वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-4

कीदृशं तस्य संस्थानं रूपं रामस्य कीदृशम् ।
कथमूरू कथं बाहू लक्ष्मणस्य च शंस मे ॥४॥

4. kīdṛśaṃ tasya saṃsthānaṃ rūpaṃ rāmasya kīdṛśam ,
kathamūrū kathaṃ bāhū lakṣmaṇasya ca śaṃsa me.

4. kīdṛśam tasya saṃsthānam rūpam rāmasya kīdṛśam
katham ūru katham bāhū lakṣmaṇasya ca śaṃsa me

4. tasya saṃsthānam kīdṛśam rāmasya rūpam kīdṛśam
ūru katham bāhū katham ca lakṣmaṇasya me śaṃsa

4. What is his (Rāma's) physique like? What is Rāma's form like? How are his thighs, and how are his arms? And describe Lakṣmaṇa to me.

Words meanings summery:

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - what kind (of physique/form) (of what kind, what sort)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāma's) (his, of him, its, of it)

• संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - physique (physical structure, form, figure, physique)

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, appearance, beauty, shape)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - what kind (of what kind, what sort)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• ऊरु (ūru) - thighs (thigh)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

• बाहू (bāhū) - arms (arm)

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शंस (śaṁsa) - describe (describe, tell, praise)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - what kind (of physique/form) (of what kind, what sort)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how, in what manner

तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāma's) (his, of him, its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संस्थानम् (saṁsthānam) - physique (physical structure, form, figure, physique)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - physical structure, form, figure, shape, appearance, condition

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, appearance, beauty, shape)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty, nature, characteristic

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a celebrated prince)

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - what kind (of what kind, what sort)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what kind, what sort, how, in what manner

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

ऊरु (ūru) - thighs (thigh)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ūru

ūru - thigh, hip

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

बाहू (bāhū) - arms (arm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शंस (śaṁsa) - describe (describe, tell, praise)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

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