanings and morphology

श्यामानि (śyāmāni) - dark-colored, dusky, blackish (neuter plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śyāma

śyāma - dark, black, dusky, dark-blue

चिरयुक्तत्वात् (cirayuktatvāt) - due to being worn for a long time, from long association

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cirayuktatva

cirayuktatva - state of being worn for a long time, long association (neuter)

Derived from cira-yukta (long-associated, long-worn) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+yuktatva)

• cira – long time, ancient
  indeclinable
• yuktatva – state of being joined/united/associated
  noun (neuter)
  from yukta (joined, associated) + -tva
  Root: yuj (class 7)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, and

(indeclinable)

संस्थानवन्ति (saṁsthānavanti) - having form, retaining shape, having position (neuter plural)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṃsthānavat

saṁsthānavat - possessing form/shape/position (neuter)

from saṃsthāna (form, shape) + -vat (possessive suffix)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तानि (tāni) - those (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, only

(indeclinable)

एतानि (etāni) - these (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of many

present tense, first person singular, middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name), pleasing, dark, beautiful

अन्वकीर्तयत् (anvakīrtayat) - had mentioned, had described

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of anvakīrtayat

imperfect tense

from anu-kīrt (to mention, describe)

Prefix: anu

Root: kīrt (class 10)

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