वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-53, verse-23

श्रोणीसूत्रेण महता मेचकेन विराजितः ।
अमृतोत्पादने नद्धो भुजंगेनेव मन्दरः ॥२३॥

23. śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ ,
amṛtotpādane naddho bhujaṃgeneva mandaraḥ.

23. śroṇīsūtreṇa mahatā mecakena virājitaḥ
amṛtotpādane naddhaḥ bhujaṅgena iva mandaraḥ

23. He shone, adorned with a large, dark-blue waist-chain, like Mount Mandara bound by a serpent during the churning for nectar (amṛtotpādana).

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोणीसूत्रेण (śroṇīsūtreṇa) - with a waist-chain, with a girdle

• महता (mahatā) - (describing the waist-chain) (with a great, large (object))

• मेचकेन (mecakena) - (describing the waist-chain) (with a dark-blue, blackish (object))

• विराजितः (virājitaḥ) - (describing Kumbhakarna, the implied subject) (adorned, shining, splendid)

• अमृतोत्पादने (amṛtotpādane) - (referring to the Samudra manthana, the mythological churning of the ocean) (in the production of nectar, in the churning for nectar)

• नद्धः (naddhaḥ) - (describing Mandara mountain as being bound by a serpent) (bound, tied, encircled)

• भुजङ्गेन (bhujaṅgena) - (referring to Vasuki, the serpent used to churn the ocean) (by a serpent)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - The mythical mountain used as a churning rod in the Samudra manthana (churning of the ocean). (Mandara mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोणीसूत्रेण (śroṇīsūtreṇa) - with a waist-chain, with a girdle

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śroṇīsūtra

śroṇīsūtra - waist-chain, girdle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śroṇī+sūtra)

• śroṇī – hip, buttock, waist
  noun (feminine)
• sūtra – thread, string, rule, aphorism
  noun (neuter)

महता (mahatā) - (describing the waist-chain) (with a great, large (object))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

मेचकेन (mecakena) - (describing the waist-chain) (with a dark-blue, blackish (object))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mecaka

mecaka - dark-blue, blackish, dark

विराजितः (virājitaḥ) - (describing Kumbhakarna, the implied subject) (adorned, shining, splendid)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of virājita

virājita - adorned, embellished, splendid, shining

Past Passive Participle

From prefix vi- and root √rāj (1st class) 'to shine, rule'.

Compound type : pra-ādi compound (vi+rājita)

• vi – apart, away, distinct, intensely
  indeclinable
• rājita – shone, appeared splendid
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √rāj (1st class) 'to shine'.
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'he' (Kumbhakarna).

अमृतोत्पादने (amṛtotpādane) - (referring to the Samudra manthana, the mythological churning of the ocean) (in the production of nectar, in the churning for nectar)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of amṛtotpādana

amṛtotpādana - production of nectar, churning for nectar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+utpādana)

• amṛta – nectar, immortality
  noun (neuter)
  From a- (not) + mṛta (dead).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• utpādana – producing, creating, causing, production
  noun (neuter)
  From ud-√pad (4th class) 'to spring up, arise' with causal suffix -ana.
  Prefix: ud
  Root: pad (class 4)

नद्धः (naddhaḥ) - (describing Mandara mountain as being bound by a serpent) (bound, tied, encircled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of naddha

naddha - bound, tied, girded, encircled

Past Passive Participle

From root √nah (4th class) 'to bind, tie'. Irregular formation.

Root: nah (class 4)

भुजङ्गेन (bhujaṅgena) - (referring to Vasuki, the serpent used to churn the ocean) (by a serpent)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhujaṅga

bhujaṅga - serpent, snake (literally 'going on its arm/body')

Compound of bhuja (arm/body) and ga (going).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuja+ga)

• bhuja – arm, hand, body (used in compounds for snake movement)
  noun (masculine)
• ga – going, moving, who or what goes/moves
  adjective/suffix
  From root √gam 'to go'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - The mythical mountain used as a churning rod in the Samudra manthana (churning of the ocean). (Mandara mountain)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mount Mandara (a mythical mountain used to churn the cosmic ocean for nectar)

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