वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-54

रावणाननशङ्काश्च काश्चिद् रावणयोषितः ।
मुखानि स्म सपत्नीनामुपाजिघ्रन्पुनः पुनः ॥५४॥

54. rāvaṇānanaśaṅkāśca kāścid rāvaṇayoṣitaḥ ,
mukhāni sma sapatnīnāmupājighranpunaḥ punaḥ.

54. rāvaṇānanaśaṅkāḥ ca kāścit rāvaṇayoṣitaḥ
mukhāni sma sapatnīnām upājighran punaḥ punaḥ

54. Some of Rāvaṇa's wives, experiencing apprehension regarding Rāvaṇa's countenance, repeatedly kissed the faces of their co-wives.

Words meanings summery:

• रावणाननशङ्काः (rāvaṇānanaśaṅkāḥ) - apprehensions concerning Rāvaṇa's face, fears of Rāvaṇa's countenance

• च (ca) - and, also

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain ones

• रावणयोषितः (rāvaṇayoṣitaḥ) - Rāvaṇa's women, Rāvaṇa's wives

• मुखानि (mukhāni) - faces, mouths

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (indicates past action when used with present tense verb)

• सपत्नीनाम् (sapatnīnām) - of co-wives, of rivals

• उपाजिघ्रन् (upājighran) - they smelled, they kissed

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

Words meanings and morphology

रावणाननशङ्काः (rāvaṇānanaśaṅkāḥ) - apprehensions concerning Rāvaṇa's face, fears of Rāvaṇa's countenance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rāvaṇānanaśaṅkā

rāvaṇānanaśaṅkā - apprehension regarding Rāvaṇa's face, fear of Rāvaṇa's countenance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+ānana+śaṅkā)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ānana – face, mouth, countenance
  noun (neuter)
• śaṅkā – apprehension, fear, doubt, suspicion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śaṅk (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, some, a certain

Formed by kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (indefinite particle).

रावणयोषितः (rāvaṇayoṣitaḥ) - Rāvaṇa's women, Rāvaṇa's wives

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rāvaṇayoṣit

rāvaṇayoṣit - Rāvaṇa's wife, a woman of Rāvaṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+yoṣit)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• yoṣit – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)

मुखानि (mukhāni) - faces, mouths

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front

Note: Object of 'upājighran'.

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (indicates past action when used with present tense verb)

(indeclinable)

सपत्नीनाम् (sapatnīnām) - of co-wives, of rivals

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, rival wife

Derived from sa (with) + patnī (wife).

उपाजिघ्रन् (upājighran) - they smelled, they kissed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of upāghrā

imperfect active

Root ghrā (to smell), class 1, with upasarga upa + ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: ghrā (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'again and again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis 'again and again'.

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