वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-9, verse-26

शयनान्यत्र नारीणां शून्यानि बहुधा पुनः ।
परस्परं समाश्लिष्य काश्चित् सुप्ता वराङ्गनाः ॥२६॥

26. śayanānyatra nārīṇāṃ śūnyāni bahudhā punaḥ ,
parasparaṃ samāśliṣya kāścit suptā varāṅganāḥ.

26. śayanāni atra nārīṇām śūnyāni bahudhā punaḥ
parasparam samāśliṣya kāścit suptāḥ varāṅganāḥ

26. atra nārīṇām śayanāni bahudhā śūnyāni punaḥ
kāścit varāṅganāḥ parasparam samāśliṣya suptāḥ

26. Here, the women's beds were often empty; however, some beautiful women lay sleeping, embracing each other.

Words meanings summery:

• शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds, couches

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women

• शून्यानि (śūnyāni) - empty, deserted

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, often

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, with each other

• समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

• काश्चित् (kāścit) - some (feminine plural)

• सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - sleeping, asleep

• वराङ्गनाः (varāṅganāḥ) - beautiful women, excellent women

Words meanings and morphology

शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds, couches

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śayana

śayana - a bed, couch, sleeping, lying down

From root ŚĪ (to lie, sleep)

Root: śī (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb

नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female, wife

शून्यानि (śūnyāni) - empty, deserted

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, absent, zero

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, often

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'bahu' (many) with suffix -dhā

Note: Adverb

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover, but

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle

परस्परम् (parasparam) - mutually, with each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal, each other

Note: Used adverbially here

समाश्लिष्य (samāśliṣya) - having embraced

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root ŚLIṢ (to embrace, cling) with prefixes SAM and Ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

काश्चित् (kāścit) - some (feminine plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun/adjective)

सुप्ताः (suptāḥ) - sleeping, asleep

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, plural of supta

supta - slept, asleep, sleeping

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root SVAP (to sleep)

Root: svap (class 2)

वराङ्गनाः (varāṅganāḥ) - beautiful women, excellent women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of varāṅganā

varāṅganā - an excellent woman, beautiful woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+aṅganā)

• vara – best, excellent, fine, choice, a boon
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅganā – a woman, female
  noun (feminine)