वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-17, verse-23

यस्य वाला बहुव्यामा दीर्घलाङ्गूलमाश्रिताः ।
ताम्राः पीताः सिताः श्वेताः प्रकीर्णा घोरकर्मणः ॥२३॥

23. yasya vālā bahuvyāmā dīrghalāṅgūlamāśritāḥ ,
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇā ghorakarmaṇaḥ.

23. yasya vālāḥ bahu-vyāmāḥ dīrgha-lāṅgūlam āśritāḥ
tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇāḥ ghora-karmaṇaḥ

23. yasya ghorakarmaṇaḥ vālāḥ bahuvyāmāḥ dīrghalāṅgūlam
āśritāḥ tāmrāḥ pītāḥ sitāḥ śvetāḥ prakīrṇāḥ

23. Whose hairs, many fathoms long, are situated on his long tail. They are reddish, yellow, pale, and pure white, and are scattered, characteristic of this being of fierce deeds.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्य (yasya) - whose

• वालाः (vālāḥ) - hairs, bristles

• बहु-व्यामाः (bahu-vyāmāḥ) - many fathoms long

• दीर्घ-लाङ्गूलम् (dīrgha-lāṅgūlam) - long tail

• आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - situated, resorted to, dependent on

• ताम्राः (tāmrāḥ) - reddish, copper-colored

• पीताः (pītāḥ) - yellow

• सिताः (sitāḥ) - pale, white

• श्वेताः (śvetāḥ) - pure white, brilliant white

• प्रकीर्णाः (prakīrṇāḥ) - scattered, spread out

• घोर-कर्मणः (ghora-karmaṇaḥ) - of fierce deeds, of terrible actions

Words meanings and morphology

यस्य (yasya) - whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which (relative pronoun)

वालाः (vālāḥ) - hairs, bristles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāla

vāla - hair, bristle, tail-hair

बहु-व्यामाः (bahu-vyāmāḥ) - many fathoms long

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahuvyāma

bahuvyāma - many fathoms long, extensive

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bahu+vyāma)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• vyāma – fathom, length of outstretched arms
  noun (masculine)

दीर्घ-लाङ्गूलम् (dīrgha-lāṅgūlam) - long tail

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dīrghalāṅgūla

dīrghalāṅgūla - long tail

Compound type : karmadharaya (dīrgha+lāṅgūla)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective (masculine)
• lāṅgūla – tail
  noun (neuter)

आश्रिताः (āśritāḥ) - situated, resorted to, dependent on

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dependent on, situated in

past passive participle

from ā- √śri

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

ताम्राः (tāmrāḥ) - reddish, copper-colored

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāmra

tāmra - copper-colored, reddish

पीताः (pītāḥ) - yellow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pīta

pīta - yellow, golden

सिताः (sitāḥ) - pale, white

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sita

sita - white, pale, bound (context implies color)

past passive participle (from √si 'to bind' or √śvit 'to be white')

In this context, color is implied.

श्वेताः (śvetāḥ) - pure white, brilliant white

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śveta

śveta - white, brilliant white

प्रकीर्णाः (prakīrṇāḥ) - scattered, spread out

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prakīrṇa

prakīrṇa - scattered, spread, dispersed

past passive participle

from pra- √kīr (√kṛ 'to scatter')

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 6)

घोर-कर्मणः (ghora-karmaṇaḥ) - of fierce deeds, of terrible actions

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ghorakarman

ghorakarman - one who performs terrible deeds, of fierce actions

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghora+karman)

• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)