वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-29, verse-17

ततो ऽस्तमगमत् सूर्यः संध्यया प्रतिरञ्जितः ।
पूर्णचन्द्रप्रदीपा च क्षपा समभिवर्तते ॥१७॥

17. tato'stamagamat sūryaḥ saṃdhyayā pratirañjitaḥ ,
pūrṇacandrapradīpā ca kṣapā samabhivartate.

17. tataḥ astam agamat sūryaḥ saṃdhyayā pratirañjitaḥ
pūrṇacandrapradīpā ca kṣapā samabhivartate

17. Then the sun set, dyed by the twilight. And the night, illuminated by the full moon, gradually came forth.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, west

• अगमत् (agamat) - went, reached

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

• संध्यया (saṁdhyayā) - by twilight, by evening

• प्रतिरञ्जितः (pratirañjitaḥ) - tinged (by twilight) (colored, dyed, tinged)

• पूर्णचन्द्रप्रदीपा (pūrṇacandrapradīpā) - illuminated by the full moon

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षपा (kṣapā) - night

• समभिवर्तते (samabhivartate) - arrives, comes forth, proceeds

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, disappearance, west

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting, disappearance, home (of setting sun), west

Note: Often used adverbially with gam/yā to mean 'to set' or 'to disappear'.

अगमत् (agamat) - went, reached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past (luṅ) of gam

Aorist, 3rd person singular

Aorist of √gam, a-augment, root, -at ending

Root: gam (class 1)

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

संध्यया (saṁdhyayā) - by twilight, by evening

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saṃdhyā

saṁdhyā - twilight, evening, junction, period of transition

प्रतिरञ्जितः (pratirañjitaḥ) - tinged (by twilight) (colored, dyed, tinged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratirañjita

pratirañjita - colored, dyed, tinged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √rañj with prefix prati-

Prefix: prati

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sūryaḥ'

पूर्णचन्द्रप्रदीपा (pūrṇacandrapradīpā) - illuminated by the full moon

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrṇacandrapradīpā

pūrṇacandrapradīpā - illuminated by the full moon

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pūrṇa+candra+pradīpa)

• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √pṝ 'to fill'
  Root: pṝ (class 9)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• pradīpa – lamp, light, illuminating
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √dīp with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'kṣapā'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

क्षपा (kṣapā) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣapā

kṣapā - night

समभिवर्तते (samabhivartate) - arrives, comes forth, proceeds

(verb)

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

Present, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Present tense, middle voice, from √vṛt with prefixes sam- and abhi-

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: vṛt (class 1)