वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-35

इमानि मुखपद्मानि नियतं मत्तषट्पदाः ।
अम्बुजानीव फुल्लानि प्रार्थयन्ति पुनः पुनः ॥३५॥

35. imāni mukhapadmāni niyataṃ mattaṣaṭpadāḥ ,
ambujānīva phullāni prārthayanti punaḥ punaḥ.

35. imāni mukhapadmāni niyatam mattaṣaṭpadāḥ
ambujāni iva phullāni prārthayanti punaḥ punaḥ

35. niyatam mattaṣaṭpadāḥ phullāni ambujāni iva
imāni mukhapadmāni punaḥ punaḥ prārthayanti

35. Intoxicated bees constantly desire these lotus-faces again and again, just as they desire blooming lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• इमानि (imāni) - these (referring to the lotus-faces) (these)

• मुखपद्मानि (mukhapadmāni) - faces like lotuses (lotus-faces, faces like lotuses)

• नियतम् (niyatam) - constantly, surely (constantly, certainly, surely)

• मत्तषट्पदाः (mattaṣaṭpadāḥ) - intoxicated bees

• अम्बुजानि (ambujāni) - lotuses (lotuses (born in water))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• फुल्लानि (phullāni) - bloomed (referring to lotuses) (bloomed, expanded, opened)

• प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, seek (they desire, they pray, they request)

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

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

Words meanings and morphology

इमानि (imāni) - these (referring to the lotus-faces) (these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter plural.

Note: Modifies 'mukhapadmāni', object of 'prārthayanti'.

मुखपद्मानि (mukhapadmāni) - faces like lotuses (lotus-faces, faces like lotuses)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mukhapadma

mukhapadma - lotus-face

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mukha+padma)

• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'prārthayanti'.

नियतम् (niyatam) - constantly, surely (constantly, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

From ni- + √yam (to restrain, control) + kta suffix; often used adverbially.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

मत्तषट्पदाः (mattaṣaṭpadāḥ) - intoxicated bees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mattaṣaṭpada

mattaṣaṭpada - intoxicated bee

Compound type : karmadhāraya (matta+ṣaṭpada)

• matta – intoxicated, drunk, excited
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √mad (to be exhilarated, intoxicated) + kta suffix
  Root: mad (class 4)
• ṣaṭpada – six-footed (referring to a bee)
  noun (masculine)
  From ṣaṭ (six) + pada (foot).

Note: Subject of 'prārthayanti'.

अम्बुजानि (ambujāni) - lotuses (lotuses (born in water))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ambuja

ambuja - born of water, lotus

Formed from ambu (water) + ja (born).

Compound type : upapada-tatpurusha (ambu+ja)

• ambu – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From √jan (to be born) + ḍa suffix.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

फुल्लानि (phullāni) - bloomed (referring to lotuses) (bloomed, expanded, opened)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of phulla

phulla - bloomed, opened, expanded

Past Passive Participle

From √phal (to burst, blossom) + kta suffix (with vocalic change)

Root: phal (class 1)

प्रार्थयन्ति (prārthayanti) - they desire, seek (they desire, they pray, they request)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of √arth

Present third plural

From pra- + √arth (to seek, ask), caus. formation of √ṛ (to go), 10th class derivative.

Prefix: pra

Root: arth (class 10)

Note: Subject is 'mattaṣaṭpadāḥ'.

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

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

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