वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-60

अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण स्त्रीमालाग्रथिता हि सा ।
मालेव ग्रथिता सूत्रे शुशुभे मत्तषट्पदा ॥६०॥

60. anyonyabhujasūtreṇa strīmālāgrathitā hi sā ,
māleva grathitā sūtre śuśubhe mattaṣaṭpadā.

60. anyonyabhujasūtreṇa strīmālāgrathitā hi sā
mālā iva grathitā sūtre śuśubhe mattaṣaṭpadā

60. sā hi anyonyabhujasūtreṇa strīmālāgrathitā
mālā iva sūtre grathitā mattaṣaṭpadā śuśubhe

60. Indeed, she (the group of women), with their arms forming a connecting thread, appeared like a garland of women strung together. She shone beautifully, like a garland adorned with intoxicated bees.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण (anyonyabhujasūtreṇa) - by the string/bond of each other's arms

• स्त्रीमालाग्रथिता (strīmālāgrathitā) - strung together as a garland of women

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

• सा (sā) - the group of women (she, that (feminine))

• माला (mālā) - garland, wreath

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

• ग्रथिता (grathitā) - strung, woven, tied together

• सूत्रे (sūtre) - on a string/thread

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - she shone, appeared beautiful

• मत्तषट्पदा (mattaṣaṭpadā) - having intoxicated bees

Words meanings and morphology

अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण (anyonyabhujasūtreṇa) - by the string/bond of each other's arms

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of anyonyabhujasūtra

anyonyabhujasūtra - string or bond made of each other's arms

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+bhuja+sūtra)

• anyonya – each other
  pronoun (masculine)
• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)
• sūtra – thread, string, bond
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the means by which they were strung together.

स्त्रीमालाग्रथिता (strīmālāgrathitā) - strung together as a garland of women

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strīmālāgrathita

strīmālāgrathita - strung together like a garland of women

Past Passive Participle

Compound ending in a PPP.

Compound type : tatpurusha (strī+mālā+grathita)

• strī – woman
  noun (feminine)
• mālā – garland, string of flowers
  noun (feminine)
• grathita – strung, woven, tied together
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root grath (to string, tie)
  Root: grath (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'sā'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सा (sā) - the group of women (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Refers to the collective group of women.

माला (mālā) - garland, wreath

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mālā

mālā - garland, wreath, string

Note: Used in comparison (like a garland).

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison. Forms sandhi with 'mālā' to become 'māleva'.

ग्रथिता (grathitā) - strung, woven, tied together

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of grathita

grathita - strung, woven, tied, connected

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root grath (to string, tie)

Root: grath (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'mālā' (implied).

सूत्रे (sūtre) - on a string/thread

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sūtra

sūtra - thread, string, aphorism

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - she shone, appeared beautiful

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of √śubh

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

3rd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). Reduplication śu-śubh-

Root: śubh (class 1)

मत्तषट्पदा (mattaṣaṭpadā) - having intoxicated bees

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mattaṣaṭpada

mattaṣaṭpada - having intoxicated bees (describing a garland)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (matta+ṣaṭpada)

• matta – intoxicated, exhilarated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• ṣaṭpada – six-footed (i.e., bee)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mālā' (implied).

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