वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-9, verse-28

तासामुच्छ्वासवातेन वस्त्रं माल्यं च गात्रजम् ।
नात्यर्थं स्पन्दते चित्रं प्राप्य मन्दमिवानिलम् ॥२८॥

28. tāsāmucchvāsavātena vastraṃ mālyaṃ ca gātrajam ,
nātyarthaṃ spandate citraṃ prāpya mandamivānilam.

28. tāsām ucchvāsavātena vastram mālyam ca gātrajam na
atyartham spandate citram prāpya mandam iva anilam

28. tāsām ucchvāsavātena gātrajam vastram ca mālyam na
atyartham spandate citram mandam anilam iva prāpya

28. The garments and garlands worn on the bodies of those women do not flutter much from the breeze of their breath. It is remarkable how they are hardly stirred, as if by a gentle wind.

Words meanings summery:

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women) (of them, their (feminine plural))

• उच्छ्वासवातेन (ucchvāsavātena) - by the breeze of their breath (by the breath-wind, by the current of exhalation)

• वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment (garment, cloth)

• माल्यम् (mālyam) - garland (garland, wreath)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गात्रजम् (gātrajam) - worn on the body (body-born, produced from the body, pertaining to the body)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - much (excessively, very much, extremely)

• स्पन्दते (spandate) - flutter (trembles, vibrates, moves, flutters)

• चित्रम् (citram) - remarkably (wonderfully, surprisingly, strangely, brilliantly)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - as if encountering (having obtained, having reached, having met)

• मन्दम् (mandam) - gentle (slow, gentle, weak; slowly, gently)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• अनिलम् (anilam) - wind (wind, air, breeze)

Words meanings and morphology

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (women) (of them, their (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

उच्छ्वासवातेन (ucchvāsavātena) - by the breeze of their breath (by the breath-wind, by the current of exhalation)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ucchvāsavāta

ucchvāsavāta - breath-wind, current of exhalation

Compound type : tatpurusha (ucchvāsa+vāta)

• ucchvāsa – exhalation, breath
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'śvas' (to breathe) with prefix 'ud-'.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: śvas (class 2)
• vāta – wind, air, breeze
  noun (masculine)

वस्त्रम् (vastram) - garment (garment, cloth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastra

vastra - garment, cloth, apparel

Note: Object that is not moving.

माल्यम् (mālyam) - garland (garland, wreath)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mālya

mālya - garland, wreath, chaplet

Note: Another object that is not moving.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गात्रजम् (gātrajam) - worn on the body (body-born, produced from the body, pertaining to the body)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gātraja

gātraja - body-born, produced from the body, pertaining to the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (gātra+ja)

• gātra – limb, body
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix indicating origin
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'vastram' and 'mālyam'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अत्यर्थम् (atyartham) - much (excessively, very much, extremely)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhava (ati+artha)

• ati – over, beyond, exceeding
  indeclinable
  prefix
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

स्पन्दते (spandate) - flutter (trembles, vibrates, moves, flutters)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of spand

present tense

Root 'spad' (1A) with 'n' infix and middle ending.

Root: spad (class 1)

Note: Refers to the movement of garments and garlands.

चित्रम् (citram) - remarkably (wonderfully, surprisingly, strangely, brilliantly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - as if encountering (having obtained, having reached, having met)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with prefix 'pra-' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) indicating a preceding condition.

मन्दम् (mandam) - gentle (slow, gentle, weak; slowly, gently)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of manda

manda - slow, dull, gentle, weak

Note: Modifies 'anilam'.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अनिलम् (anilam) - wind (wind, air, breeze)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anila

anila - wind, air, breeze

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.