वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-6, verse-14

नियुज्यमानाश्च गजाः सुहस्ताः सकेसराश्चोत्पलपत्रहस्ताः ।
बभूव देवी च कृता सुहस्ता लक्ष्मीस्तथा पद्मिनि पद्महस्ता ॥१४॥

14. niyujyamānāśca gajāḥ suhastāḥ sakesarāścotpalapatrahastāḥ ,
babhūva devī ca kṛtā suhastā lakṣmīstathā padmini padmahastā.

14. niyujyamānāḥ ca gajāḥ suhastāḥ
sakesarāḥ ca utpalapatrahastāḥ
babhūva devī ca kṛtā suhastā
lakṣmīḥ tathā padmini padmahastā

14. gajāḥ niyujyamānāḥ ca suhastāḥ ca sakesarāḥ ca utpalapatrahastāḥ (āsan).
devī ca kṛtā suhastā babhūva,
tathā lakṣmīḥ padmini padmahastā (babhūva).

14. Arranged were elephants with beautiful trunks, and with manes, and holding lotus leaves in their trunks. Also, there was a goddess crafted with beautiful hands, and similarly, Lakṣmī, poised in a lotus and holding a lotus.

Words meanings summery:

• नियुज्यमानाः (niyujyamānāḥ) - being arranged / placed (referring to the elephants as statues) (being appointed, being engaged, being arranged, being employed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants (statues) (elephants)

• सुहस्ताः (suhastāḥ) - with beautiful trunks (for elephants) (with beautiful hands/trunks, skillful)

• सकेसराः (sakesarāḥ) - with manes (for elephants) (with manes, having filaments (of flowers))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उत्पलपत्रहस्ताः (utpalapatrahastāḥ) - holding lotus leaves in their trunks (having lotus leaves in their hands/trunks)

• बभूव (babhūva) - there was (a goddess) (there was, it came to be, she became)

• देवी (devī) - a goddess (statue) (goddess, queen)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• कृता (kṛtā) - created (referring to the goddess) (made, created, done)

• सुहस्ता (suhastā) - with beautiful hands (for the goddess) (with beautiful hands, skillful)

• लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - the goddess Lakṣmī (prosperity, fortune, beauty, the goddess Lakṣmī)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

• पद्मिनि (padmini) - situated in a lotus (in a lotus, in a lotus pond)

• पद्महस्ता (padmahastā) - holding a lotus in her hand (holding a lotus in hand, lotus-handed)

Words meanings and morphology

नियुज्यमानाः (niyujyamānāḥ) - being arranged / placed (referring to the elephants as statues) (being appointed, being engaged, being arranged, being employed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyujyamāna

niyujyamāna - being appointed, being employed, being engaged, being arranged

present passive participle

Derived from root 'yuj' (to join) with prefix 'ni-' and passive voice suffix '-yamāna'.

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants (statues) (elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

Note: Subject.

सुहस्ताः (suhastāḥ) - with beautiful trunks (for elephants) (with beautiful hands/trunks, skillful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suhasta

suhasta - having beautiful hands/trunks, skillful-handed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+hasta)

• su – good, well, beautiful (prefix)
  prefix
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'gajāḥ'.

सकेसराः (sakesarāḥ) - with manes (for elephants) (with manes, having filaments (of flowers))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakesara

sakesara - having manes, having filaments (of flowers), with saffron

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+kesara)

• sa – with, together with
  prefix
• kesara – mane, filament of a flower, hair
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'gajāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उत्पलपत्रहस्ताः (utpalapatrahastāḥ) - holding lotus leaves in their trunks (having lotus leaves in their hands/trunks)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of utpalapatrahasta

utpalapatrahasta - having lotus leaves in their hands/trunks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (utpalapatra+hasta)

• utpalapatra – lotus leaf
  noun (neuter)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'gajāḥ'.

बभूव (babhūva) - there was (a goddess) (there was, it came to be, she became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of bhū

perfect active indicative, 3rd singular

Reduplicated perfect form of root 'bhū'.

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवी (devī) - a goddess (statue) (goddess, queen)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, female deity, queen

Feminine form of 'deva'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कृता (kṛtā) - created (referring to the goddess) (made, created, done)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - made, done, performed

past passive participle

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सुहस्ता (suhastā) - with beautiful hands (for the goddess) (with beautiful hands, skillful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suhasta

suhasta - having beautiful hands, skillful-handed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+hasta)

• su – good, well, beautiful (prefix)
  prefix
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'devī'.

लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ) - the goddess Lakṣmī (prosperity, fortune, beauty, the goddess Lakṣmī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣmī

lakṣmī - prosperity, wealth, beauty, the goddess Lakṣmī

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

पद्मिनि (padmini) - situated in a lotus (in a lotus, in a lotus pond)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of padminī

padminī - lotus plant, lotus pond, a type of woman (the best of women), a group of lotuses

From 'padma' (lotus) with suffix '-inī'.

पद्महस्ता (padmahastā) - holding a lotus in her hand (holding a lotus in hand, lotus-handed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of padmahasta

padmahasta - lotus-handed, holding a lotus in the hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+hasta)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

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