वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-8

स्रग्दाममुक्तपुष्पैश्च सुगन्धैः पञ्चवर्णकैः ।
राजमार्गमसंबाधं किरन्तु शतशो नराः ॥८॥

8. sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiśca sugandhaiḥ pañcavarṇakaiḥ ,
rājamārgamasaṃbādhaṃ kirantu śataśo narāḥ.

8. sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiḥ ca sugandhaiḥ pañcavarṇakaiḥ
rājamārgam asaṃbādham kirantu śataśaḥ narāḥ

8. narāḥ śataśaḥ sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiḥ ca sugandhaiḥ
pañcavarṇakaiḥ asaṃbādham rājamārgam kirantu

8. Let hundreds of people strew the unobstructed royal road with fragrant garlands and loose flowers of five colors.

Words meanings summery:

• स्रग्दाममुक्तपुष्पैः (sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiḥ) - with flowers loose from garlands

• च (ca) - and

• सुगन्धैः (sugandhaiḥ) - with fragrant flowers/garlands (with fragrant (ones))

• पञ्चवर्णकैः (pañcavarṇakaiḥ) - with flowers/garlands of five colors (with five-colored (ones))

• राजमार्गम् (rājamārgam) - the royal road, highway

• असंबाधम् (asaṁbādham) - unobstructed, unimpeded, not crowded

• किरन्तु (kirantu) - let them strew, let them scatter

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds (by hundreds, hundreds of)

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

Words meanings and morphology

स्रग्दाममुक्तपुष्पैः (sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiḥ) - with flowers loose from garlands

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sragdāmamuktapuṣpa

sragdāmamuktapuṣpa - flowers loose from garlands

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sragdāma-mukta) then karmadhāraya (sragdāmamukta-puṣpa) (sragdāma+mukta+puṣpa)

• sragdāma – garland-chain, string of flowers
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of srak (garland) and dāma (chain/string).
• mukta – released, free, loose
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• puṣpa – flower
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सुगन्धैः (sugandhaiḥ) - with fragrant flowers/garlands (with fragrant (ones))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sugandha

sugandha - fragrant, having a good smell

Prefix: su

Root: gandh (class 1)

पञ्चवर्णकैः (pañcavarṇakaiḥ) - with flowers/garlands of five colors (with five-colored (ones))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of pañcavarṇaka

pañcavarṇaka - five-colored, multicolored

Derived from pañca (five) and varṇa (color) with suffix -ka.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcan+varṇa)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• varṇa – color, caste, letter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiḥ'.

राजमार्गम् (rājamārgam) - the royal road, highway

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājamārga

rājamārga - royal road, king's highway

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+mārga)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• mārga – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

असंबाधम् (asaṁbādham) - unobstructed, unimpeded, not crowded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asaṃbādha

asaṁbādha - unobstructed, not crowded, free from impediment

Negative prefix 'a-' + saṃbādha (crowded, obstructed).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbādha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saṃbādha – obstruction, impediment, crowd
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-badh (to obstruct, to press together).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: badh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rājamārgam'.

किरन्तु (kirantu) - let them strew, let them scatter

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of kīr

root kṛ (to scatter)

From root kṛ (to scatter, class 6, kṛ-vi-kṣepe). 'ki' is the reduplicated form in the present stem.

Root: kṛ (class 6)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - in hundreds (by hundreds, hundreds of)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -śas indicating distribution.

Note: Functions adverbially.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

Note: Subject of 'kirantu'.

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