वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-25

सा मलेन च दिग्धाङ्गी वपुषा चाप्यलंकृता ।
मृणाली पङ्कदिग्धेव विभाति च न भाति च ॥२५॥

25. sā malena ca digdhāṅgī vapuṣā cāpyalaṃkṛtā ,
mṛṇālī paṅkadigdheva vibhāti ca na bhāti ca.

25. sā malena ca digdhāṅgī vapuṣā ca api alaṅkṛtā
mṛṇālī paṅkadigdhā iva vibhāti ca na bhāti ca

25. sā malena ca digdhāṅgī,
vapuṣā ca api alaṅkṛtā,
mṛṇālī paṅkadigdhā iva vibhāti ca na bhāti ca

25. She, with her body smeared with dirt yet still adorned by her natural form, appeared like a lotus stalk smeared with mud—both shining and not shining at the same time.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular nominative)

• मलेन (malena) - by dirt, by impurity, by stain

• च (ca) - and, also

• दिग्धाङ्गी (digdhāṅgī) - whose limbs are smeared/stained

• वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by her body, by her form, by her beauty

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अलङ्कृता (alaṅkṛtā) - adorned, decorated, embellished

• मृणाली (mṛṇālī) - a lotus stalk

• पङ्कदिग्धा (paṅkadigdhā) - smeared with mud/slime

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• विभाति (vibhāti) - shines, appears

• च (ca) - and, also

• न (na) - not, no

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

मलेन (malena) - by dirt, by impurity, by stain

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mala

mala - dirt, filth, impurity, stain

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दिग्धाङ्गी (digdhāṅgī) - whose limbs are smeared/stained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of digdhāṅga

digdhāṅga - whose limbs are smeared or stained

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (digdha+aṅga)

• digdha – smeared, anointed, stained (Past Passive Participle)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dih
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aṅga – limb, body part
  noun (neuter)

वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by her body, by her form, by her beauty

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vapus

vapus - body, form, figure, beauty

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अलङ्कृता (alaṅkṛtā) - adorned, decorated, embellished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alaṅkṛta

alaṅkṛta - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ with prefix alam

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मृणाली (mṛṇālī) - a lotus stalk

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛṇālī

mṛṇālī - lotus stalk, fibrous root of a lotus

पङ्कदिग्धा (paṅkadigdhā) - smeared with mud/slime

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paṅkadigdha

paṅkadigdha - smeared with mud

Compound type : Instrumental Tatpuruṣa (paṅka+digdha)

• paṅka – mud, mire, slime
  noun (masculine)
• digdha – smeared, stained (Past Passive Participle)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root dih
  Root: dih (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

विभाति (vibhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present tense

3rd person singular present active

Prefix: vi

Root: bhā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Present tense

3rd person singular present active

Root: bhā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

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