वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-31, verse-4

सुराणामसुराणां च नागगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् ।
यक्षाणां किंनराणां च का त्वं भवसि शोभने ॥४॥

4. surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca nāgagandharvarakṣasām ,
yakṣāṇāṃ kiṃnarāṇāṃ ca kā tvaṃ bhavasi śobhane.

4. surāṇām asurāṇām ca nāgagandharvarakṣasām
yakṣāṇām kiṃnarāṇām ca kā tvam bhavasi śobhane

4. śobhane tvam surāṇām asurāṇām ca nāgagandharvarakṣasām
yakṣāṇām kiṃnarāṇām ca kā bhavasi

4. O beautiful one, who are you among the gods and demons, the nāgas, gandharvas, rakṣasas, yakṣas, and kinnaras?

Words meanings summery:

• सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of gods, of devas

• असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of demons

• च (ca) - and

• नागगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् (nāgagandharvarakṣasām) - of nāgas, gandharvas, and rakṣasas

• यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of yakṣas

• किंनराणाम् (kiṁnarāṇām) - of kinnaras

• च (ca) - and

• का (kā) - who, what (feminine)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• भवसि (bhavasi) - you are, you exist

• शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely lady

Words meanings and morphology

सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of gods, of devas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity, deva

असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, titan, anti-god

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नागगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् (nāgagandharvarakṣasām) - of nāgas, gandharvas, and rakṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nāgagandharvarakṣas

nāgagandharvarakṣas - collective of nāgas, gandharvas, and rakṣasas

Compound type : dvandva (nāga+gandharva+rakṣas)

• nāga – serpent deity, snake
  noun (masculine)
• gandharva – celestial musician or demigod
  noun (masculine)
• rakṣas – demon, fiend
  noun (masculine)

यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of yakṣas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - class of nature-spirits or demigods

किंनराणाम् (kiṁnarāṇām) - of kinnaras

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kiṃnara

kiṁnara - mythical creature, part human, part horse (or bird), celestial musician

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

का (kā) - who, what (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भवसि (bhavasi) - you are, you exist

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

शोभने (śobhane) - O beautiful one, O lovely lady

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of śobhanā

śobhanā - beautiful, lovely, graceful (feminine form)

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