वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-53, verse-22

काञ्चनाङ्गदकेयूरो निष्काभरणभूषितः ।
कुम्भकर्णो बृहत्कर्णः सुहुतो ऽग्निरिवाबभौ ॥२२॥

22. kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ ,
kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhuto'gnirivābabhau.

22. kāñcanāṅgadakeyūraḥ niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
kumbhakarṇaḥ bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhutaḥ agniḥ iva ababhau

22. Kumbhakarna, adorned with golden armlets and bracelets, and decorated with golden necklaces, with his large ears, shone like a well-fed fire (into which offerings have been well-poured).

Words meanings summery:

• काञ्चनाङ्गदकेयूरः (kāñcanāṅgadakeyūraḥ) - having golden armlets and bracelets

• निष्काभरणभूषितः (niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ) - adorned with golden necklaces/ornaments

• कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

• बृहत्कर्णः (bṛhatkarṇaḥ) - (describing Kumbhakarna) (having large ears)

• सुहुतः (suhutaḥ) - (describing a fire that has received proper oblations) (well-offered, well-sacrificed, well-fed (fire))

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, god of fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अबभौ (ababhau) - shone, glittered, appeared splendid

Words meanings and morphology

काञ्चनाङ्गदकेयूरः (kāñcanāṅgadakeyūraḥ) - having golden armlets and bracelets

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāñcanāṅgadakeyūra

kāñcanāṅgadakeyūra - one who has golden armlets and bracelets

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāñcana+aṅgada+keyūra)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective
• aṅgada – armlet, bracelet
  noun (masculine)
• keyūra – armlet (worn on the upper arm)
  noun (masculine)

निष्काभरणभूषितः (niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ) - adorned with golden necklaces/ornaments

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣkābharaṇabhūṣita

niṣkābharaṇabhūṣita - adorned with necklaces/ornaments

Past Passive Participle

Compound adjective formed from niṣkābharaṇa (golden ornament) and bhūṣita (adorned). niṣkābharaṇa itself is a tatpuruṣa compound of niṣka (golden ornament) and ābharaṇa (ornament).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (niṣka+ābharaṇa+bhūṣita)

• niṣka – golden ornament, necklace, coin
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration, jewelry
  noun (neuter)
  From root √bhṛ 'to bear' with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhūṣ (10th class) 'to adorn, decorate'.
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (name of a giant, brother of Ravana, literally 'pot-eared')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kumbha+karṇa)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

बृहत्कर्णः (bṛhatkarṇaḥ) - (describing Kumbhakarna) (having large ears)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhatkarṇa

bṛhatkarṇa - having large ears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+karṇa)

• bṛhat – large, great, vast
  adjective
  Nom/Acc. stem of adjective. From root √bṛh 'to grow, be large'.
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

सुहुतः (suhutaḥ) - (describing a fire that has received proper oblations) (well-offered, well-sacrificed, well-fed (fire))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suhuta

suhuta - well-offered, well-sacrificed, well-fed (as fire with oblations)

Past Passive Participle

Compound of prefix su- (well, good) and huta (offered, sacrificed), which is the P.P.P. of root √hu (to offer).

Compound type : pra-ādi compound (su+huta)

• su – well, good, easily
  indeclinable
• huta – offered, sacrificed, poured (as oblations)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √hu (3rd class) 'to offer, sacrifice, pour'.
  Root: hu (class 3)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire, god of fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire; the Vedic deity Agni

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अबभौ (ababhau) - shone, glittered, appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhā

Imperfect Active

Root √bhā (2nd class), Imperfect active, 3rd person singular. Formed with augment 'a-' and reduplication in some tenses, but 'ababhau' is the simple Imperfect here.

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: The form `ababhau` is the Perfect active 3rd singular of √bhā, sometimes appearing with an augment-like 'a' in epic poetry.

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