वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-25, verse-37

करेणुहस्तप्रतिमः सव्यश्चोरुरनुत्तमः ।
वेपन् सूचयतीवास्या राघवं पुरतः स्थितम् ॥३७॥

37. kareṇuhastapratimaḥ savyaścoruranuttamaḥ ,
vepan sūcayatīvāsyā rāghavaṃ purataḥ sthitam.

37. kareṇuhastapratimaḥ savyaḥ ca ūruḥ anuttamaḥ
vepan sūcayati iva asyāḥ rāghavam purataḥ sthitam

37. asyāḥ savyaḥ anuttamaḥ ūruḥ kareṇuhastapratimaḥ
vepan iva purataḥ sthitam rāghavam sūcayati

37. Her excellent left thigh, which resembles an elephant's trunk, trembles as if indicating the presence of Rāghava before her.

Words meanings summery:

• करेणुहस्तप्रतिमः (kareṇuhastapratimaḥ) - resembling an elephant's trunk

• सव्यः (savyaḥ) - left (left, southern, reversed, hostile)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• ऊरुः (ūruḥ) - thigh

• अनुत्तमः (anuttamaḥ) - excellent (unsurpassed, best, excellent)

• वेपन् (vepan) - trembling (trembling, shaking)

• सूचयति (sūcayati) - indicates (indicates, points out, shows)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, resembling)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (Sita) (of her, belonging to her (feminine, genitive/ablative singular of idam))

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama))

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before (in front, before, in the presence of)

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - present, standing (standing, situated, present, firm)

Words meanings and morphology

करेणुहस्तप्रतिमः (kareṇuhastapratimaḥ) - resembling an elephant's trunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kareṇuhastapratima

kareṇuhastapratima - resembling an elephant's trunk

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kareṇu+hasta+pratima)

• kareṇu – female elephant
  noun (feminine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – resembling, similar, image
  adjective (masculine)
  From prati + mā (to measure)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā (class 3)

सव्यः (savyaḥ) - left (left, southern, reversed, hostile)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savya

savya - left, southern, reversed, hostile

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

ऊरुः (ūruḥ) - thigh

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūru

ūru - thigh

अनुत्तमः (anuttamaḥ) - excellent (unsurpassed, best, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, best, excellent

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+uttama)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• uttama – highest, best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud

वेपन् (vepan) - trembling (trembling, shaking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vepat

vepat - trembling, shaking

Present Active Participle

From root 'vep' (to tremble) + śatṛ suffix

Root: vep (class 1)

सूचयति (sūcayati) - indicates (indicates, points out, shows)

(verb)

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

causative stem

From root 'sūc' + nic

Root: sūc (class 10)

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, resembling)

(indeclinable)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (Sita) (of her, belonging to her (feminine, genitive/ablative singular of idam))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Can also be ablative singular. Genitive fits context.

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, referring to Rama))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

Paternal patronymic from Raghu

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before (in front, before, in the presence of)

(indeclinable)

From pura (front) + tas (ablative suffix)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - present, standing (standing, situated, present, firm)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, present, firm

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) + kta suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

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