वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-62

व्यतिवेष्टितसुस्कन्थमन्योन्यभ्रमराकुलम् ।
आसीद्वनमिवोद्धूतं स्त्रीवनं रावणस्य तत् ॥६२॥

62. vyativeṣṭitasuskanthamanyonyabhramarākulam ,
āsīdvanamivoddhūtaṃ strīvanaṃ rāvaṇasya tat.

62. vyativeṣṭitasuskandham anyonyabhramarākulam
āsīt vanam iva uddhūtam strīvanam rāvaṇasya tat

62. tat rāvaṇasya strīvanam vyativeṣṭitasuskandham
anyonyabhramarākulam uddhūtam vanam iva āsīt

62. That multitude of Ravana's women, with their beautiful shoulders intertwined and agitated by their mutual bustling, became like a shaken forest.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यतिवेष्टितसुस्कन्धम् (vyativeṣṭitasuskandham) - with their beautiful shoulders intertwined (with intertwined beautiful shoulders; with intertwined beautiful branches)

• अन्योन्यभ्रमराकुलम् (anyonyabhramarākulam) - agitated by their mutual bustling (agitated by mutual bees; agitated by mutual wandering/commotion)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - became (was, became)

• वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest, wood, grove)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - shaken (shaken, agitated, tossed up)

• स्त्रीवनम् (strīvanam) - multitude of women (a grove of women, a multitude of women)

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यतिवेष्टितसुस्कन्धम् (vyativeṣṭitasuskandham) - with their beautiful shoulders intertwined (with intertwined beautiful shoulders; with intertwined beautiful branches)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyativeṣṭitasuskandha

vyativeṣṭitasuskandha - having intertwined beautiful shoulders/branches

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyativeṣṭita+suskandha)

• vyativeṣṭita – intertwined, entangled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √veṣṭ (to encircle, wrap) with prefixes vi- and ati-.
  Prefixes: vi+ati
  Root: veṣṭ (class 1)
• suskandha – beautiful shoulder, good shoulder, well-branched
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying strīvanam.

अन्योन्यभ्रमराकुलम् (anyonyabhramarākulam) - agitated by their mutual bustling (agitated by mutual bees; agitated by mutual wandering/commotion)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anyonyabhramarākula

anyonyabhramarākula - agitated by mutual bees/commotion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anyonya+bhramara+ākula)

• anyonya – mutual, each other
  pronoun
• bhramara – bee, wandering, commotion
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bhram (to wander).
  Root: bhram (class 1)
• ākula – agitated, disturbed, full of, perplexed
  adjective
  Prefix: ā

Note: Adjective modifying strīvanam.

आसीत् (āsīt) - became (was, became)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √as

Imperfect

Third person singular of the imperfect active, from root √as.

Root: as (class 2)

वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Part of the simile: "like a forest".

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

उद्धूतम् (uddhūtam) - shaken (shaken, agitated, tossed up)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uddhūta

uddhūta - shaken, agitated, tossed up, disturbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dhū (to shake) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Modifies vanam.

स्त्रीवनम् (strīvanam) - multitude of women (a grove of women, a multitude of women)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of strīvana

strīvana - a forest of women, a multitude of women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+vana)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the verb āsīt.

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (name of the demon king)

Note: Possessive, modifies strīvanam.

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to strīvanam.

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