वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-6, verse-13

प्रवालजाम्बूनदपुष्पपक्षाः सलीलमावर्जितजिह्मपक्षाः ।
कामस्य साक्षादिव भान्ति पक्षाः कृता विहंगाः सुमुखाः सुपक्षाः ॥१३॥

13. pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ salīlamāvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ ,
kāmasya sākṣādiva bhānti pakṣāḥ kṛtā vihaṃgāḥ sumukhāḥ supakṣāḥ.

13. pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ
salīlam āvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ kāmasya
sākṣāt iva bhānti pakṣāḥ
kṛtāḥ vihaṅgāḥ sumukhāḥ supakṣāḥ

13. kṛtāḥ sumukhāḥ supakṣāḥ pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ salīlam āvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ vihaṅgāḥ,
kāmasya sākṣāt iva pakṣāḥ bhānti.

13. The birds created there, with beautiful faces and splendid wings—their wings made of coral, gold, and flowers, gracefully curved and slightly bent—shone as if they were the very wings of Kāma (the god of love) personified.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवालजाम्बूनदपुष्पपक्षाः (pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ) - having wings made of coral, gold, and flowers (having wings of coral, gold, and flowers)

• सलीलम् (salīlam) - gracefully (gracefully, playfully, with ease)

• आवर्जितजिह्मपक्षाः (āvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ) - having gracefully curved and slightly bent wings (having curved and bent wings)

• कामस्य (kāmasya) - of Kāma (the god of love) (of desire, of love, of Kāma (god of love))

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, personified (directly, in presence, before the eyes, manifestly)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as it were)

• भान्ति (bhānti) - they shone, appeared (they shine, appear, seem)

• पक्षाः (pakṣāḥ) - wings (wings, sides, feathers, partisans)

• कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - created (referring to the birds) (made, created, done)

• विहङ्गाः (vihaṅgāḥ) - birds

• सुमुखाः (sumukhāḥ) - with beautiful faces (with beautiful faces, well-faced)

• सुपक्षाः (supakṣāḥ) - with splendid wings (with beautiful wings, well-winged)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवालजाम्बूनदपुष्पपक्षाः (pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣāḥ) - having wings made of coral, gold, and flowers (having wings of coral, gold, and flowers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣa

pravālajāmbūnadapuṣpapakṣa - having wings of coral, gold, and flowers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pravāla+jāmbūnada+puṣpa+pakṣa)

• pravāla – coral, new shoot
  noun (masculine)
• jāmbūnada – gold
  noun (neuter)
• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
• pakṣa – wing, feather, side
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vihaṅgāḥ'.

सलीलम् (salīlam) - gracefully (gracefully, playfully, with ease)

(indeclinable)

From 'sa' (with) + 'līla' (play, grace). Adverbial usage.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (sa+līla)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• līla – play, sport, grace, ease
  noun (feminine)

Note: Adverb modifying the way wings are curved.

आवर्जितजिह्मपक्षाः (āvarjitajihmapakṣāḥ) - having gracefully curved and slightly bent wings (having curved and bent wings)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āvarjitajihmapakṣa

āvarjitajihmapakṣa - having curved and bent wings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āvarjita+jihma+pakṣa)

• āvarjita – bent, curved, inclined, turned
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from ā-√vṛj (to turn, bend)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛj (class 1)
• jihma – crooked, bent, slanting, oblique
  adjective (masculine)
• pakṣa – wing, feather, side
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vihaṅgāḥ'.

कामस्य (kāmasya) - of Kāma (the god of love) (of desire, of love, of Kāma (god of love))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, god of love

From root 'kam' (to desire).

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Possessive.

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, personified (directly, in presence, before the eyes, manifestly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'iva' to mean 'as if directly'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

भान्ति (bhānti) - they shone, appeared (they shine, appear, seem)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of bhā

present active indicative, 3rd plural

From root 'bhā' (to shine).

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'pakṣāḥ' (wings) or 'vihaṅgāḥ' (birds).

पक्षाः (pakṣāḥ) - wings (wings, sides, feathers, partisans)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣa

pakṣa - wing, feather, side, party, half (of a month)

Note: Subject of 'bhānti'.

कृताः (kṛtāḥ) - created (referring to the birds) (made, created, done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed

past passive participle

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with suffix '-ta'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

विहङ्गाः (vihaṅgāḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vihaṅga

vihaṅga - bird, a being moving in the air

From 'vi' (sky) + 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

सुमुखाः (sumukhāḥ) - with beautiful faces (with beautiful faces, well-faced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sumukha

sumukha - having a beautiful face, well-faced, cheerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mukha)

• su – good, well, beautiful (prefix)
  prefix
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'vihaṅgāḥ'.

सुपक्षाः (supakṣāḥ) - with splendid wings (with beautiful wings, well-winged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of supakṣa

supakṣa - having beautiful wings, well-winged

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+pakṣa)

• su – good, well, beautiful (prefix)
  prefix
• pakṣa – wing, feather, side
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'vihaṅgāḥ'.

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