वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-6

प्रदीप्तामिव तत्रस्थो मारुतिः समुदैक्षत ।
निष्पत्रशाखां विहगैः क्रियमाणामिवासकृत् ।
विनिष्पतद्भिः शतशश्चित्रैः पुष्पावतंसकैः ॥६॥

6. pradīptāmiva tatrastho mārutiḥ samudaikṣata ,
niṣpatraśākhāṃ vihagaiḥ kriyamāṇāmivāsakṛt ,
viniṣpatadbhiḥ śataśaścitraiḥ puṣpāvataṃsakaiḥ.

6. pradīptām iva tatra-sthaḥ mārutiḥ
samudaikṣata niṣpatra-śākhām vihagaiḥ
kriyamāṇām iva asakṛt viniṣpatadbhiḥ
śataśaḥ citraiḥ puṣpāvataṃsakaiḥ

6. tatra-sthaḥ mārutiḥ pradīptām iva
vihagaiḥ asakṛt niṣpatra-śākhām
kriyamāṇām iva śataśaḥ citraiḥ viniṣpatadbhiḥ
puṣpāvataṃsakaiḥ samudaikṣata

6. Standing there, Hanumān (māruti) gazed upon it as if ablaze, its branches appearing repeatedly stripped bare by birds, as it were, due to hundreds of colorful flower clusters constantly falling.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदीप्ताम् (pradīptām) - brightly lit, as if ablaze (referring to a grove/tree) (blazing, shining, illuminated)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

• तत्र-स्थः (tatra-sthaḥ) - standing there (Hanumān) (standing there, located there)

• मारुतिः (mārutiḥ) - Hanumān (son of Marut, Hanumān)

• समुदैक्षत (samudaikṣata) - observed, gazed upon (saw, observed, looked at)

• निष्पत्र-शाखाम् (niṣpatra-śākhām) - its branches appearing stripped of leaves/flowers (having branches without leaves/foliage)

• विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

• क्रियमाणाम् (kriyamāṇām) - being made (bare) (being made, being done)

• इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, similar to)

• असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

• विनिष्पतद्भिः (viniṣpatadbhiḥ) - by (flower clusters) falling down (by those falling down, scattering)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds (by hundreds, in hundreds)

• चित्रैः (citraiḥ) - by multicolored (by colorful, variegated, wondrous)

• पुष्पावतंसकैः (puṣpāvataṁsakaiḥ) - by flower clusters (by flower-ornaments, flower clusters)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदीप्ताम् (pradīptām) - brightly lit, as if ablaze (referring to a grove/tree) (blazing, shining, illuminated)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pradīpta

pradīpta - ablaze, shining, illuminated, excited

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√dīp (to shine, burn)

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

तत्र-स्थः (tatra-sthaḥ) - standing there (Hanumān) (standing there, located there)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tatra-stha

tatra-stha - standing there, located there

Compound of tatra (there) and stha (standing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tatra+stha)

• tatra – there, in that place
  indeclinable
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  From √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Sandhi: tatra-sthaḥ > tatrastho (Visarga Rūtvam + O-kāra)

मारुतिः (mārutiḥ) - Hanumān (son of Marut, Hanumān)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruti

māruti - son of Marut, Hanumān

Patronymic from Marut

समुदैक्षत (samudaikṣata) - observed, gazed upon (saw, observed, looked at)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ud-īkṣ

Imperfect

Root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam and ud

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

निष्पत्र-शाखाम् (niṣpatra-śākhām) - its branches appearing stripped of leaves/flowers (having branches without leaves/foliage)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niṣpatra-śākhā

niṣpatra-śākhā - having branches without leaves/foliage

Bahuvrīhi compound: niṣpatra (leafless) + śākhā (branch)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niṣpatra+śākhā)

• niṣpatra – leafless, stripped of leaves
  adjective
  From nis (negative prefix) + patra (leaf)
• śākhā – branch, bough
  noun (feminine)

विहगैः (vihagaiḥ) - by birds

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vihaga

vihaga - bird (literally 'moving in the sky')

Compound of vi (sky) + ga (going)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vi+ga)

• vi – sky
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

क्रियमाणाम् (kriyamāṇām) - being made (bare) (being made, being done)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being made, being performed

Present Passive Participle

From √kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - as it were (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

असकृत् (asakṛt) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, not once)

(indeclinable)

Compound of a (not) + sakṛt (once)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (a+sakṛt)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• sakṛt – once, at once, at the same time
  indeclinable

विनिष्पतद्भिः (viniṣpatadbhiḥ) - by (flower clusters) falling down (by those falling down, scattering)

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of viniṣpatat

viniṣpatat - falling down, scattering, flying away

Present Active Participle

From vi-niṣ-√pat (to fall down, fly away)

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Refers to the falling of the flower clusters.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds (by hundreds, in hundreds)

(indeclinable)

Formed from śata (hundred) with suffix -śaḥ

चित्रैः (citraiḥ) - by multicolored (by colorful, variegated, wondrous)

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of citra

citra - colorful, variegated, wonderful, strange, picture

Note: Refers to the flower clusters.

पुष्पावतंसकैः (puṣpāvataṁsakaiḥ) - by flower clusters (by flower-ornaments, flower clusters)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puṣpāvataṃsaka

puṣpāvataṁsaka - flower-ornament, chaplet of flowers, flower cluster

Compound of puṣpa (flower) + avataṃsaka (ornament)

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣpa+avataṃsaka)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• avataṃsaka – ear-ornament, chaplet, cluster
  noun (masculine)
  From ava-√taṃs (to adorn)
  Prefix: ava

Note: Sandhi: puṣpa + avataṃsaka > puṣpāvataṃsaka (dirgha)

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