वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-38, verse-12

मम वर्णो मणिनिभो मृदून्यङ्गरुहाणि च ।
प्रतिष्ठितां द्वदशभिर्मामूचुः शुभलक्षणाम् ॥१२॥

12. mama varṇo maṇinibho mṛdūnyaṅgaruhāṇi ca ,
pratiṣṭhitāṃ dvadaśabhirmāmūcuḥ śubhalakṣaṇām.

12. mama varṇaḥ maṇinibhāḥ mṛdūni aṅgaruhāṇi ca |
pratiṣṭhitām dvādaśabhiḥ mām ūcuḥ śubhalakṣaṇām

12. mama varṇaḥ maṇinibhāḥ ca aṅgaruhāṇi mṛdūni
dvādaśabhiḥ pratiṣṭhitām śubhalakṣaṇām mām ūcuḥ

12. My complexion is like a gem, and my body hair is soft. They declared me, endowed with auspicious characteristics, to be made perfect by twelve (features).

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color, complexion, caste, letter

• मणिनिभाः (maṇinibhāḥ) - gem-like, lustrous like a gem

• मृदूनि (mṛdūni) - soft, tender, gentle

• अङ्गरुहाणि (aṅgaruhāṇi) - body hair, hair on the body

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रतिष्ठिताम् (pratiṣṭhitām) - endowed (with auspicious characteristics) (established, firm, endowed (feminine))

• द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - by twelve (excellent features) (by twelve)

• माम् (mām) - me

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they declared (they said, they spoke)

• शुभलक्षणाम् (śubhalakṣaṇām) - who possesses auspicious marks (having auspicious marks/characteristics (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color, complexion, caste, letter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, complexion, caste, letter

मणिनिभाः (maṇinibhāḥ) - gem-like, lustrous like a gem

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇinibha

maṇinibha - gem-like, lustrous like a gem

Compound type : tatpuruṣa/bahuvrīhi (maṇi+nibha)

• maṇi – gem, jewel
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

मृदूनि (mṛdūni) - soft, tender, gentle

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of mṛdu

mṛdu - soft, tender, gentle

Note: Modifies 'aṅgaruhāṇi' (neuter plural).

अङ्गरुहाणि (aṅgaruhāṇi) - body hair, hair on the body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of aṅgaruha

aṅgaruha - body hair, hair on the body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aṅga+ruha)

• aṅga – limb, body
  noun (neuter)
• ruha – growing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Participial
  from root `ruh` (to grow)
  Root: ruh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रतिष्ठिताम् (pratiṣṭhitām) - endowed (with auspicious characteristics) (established, firm, endowed (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, firm, endowed

Past Passive Participle

from root `sthā` with prefix `prati`

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mām' (me, referring to a feminine subject).

द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - by twelve (excellent features) (by twelve)

(numeral)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they declared (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect

Root: vac (class 2)

शुभलक्षणाम् (śubhalakṣaṇām) - who possesses auspicious marks (having auspicious marks/characteristics (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhalakṣaṇā

śubhalakṣaṇā - having auspicious marks

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+lakṣaṇa)

• śubha – auspicious, beautiful, good
  adjective (neuter)
• lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic
  noun (neuter)