वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-33

तासां संवृतदन्तानि मीलिताक्षाणि मारुतिः ।
अपश्यत् पद्मगन्धीनि वदनानि सुयोषिताम् ॥३३॥

33. tāsāṃ saṃvṛtadantāni mīlitākṣāṇi mārutiḥ ,
apaśyat padmagandhīni vadanāni suyoṣitām.

33. tāsām saṃvṛta-dantāni mīlita-akṣāṇi mārutiḥ
| apaśyat padma-gandhīni vadanāni su-yoṣitām

33. mārutiḥ tāsām su-yoṣitām saṃvṛta-dantāni
mīlita-akṣāṇi padma-gandhīni vadanāni apaśyat

33. Maruti saw the faces of those beautiful women—faces with closed mouths (showing no teeth), closed eyes, and a fragrance like lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those women (of them (feminine))

• संवृत-दन्तानि (saṁvṛta-dantāni) - having closed teeth (implying closed mouths)

• मीलित-अक्षाणि (mīlita-akṣāṇi) - having closed eyes

• मारुतिः (mārutiḥ) - Hanuman (Maruti (son of Marut, i.e., Hanuman))

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, observed

• पद्म-गन्धीनि (padma-gandhīni) - lotus-fragrant

• वदनानि (vadanāni) - faces, mouths

• सु-योषिताम् (su-yoṣitām) - of beautiful women

Words meanings and morphology

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those women (of them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, those

संवृत-दन्तानि (saṁvṛta-dantāni) - having closed teeth (implying closed mouths)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of saṃvṛta-danta

saṁvṛta-danta - having closed teeth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃvṛta+danta)

• saṃvṛta – closed, covered, restrained
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ- 'to cover, choose' with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• danta – tooth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vadanāni

मीलित-अक्षाणि (mīlita-akṣāṇi) - having closed eyes

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mīlita-akṣa

mīlita-akṣa - having closed eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mīlita+akṣa)

• mīlita – closed, shut
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mīl- 'to close'
  Root: mīl (class 1)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with vadanāni

मारुतिः (mārutiḥ) - Hanuman (Maruti (son of Marut, i.e., Hanuman))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of māruti

māruti - son of Marut, a patronymic often referring to Hanuman

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw, observed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

root form (present stem of dṛś)

root dṛś takes paś- as present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पद्म-गन्धीनि (padma-gandhīni) - lotus-fragrant

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of padma-gandhin

padma-gandhin - having the fragrance of a lotus, lotus-scented

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (padma+gandhin)

• padma – lotus (flower, plant)
  noun (neuter)
• gandhin – fragrant, having an odor/smell
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in indicates 'having'

Note: Agrees with vadanāni

वदनानि (vadanāni) - faces, mouths

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vadana

vadana - face, mouth, speech

सु-योषिताम् (su-yoṣitām) - of beautiful women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of su-yoṣit

su-yoṣit - beautiful woman, good woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+yoṣit)

• su – good, excellent, well (prefix)
  indeclinable
• yoṣit – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

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