वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-109, verse-3

अलंकारविदश्चेमा नार्यः पद्मनिभेक्षणाः ।
उपस्थितास्त्वां विधिवत् स्नापयिष्यन्ति राघव ॥३॥

3. alaṃkāravidaścemā nāryaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇāḥ ,
upasthitāstvāṃ vidhivat snāpayiṣyanti rāghava.

3. alaṅkāravidaḥ ca imāḥ nāryaḥ padmanibhekṣaṇāḥ
upasthitāḥ tvām vidhivat snāpayiṣyanti rāghava

3. rāghava alaṅkāravidaḥ ca imāḥ padmanibhekṣaṇāḥ
nāryaḥ upasthitāḥ tvām vidhivat snāpayiṣyanti

3. And these lotus-eyed women, skilled in adornment, are present to bathe you properly, O Rāghava.

Words meanings summery:

• अलङ्कारविदः (alaṅkāravidaḥ) - experts in adornment, skilled in ornamentation

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these (feminine nominative plural)

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women, ladies

• पद्मनिभेक्षणाः (padmanibhekṣaṇāḥ) - lotus-eyed, whose eyes resemble lotuses

• उपस्थिताः (upasthitāḥ) - are present (present, standing by, approached)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, duly

• स्नापयिष्यन्ति (snāpayiṣyanti) - will cause you to bathe, will give you a bath (will bathe (causative))

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

अलङ्कारविदः (alaṅkāravidaḥ) - experts in adornment, skilled in ornamentation

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of alaṅkāravid

alaṅkāravid - knowing about adornment, skilled in decoration

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'alaṅkārasya vid' (knower of adornment). 'Vid' is from root 'vid' (to know).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (alaṅkāra+vid)

• alaṅkāra – ornament, decoration, adornment
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'alam-' (enough, able).
  Prefix: alam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• vid – knower, understanding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'vid' (to know) as agent noun suffix.
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'nāryaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these (feminine nominative plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to the women mentioned.

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women, ladies

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

Note: Subject of 'snāpayiṣyanti'.

पद्मनिभेक्षणाः (padmanibhekṣaṇāḥ) - lotus-eyed, whose eyes resemble lotuses

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of padmanibhekṣaṇa

padmanibhekṣaṇa - whose eyes resemble lotuses, lotus-eyed

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'padma-nibha' (lotus-like) + 'īkṣaṇa' (eye).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+nibha+īkṣaṇa)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root 'īkṣ' (to see).
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nāryaḥ'.

उपस्थिताः (upasthitāḥ) - are present (present, standing by, approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of upasthita

upasthita - present, near, standing by, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'upa-'.

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'nāryaḥ'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of the verb 'snāpayiṣyanti'.

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - according to rule, properly, duly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form derived from 'vidhi' (rule, injunction) with suffix '-vat'.

Note: Modifies the verb 'snāpayiṣyanti'.

स्नापयिष्यन्ति (snāpayiṣyanti) - will cause you to bathe, will give you a bath (will bathe (causative))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of snāpay

Future Tense (Causative)

Future tense 3rd person plural active of the causative stem 'snāpay' from root 'snā' (to bathe).

Root: snā (class 2)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (addressing Rāma) (O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

Derived from 'raghu' (name of an ancestor) with patronymic suffix '-a'.

Note: Addressed to Rāma.

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