वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-47

हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाश्चक्रवाकोपशोभिताः ।
आपगा इव ता रेजुर्जघनैः पुलिनैरिव ॥४७॥

47. haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāścakravākopaśobhitāḥ ,
āpagā iva tā rejurjaghanaiḥ pulinairiva.

47. haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ cakravākopraśobhitāḥ
āpagāḥ iva tāḥ rejuḥ jaghanaiḥ pulinaiḥ iva

47. tāḥ haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ cakravākopraśobhitāḥ
āpagāḥ iva jaghanaiḥ pulinaiḥ iva rejuḥ

47. Thronged with swan-like and karandava-like adornments, and graced by ruddy geese-like ornaments, those women shone like rivers, their hips resembling sandbanks.

Words meanings summery:

• हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाः (haṁsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ) - adorned with swan-like and karandava-like adornments (thronged with swans and karandava birds)

• चक्रवाकोप्रशोभिताः (cakravākopraśobhitāḥ) - graced by ruddy geese-like ornaments (beautified by ruddy geese)

• आपगाः (āpagāḥ) - rivers

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

• ताः (tāḥ) - those women (they (feminine plural))

• रेजुः (rejuḥ) - they shone (they shone, they glistened, they looked beautiful)

• जघनैः (jaghanaiḥ) - with their hips (with hips, by means of hips)

• पुलिनैः (pulinaiḥ) - like sandbanks (with sandbanks, with shoals)

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

Words meanings and morphology

हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाः (haṁsakāraṇḍavākīrṇāḥ) - adorned with swan-like and karandava-like adornments (thronged with swans and karandava birds)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇa

haṁsakāraṇḍavākīrṇa - filled/covered with swans and karandava birds

Compound. haṃsa (swan), kāraṇḍava (a type of duck/waterfowl), ākīrṇa (filled, covered). ākīrṇa is a past passive participle of ā-kīr- (to scatter, to fill).

Compound type : tatpurusha (haṃsa+kāraṇḍava+ākīrṇa)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇḍava – a kind of duck or waterfowl
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – covered, filled, scattered
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kīr (to scatter) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kīr

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

चक्रवाकोप्रशोभिताः (cakravākopraśobhitāḥ) - graced by ruddy geese-like ornaments (beautified by ruddy geese)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of cakravākopraśobhita

cakravākopraśobhita - beautified/adorned by ruddy geese

Compound. cakravāka (ruddy goose) + upaśobhita (adorned). upaśobhita is a past passive participle of upa-śubh (to adorn).

Compound type : tatpurusha (cakravāka+upaśobhita)

• cakravāka – ruddy goose, Chakravaka bird
  noun (masculine)
• upaśobhita – adorned, beautified
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śubh (to shine, be beautiful) with prefix upa
  Prefix: upa
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing the women (`tāḥ`).

आपगाः (āpagāḥ) - rivers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of āpagā

āpagā - river, stream

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those women (they (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the women being described.

रेजुः (rejuḥ) - they shone (they shone, they glistened, they looked beautiful)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of rāj

Root rāj in perfect 3rd person plural active.

Root: rāj (class 1)

जघनैः (jaghanaiḥ) - with their hips (with hips, by means of hips)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of jaghana

jaghana - hip, buttock, posterior

पुलिनैः (pulinaiḥ) - like sandbanks (with sandbanks, with shoals)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pulina

pulina - sandbank, alluvial formation, shoal, beach

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

(indeclinable)

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