वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-38, verse-9

केशाः सूक्ष्माः समा नीला भ्रुवौ चासंगते मम ।
वृत्ते चालोमशे जङ्घे दन्ताश्चाविरला मम ॥९॥

9. keśāḥ sūkṣmāḥ samā nīlā bhruvau cāsaṃgate mama ,
vṛtte cālomaśe jaṅghe dantāścāviralā mama.

9. keśāḥ sūkṣmāḥ samāḥ nīlāḥ bhruvau ca asaṅgate mama
| vṛtte ca alomaśe jaṅghe dantāḥ ca aviralāḥ mama

9. mama keśāḥ sūkṣmāḥ samāḥ nīlāḥ bhruvau ca asaṅgate
jaṅghe vṛtte alomaśe ca dantāḥ aviralāḥ ca

9. My hair is fine, even, and dark. My eyebrows are unjoined. My shanks are rounded and smooth, and my teeth are close-set.

Words meanings summery:

• केशाः (keśāḥ) - hairs

• सूक्ष्माः (sūkṣmāḥ) - fine, thin, subtle

• समाः (samāḥ) - even, uniform, tranquil

• नीलाः (nīlāḥ) - dark, black, blue

• भ्रुवौ (bhruvau) - eyebrows

• च (ca) - and, also

• असङ्गते (asaṅgate) - unjoined, not touching

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• वृत्ते (vṛtte) - rounded, plump, circular

• च (ca) - and, also

• अलोमशे (alomaśe) - hairless, smooth

• जङ्घे (jaṅghe) - shanks, calves

• दन्ताः (dantāḥ) - teeth

• च (ca) - and, also

• अविरलाः (aviralāḥ) - close-set, not sparse

• मम (mama) - my, mine

Words meanings and morphology

केशाः (keśāḥ) - hairs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of keśa

keśa - hair

सूक्ष्माः (sūkṣmāḥ) - fine, thin, subtle

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - fine, thin, subtle

समाः (samāḥ) - even, uniform, tranquil

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sama

sama - even, uniform, tranquil

Note: Adjective 'samāḥ' (even) used for 'keśāḥ' (masc. pl.). The source Devanagari 'समा' (samā) implies feminine singular, which is a poetic liberty or an orthographic variant for plural masculine endings.

नीलाः (nīlāḥ) - dark, black, blue

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nīla

nīla - dark, black, blue

Note: Adjective 'nīlāḥ' (dark) used for 'keśāḥ' (masc. pl.). The source Devanagari 'नीला' (nīlā) implies feminine singular, which is a poetic liberty or an orthographic variant for plural masculine endings.

भ्रुवौ (bhruvau) - eyebrows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of bhru

bhru - eyebrow

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असङ्गते (asaṅgate) - unjoined, not touching

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of asaṅgata

asaṅgata - unjoined, not touching

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṅgata)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• saṅgata – joined, met, connected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root `gam` with prefix `sam`
  Prefix: sam
  Root: gam (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

वृत्ते (vṛtte) - rounded, plump, circular

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of vṛtta

vṛtta - rounded, plump, circular

Past Passive Participle

from root `vṛt`

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'jaṅghe' (feminine dual).

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अलोमशे (alomaśe) - hairless, smooth

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, dual of alomaśa

alomaśa - hairless, smooth

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+lomaśa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• lomaśa – hairy, woolly
  adjective (masculine)

जङ्घे (jaṅghe) - shanks, calves

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, dual of jaṅghā

jaṅghā - shank, calf

दन्ताः (dantāḥ) - teeth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of danta

danta - tooth

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अविरलाः (aviralāḥ) - close-set, not sparse

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avirala

avirala - close-set, not sparse

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+virala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• virala – sparse, rare, loose
  adjective (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I