वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-3, verse-18

तां रत्नवसनोपेतां कोष्ठागारावतंसकाम् ।
यन्त्रागारस्तनीमृद्धां प्रमदामिव भूषिताम् ॥१८॥

18. tāṃ ratnavasanopetāṃ koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām ,
yantrāgārastanīmṛddhāṃ pramadāmiva bhūṣitām.

18. tām ratnavasanopetām koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām
yantrāgārastanīm ṛddhām pramadām iva bhūṣitām

18. tām ṛddhām ratnavasanopetām koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām
yantrāgārastanīm bhūṣitām pramadām iva

18. He saw that prosperous city, adorned like a richly decorated woman, bedecked with jewel-studded garments, its storehouses resembling ornamental earrings, and its machine-houses like breasts.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (city) (her, that)

• रत्नवसनोपेताम् (ratnavasanopetām) - adorned with jewel-studded garments

• कोष्ठागारावतंसकाम् (koṣṭhāgārāvataṁsakām) - having storehouses as ornamental earrings

• यन्त्रागारस्तनीम् (yantrāgārastanīm) - having machine-houses as breasts

• ऋद्धाम् (ṛddhām) - prosperous, wealthy, rich

• प्रमदाम् (pramadām) - a beautiful woman, a charming lady

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भूषिताम् (bhūṣitām) - adorned, decorated

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (city) (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Refers to the city (nagara)

रत्नवसनोपेताम् (ratnavasanopetām) - adorned with jewel-studded garments

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ratnavasanopeta

ratnavasanopeta - adorned with jewel-studded garments

Past Passive Participle (for upeta)

Compound adjective: ratna-vasana-upeta

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ratna+vasana+upeta)

• ratna – jewel, gem
  noun (neuter)
• vasana – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• upeta – possessed of, endowed with, adorned with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tām' (city)

कोष्ठागारावतंसकाम् (koṣṭhāgārāvataṁsakām) - having storehouses as ornamental earrings

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsaka

koṣṭhāgārāvataṁsaka - having storehouses as ornamental earrings

Compound adjective: koṣṭhāgāra-avataṃsaka

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (koṣṭhāgāra+avataṃsaka)

• koṣṭhāgāra – storehouse, granary
  noun (neuter)
• avataṃsaka – ornamental earring, ear-decoration, crest
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tām' (city)

यन्त्रागारस्तनीम् (yantrāgārastanīm) - having machine-houses as breasts

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yantrāgārastanī

yantrāgārastanī - having machine-houses as breasts

Compound adjective: yantrāgāra-stanī

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yantrāgāra+stana)

• yantrāgāra – machine-house, workshop
  noun (neuter)
• stana – breast
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tām' (city)

ऋद्धाम् (ṛddhām) - prosperous, wealthy, rich

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ṛddha

ṛddha - prosperous, wealthy, rich, thriving

Past Passive Participle

From root √ṛdh (to thrive, prosper).

Root: ṛdh (class 4)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tām' (city)

प्रमदाम् (pramadām) - a beautiful woman, a charming lady

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pramadā

pramadā - a beautiful woman, a charming lady, a wanton woman

From pra-mad (to be wanton, delight).

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Object of comparison for the city

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भूषिताम् (bhūṣitām) - adorned, decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūṣita

bhūṣita - adorned, decorated, embellished

Past Passive Participle

From root √bhūṣ (to adorn, decorate).

Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'pramadām'