वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-8, verse-45

आतोद्यानि विचित्राणि परिष्वज्य वरस्त्रियः ।
निपीड्य च कुचैः सुप्ताः कामिन्यः कामुकानिव ॥४५॥

45. ātodyāni vicitrāṇi pariṣvajya varastriyaḥ ,
nipīḍya ca kucaiḥ suptāḥ kāminyaḥ kāmukāniva.

45. ātodyāni vicitrāṇi pariṣvajya varastriyaḥ
nipīḍya ca kucaiḥ suptāḥ kāminyaḥ kāmukān iva

45. Beautiful women were sleeping, having embraced various musical instruments and pressing them with their breasts, as if they were embracing their lovers.

Words meanings summery:

• आतोद्यानि (ātodyāni) - musical instruments

• विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - various, wonderful, diverse

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

• वरस्त्रियः (varastriyaḥ) - beautiful women, excellent women

• निपीड्य (nipīḍya) - having pressed, having squeezed

• च (ca) - and, also

• कुचैः (kucaiḥ) - with breasts

• सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - sleeping, asleep

• कामिन्यः (kāminyaḥ) - loving women, passionate women

• कामुकान् (kāmukān) - lovers, desirous men

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

आतोद्यानि (ātodyāni) - musical instruments

(noun)

neuter, plural of ātodya

ātodya - musical instrument, stringed instrument, wind instrument, percussion instrument

विचित्राणि (vicitrāṇi) - various, wonderful, diverse

(adjective)

neuter, plural of vicitra

vicitra - various, diverse, wonderful, variegated, strange

Prefix: vi

Root: citra

Note: Modifies 'ātodyāni'.

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive from root √svaj with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

वरस्त्रियः (varastriyaḥ) - beautiful women, excellent women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of varastrī

varastrī - beautiful woman, excellent woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+strī)

• vara – excellent, best, beautiful; boon, choice
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

निपीड्य (nipīḍya) - having pressed, having squeezed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive from root √pīḍ with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कुचैः (kucaiḥ) - with breasts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kuca

kuca - breast, bosom

सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - sleeping, asleep

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of supta

supta - slept, asleep, sleeping, dormant

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √svap (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'kāminyaḥ'.

कामिन्यः (kāminyaḥ) - loving women, passionate women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kāminī

kāminī - loving woman, passionate woman, desiring woman

Feminine form of 'kāmin' (desirous)

कामुकान् (kāmukān) - lovers, desirous men

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kāmuka

kāmuka - lover, desirous, lustful, sensual

From root √kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

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