वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-8, verse-35

अन्या कक्षगतेनैव मड्डुकेनासितेक्षणा ।
प्रसुप्ता भामिनी भाति बालपुत्रेव वत्सला ॥३५॥

35. anyā kakṣagatenaiva maḍḍukenāsitekṣaṇā ,
prasuptā bhāminī bhāti bālaputreva vatsalā.

35. anyā kakṣagatena eva maḍḍukena asitekṣaṇā
prasuptā bhāminī bhāti bālaputrā iva vatsalā

35. anyā asitekṣaṇā bhāminī kakṣagatena maḍḍukena
eva prasuptā bhāti vatsalā bālaputrā iva

35. Another black-eyed, passionate woman, fast asleep with a tambourine held in her armpit, appeared like an affectionate mother with her young child.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्या (anyā) - another, other

• कक्षगतेन (kakṣagatena) - with (something) gone to the armpit, held under the arm

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• मड्डुकेन (maḍḍukena) - with a small drum / tambourine

• असितेक्षणा (asitekṣaṇā) - black-eyed (woman)

• प्रसुप्ता (prasuptā) - fallen asleep, sleeping deeply

• भामिनी (bhāminī) - a passionate woman, beautiful woman

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

• बालपुत्रा (bālaputrā) - a woman with a young child

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• वत्सला (vatsalā) - affectionate, tender, loving

Words meanings and morphology

अन्या (anyā) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another

कक्षगतेन (kakṣagatena) - with (something) gone to the armpit, held under the arm

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kakṣagata

kakṣagata - gone to the armpit, held under the arm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kakṣā+gata)

• kakṣā – armpit, side, girdle
  noun (feminine)
• gata – gone, arrived at, situated in
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

मड्डुकेन (maḍḍukena) - with a small drum / tambourine

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of maḍḍuka

maḍḍuka - a small drum, tambourine

असितेक्षणा (asitekṣaṇā) - black-eyed (woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asitekṣaṇā

asitekṣaṇā - a black-eyed woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+īkṣaṇa)

• asita – black, dark
  adjective
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

प्रसुप्ता (prasuptā) - fallen asleep, sleeping deeply

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prasupta

prasupta - asleep, deeply sleeping

Past Passive Participle

From pra-sup (to sleep deeply)

Prefix: pra

Root: sup (class 2)

भामिनी (bhāminī) - a passionate woman, beautiful woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - a passionate, spirited, or beautiful woman

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

बालपुत्रा (bālaputrā) - a woman with a young child

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālaputrā

bālaputrā - a woman who has a young child

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāla+putra)

• bāla – young, child, infant
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

वत्सला (vatsalā) - affectionate, tender, loving

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vatsala

vatsala - affectionate, tender, loving

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