वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-41

तन्यञ्जलिसहस्राणि प्रगृहीतानि नागरैः ।
आकोशानीव पद्मानि ददर्श भरताग्रजः ॥४१॥

41. tanyañjalisahasrāṇi pragṛhītāni nāgaraiḥ ,
ākośānīva padmāni dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ.

41. tāni añjalisahasrāṇi pragṛhītāni nāgaraiḥ
ākośānī iva padmāni dadarśa bharatāgrajaḥ

41. bharatāgrajaḥ nāgaraiḥ pragṛhītāni tāni
añjalisahasrāṇi ākośānī iva padmāni dadarśa

41. The elder brother of Bharata saw those thousands of folded hands, raised by the citizens, resembling blossoming lotuses.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those

• अञ्जलिसहस्राणि (añjalisahasrāṇi) - thousands of folded hands

• प्रगृहीतानि (pragṛhītāni) - raised, uplifted, held forth

• नागरैः (nāgaraiḥ) - by the citizens, by the townspeople

• आकोशानी (ākośānī) - blossoming, opening (like a bud)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• भरताग्रजः (bharatāgrajaḥ) - Rāma, as the elder brother of Bharata (the elder brother of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अञ्जलिसहस्राणि (añjalisahasrāṇi) - thousands of folded hands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of añjalisahasra

añjalisahasra - a thousand folded hands

Compound type : tatpurusha (añjali+sahasra)

• añjali – the folded hands, a measure (a handful)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: añj (class 7)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

प्रगृहीतानि (pragṛhītāni) - raised, uplifted, held forth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pragṛhīta

pragṛhīta - taken, seized, accepted, uplifted

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

नागरैः (nāgaraiḥ) - by the citizens, by the townspeople

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāgara

nāgara - relating to a city, urban, a citizen, townsman

Derived from nagara (city) + aṇ (suffix).

आकोशानी (ākośānī) - blossoming, opening (like a bud)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of ākośānin

ākośānin - blossoming, blooming, expanding (like a bud)

From ākośa (bud) + -in suffix.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of padma

padma - lotus flower, a symbol of purity and beauty

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense (Lit)

Root dṛś, 3rd person singular, perfect active.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भरताग्रजः (bharatāgrajaḥ) - Rāma, as the elder brother of Bharata (the elder brother of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharatāgraja

bharatāgraja - Bharata's elder brother

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+agraja)

• bharata – Bharata (Rāma's younger brother); maintained, cherished
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• agraja – elder brother, first-born
  noun (masculine)
  From agra (front) + ja (born).
  Prefix: agra
  Root: jan (class 4)

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