वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-31, verse-6

किं नु चन्द्रमसा हीना पतिता विबुधालयात् ।
रोहिणी ज्योतिषां श्रेष्ठा श्रेष्ठा सर्वगुणान्विता ॥६॥

6. kiṃ nu candramasā hīnā patitā vibudhālayāt ,
rohiṇī jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhā śreṣṭhā sarvaguṇānvitā.

6. kim nu candramasā hīnā patitā vibudhālayāt
rohiṇī jyotiṣām śreṣṭhā śreṣṭhā sarvaguṇānvitā

6. kim nu candramasā hīnā vibudhālayāt patitā
jyotiṣām śreṣṭhā sarvaguṇānvitā rohiṇī

6. Are you Rohiṇī, the most excellent of luminaries, endowed with all virtues, having fallen from the abode of the gods and abandoned by the moon?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, surely (often rhetorical or interrogative)

• चन्द्रमसा (candramasā) - by the moon

• हीना (hīnā) - abandoned, deprived of, left

• पतिता (patitā) - fallen

• विबुधालयात् (vibudhālayāt) - from the abode of gods

• रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohiṇī, name of a lunar mansion, personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of the moon god (Rohiṇī)

• ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām) - of the luminaries, of the stars

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

• सर्वगुणान्विता (sarvaguṇānvitā) - endowed with all virtues/qualities

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, whether (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, surely (often rhetorical or interrogative)

(indeclinable)

चन्द्रमसा (candramasā) - by the moon

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of candramas

candramas - moon

हीना (hīnā) - abandoned, deprived of, left

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, deprived of, inferior

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon, leave).

Root: hā

पतिता (patitā) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended

Past Passive Participle

From root pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

विबुधालयात् (vibudhālayāt) - from the abode of gods

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of vibudhālaya

vibudhālaya - abode of gods, heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vibudha+ālaya)

• vibudha – god, deity (lit. 'fully enlightened')
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)

रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohiṇī, name of a lunar mansion, personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of the moon god (Rohiṇī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - name of one of the 27 lunar mansions; daughter of Dakṣa and favourite wife of Soma (the moon)

ज्योतिषाम् (jyotiṣām) - of the luminaries, of the stars

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of jyotis

jyotis - light, luster, star, heavenly body, luminary

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme

Superlative form of praśasya (praise-worthy).

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme

Superlative form of praśasya (praise-worthy).

सर्वगुणान्विता (sarvaguṇānvitā) - endowed with all virtues/qualities

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvaguṇānvita

sarvaguṇānvita - endowed with all good qualities or virtues

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+guṇa+anvita)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• guṇa – quality, virtue, excellence
  noun (masculine)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i (to go) with prefix anu.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i

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