वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-5, verse-32

सहस्रं वाहिनीस्तत्र जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताः ।
हेमजालैरविच्छिन्नास्तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः ॥३२॥

32. sahasraṃ vāhinīstatra jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ ,
hemajālairavicchinnāstaruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ.

32. sahasram vāhinīḥ tatra jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ
hemajalaiḥ avicchinnāḥ taruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ

32. tatra sahasram vāhinīḥ jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ
hemajalaiḥ avicchinnāḥ taruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ

32. There, a thousand divisions of forces, adorned with Jāmbūnada gold, continuously covered with golden networks, shone like the rising sun.

Words meanings summery:

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• वाहिनीः (vāhinīḥ) - divisions of forces (army divisions, forces, rivers)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताः (jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ) - adorned with Jāmbūnada gold

• हेमजलैः (hemajalaiḥ) - with golden networks (with golden nets, with golden networks)

• अविच्छिनाः (avicchināḥ) - continuously (covered) (unbroken, continuous, uninterrupted)

• तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः (taruṇādityasaṁnibhāḥ) - shone like the rising sun (resembling the young sun, shining like the rising sun)

Words meanings and morphology

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

वाहिनीः (vāhinīḥ) - divisions of forces (army divisions, forces, rivers)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāhinī

vāhinī - army, host, division (of an army), river

Root: vah (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताः (jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ) - adorned with Jāmbūnada gold

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of jāmbūnadapariṣkṛta

jāmbūnadapariṣkṛta - adorned, decorated, or refined with Jāmbūnada gold (a type of gold)

Compound type : instrumental tatpuruṣa (jāmbūnada+pariṣkṛta)

• jāmbūnada – a particular type of gold, gold from the river Jambu
  noun (neuter)
• pariṣkṛta – adorned, decorated, purified, refined
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from pari-kṛ (to adorn, refine)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

हेमजलैः (hemajalaiḥ) - with golden networks (with golden nets, with golden networks)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of hemajāla

hemajāla - a net of gold, a golden network/cluster

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (hema+jāla)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, network, web, multitude
  noun (neuter)

अविच्छिनाः (avicchināḥ) - continuously (covered) (unbroken, continuous, uninterrupted)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of avicchinnā

avicchinnā - uninterrupted, continuous, unbroken

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Derived from a-vi-chid (not to cut, not to interrupt)

Compound type : nañ tatpuruṣa (a+vicchinna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vicchinna – cut off, separated, interrupted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from vi-chid (to cut apart, separate)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: chid (class 7)

तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः (taruṇādityasaṁnibhāḥ) - shone like the rising sun (resembling the young sun, shining like the rising sun)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of taruṇādityasaṃnibha

taruṇādityasaṁnibha - resembling the young sun, having the likeness of the rising sun

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (upamāna pūrvapada) (taruṇa+āditya+saṃnibha)

• taruṇa – young, fresh, new, rising (sun)
  adjective (masculine)
• āditya – the sun, a solar deity
  noun (masculine)
• saṃnibha – resembling, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhā (class 2)

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