वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-34

प्रबुद्धानीव पद्मानि तासां भूत्वा क्षपाक्षये ।
पुनःसंवृतपत्राणि रात्राविव बभुस्तदा ॥३४॥

34. prabuddhānīva padmāni tāsāṃ bhūtvā kṣapākṣaye ,
punaḥsaṃvṛtapatrāṇi rātrāviva babhustadā.

34. prabuddhāni iva padmāni tāsām bhūtvā kṣapākṣaye
punaḥ saṃvṛtapatrāṇi rātrau iva babhuḥ tadā

34. kṣapākṣaye tāsām prabuddhāni padmāni iva bhūtvā,
tadā punaḥ rātrau iva saṃvṛtapatrāṇi babhuḥ

34. At dawn, their faces, which had been like blooming lotuses, then appeared like lotuses whose petals had closed again, as they do during the night.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रबुद्धानि (prabuddhāni) - bloomed (referring to lotuses/faces) (awakened, bloomed, fully conscious)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses (referring to faces by simile) (lotuses)

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those women, their (faces) (of them, their)

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (like lotuses) (having been, having become)

• क्षपाक्षये (kṣapākṣaye) - at dawn, at the end of the night (at the end of the night, at dawn)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more)

• संवृतपत्राणि (saṁvṛtapatrāṇi) - with petals closed (with closed petals)

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - during the night (at night)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• बभुः (babhuḥ) - they appeared, they looked (they shone, they appeared)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

प्रबुद्धानि (prabuddhāni) - bloomed (referring to lotuses/faces) (awakened, bloomed, fully conscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of prabuddha

prabuddha - awakened, bloomed, fully conscious, enlightened

Past Passive Participle

From pra- + √budh (to awaken, perceive) + kta suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: budh (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses (referring to faces by simile) (lotuses)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of padma

padma - lotus, a specific type of arrangement

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those women, their (faces) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine plural genitive.

Note: Refers to the faces of women.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become (like lotuses) (having been, having become)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √bhū (to be, become) + ktvā suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

क्षपाक्षये (kṣapākṣaye) - at dawn, at the end of the night (at the end of the night, at dawn)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣapākṣaya

kṣapākṣaya - end of night, dawn

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣapā+kṣaya)

• kṣapā – night
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṣap
• kṣaya – end, destruction, decline
  noun (masculine)
  From √kṣi (to waste, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more)

(indeclinable)

संवृतपत्राणि (saṁvṛtapatrāṇi) - with petals closed (with closed petals)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of saṃvṛtapatra

saṁvṛtapatra - having closed petals, with contracted leaves

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃvṛta+patra)

• saṃvṛta – closed, covered, contracted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam- + √vṛ (to cover, enclose) + kta suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• patra – leaf, petal, wing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'padmāni' (implied faces).

रात्रौ (rātrau) - during the night (at night)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

बभुः (babhuḥ) - they appeared, they looked (they shone, they appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √bhā

Perfect third plural

Root √bhā, perfect tense, third person plural.

Root: bhā (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'tad' with a time suffix.

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