वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-51

ताः पाताका इवोद्धूताः पत्नीनां रुचिरप्रभाः ।
नानावर्णसुवर्णानां वक्त्रमूलेषु रेजिरे ॥५१॥

51. tāḥ pātākā ivoddhūtāḥ patnīnāṃ ruciraprabhāḥ ,
nānāvarṇasuvarṇānāṃ vaktramūleṣu rejire.

51. tāḥ pātākāḥ iva uddhūtāḥ patnīnām ruciraprabhāḥ
nānāvarṇasuvarṇānām vaktramūleṣu rejire

51. tāḥ ruciraprabhāḥ nānāvarṇasuvarṇānām patnīnām
pātākāḥ iva uddhūtāḥ vaktramūleṣu rejire

51. Those (fringes), waved aloft like banners, shone with beautiful radiance. Belonging to wives adorned with gold of various colors, they gleamed at the base of their faces.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (referring to the garment fringes, implicitly feminine here) (those, them (feminine plural))

• पाताकाः (pātākāḥ) - banners (banners, flags, standards)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

• उद्धूताः (uddhūtāḥ) - waved aloft, uplifted (waved aloft, hoisted, lifted up, shaken up)

• पत्नीनाम् (patnīnām) - of the wives (of wives, of ladies)

• रुचिरप्रभाः (ruciraprabhāḥ) - shining with beautiful radiance (having beautiful splendor, brightly radiant, brilliant)

• नानावर्णसुवर्णानाम् (nānāvarṇasuvarṇānām) - of wives adorned with gold of various colors (of various colors and gold, golden of various hues)

• वक्त्रमूलेषु (vaktramūleṣu) - at the base of their faces (around the mouths) (at the bases of faces, around the mouths)

• रेजिरे (rejire) - gleamed (they shone, they gleamed, they glittered)

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - those (referring to the garment fringes, implicitly feminine here) (those, them (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पाताकाः (pātākāḥ) - banners (banners, flags, standards)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pātākā

pātākā - banner, flag, standard

Note: Used in comparison with `iva`.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as if, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)

उद्धूताः (uddhūtāḥ) - waved aloft, uplifted (waved aloft, hoisted, lifted up, shaken up)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of uddhūta

uddhūta - waved aloft, hoisted, lifted up, shaken up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `dhū` (to shake) with prefix `ud` + suffix `kta`.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhū (class 5)

पत्नीनाम् (patnīnām) - of the wives (of wives, of ladies)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress, lady

Note: Specifies possession ("of the wives").

रुचिरप्रभाः (ruciraprabhāḥ) - shining with beautiful radiance (having beautiful splendor, brightly radiant, brilliant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ruciraprabhā

ruciraprabhā - having beautiful splendor, brightly radiant, brilliant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rucira+prabhā)

• rucira – bright, beautiful, pleasing, splendid
  adjective
• prabhā – splendor, light, radiance, beauty
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with `tāḥ`.

नानावर्णसुवर्णानाम् (nānāvarṇasuvarṇānām) - of wives adorned with gold of various colors (of various colors and gold, golden of various hues)

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nānāvarṇasuvarṇa

nānāvarṇasuvarṇa - having various colors and gold (as an adornment or material), multi-colored golden

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānāvarṇa+suvarṇa)

• nānāvarṇa – of various colors, multi-colored
  adjective
• suvarṇa – good gold, beautiful gold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `patnīnām`.

वक्त्रमूलेषु (vaktramūleṣu) - at the base of their faces (around the mouths) (at the bases of faces, around the mouths)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vaktramūla

vaktramūla - base of the face, root of the mouth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaktra+mūla)

• vaktra – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, base, foundation
  noun (neuter)

Note: Denotes location.

रेजिरे (rejire) - gleamed (they shone, they gleamed, they glittered)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (ātmanepada)

Root `rāj` (1st conjugation, but here used in Perfect Tense middle voice which does not follow class rules directly).

Root: rāj (class 1)

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