वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-12, verse-8

तस्याः कृते च हेमायाः सर्वं हेमपुरं मया ।
वज्रवैदूर्यचित्रं च मायया निर्मितं तदा ॥८॥

8. tasyāḥ kṛte ca hemāyāḥ sarvaṃ hemapuraṃ mayā ,
vajravaidūryacitraṃ ca māyayā nirmitaṃ tadā.

8. tasyāḥ kṛte ca hemāyāḥ sarvam hemapuram mayā
vajravaidūryacitram ca māyayā nirmitam tadā

8. ca mayā tadā tasyāḥ hemāyāḥ kṛte sarvam hemapuram vajravaidūryacitram ca māyayā nirmitam.

8. And for Hema's sake, I then constructed the entire city of Hemapura, adorned with diamonds and cat's eye gems, by means of my divine power (māyā).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her (referring to Hema) (for her; of her)

• कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of (for the sake of; on account of)

• च (ca) - and (and; also)

• हेमायाः (hemāyāḥ) - for Hema (referring to the Apsara Hema) (of Hema; for Hema)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (Hemapura) (all; entire)

• हेमपुरम् (hemapuram) - the city named Hemapura (city of gold; Hemapura (name of a city))

• मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

• वज्रवैदूर्यचित्रम् (vajravaidūryacitram) - adorned with diamonds and cat's eye gems

• च (ca) - and (and; also)

• मायया (māyayā) - by means of my divine power (māyā) (by illusion; by supernatural power)

• निर्मितम् (nirmitam) - was constructed (created; constructed; built)

• तदा (tadā) - then (at that time) (then; at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - for her (referring to Hema) (for her; of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Used with `kṛte` to mean 'for the sake of'.

कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of (for the sake of; on account of)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle

Locative singular of PPP kṛta, used adverbially

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adverbial usage of locative singular of kṛta.

च (ca) - and (and; also)

(indeclinable)

हेमायाः (hemāyāḥ) - for Hema (referring to the Apsara Hema) (of Hema; for Hema)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of hemā

hemā - gold; a celestial nymph (Apsara) named Hema

Note: Used with `kṛte` to mean 'for the sake of Hema'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - the entire (Hemapura) (all; entire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

Note: Modifies `hemapuram`.

हेमपुरम् (hemapuram) - the city named Hemapura (city of gold; Hemapura (name of a city))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hemapura

hemapura - city of gold, Hemapura (a city name)

compound of hema (gold) and pura (city)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hema+pura)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `nirmitam`.

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction.

वज्रवैदूर्यचित्रम् (vajravaidūryacitram) - adorned with diamonds and cat's eye gems

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vajravaidūryacitra

vajravaidūryacitra - adorned with diamonds and cat's eye gems

compound of vajra (diamond), vaidūrya (cat's eye gem), and citra (adorned)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+vaidūrya+citra)

• vajra – diamond, thunderbolt
  noun (neuter)
• vaidūrya – cat's eye gem, beryl
  noun (neuter)
• citra – adorned, variegated, wonderful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies `hemapuram`.

च (ca) - and (and; also)

(indeclinable)

मायया (māyayā) - by means of my divine power (māyā) (by illusion; by supernatural power)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, supernatural power, divine energy

Note: Means of construction.

निर्मितम् (nirmitam) - was constructed (created; constructed; built)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nirmita

nirmita - created, constructed, made

Past Passive Participle

from prefix nir- and root mā (to measure, build) with suffix -ta

Prefix: nir

Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Predicate of `hemapuram`.

तदा (tadā) - then (at that time) (then; at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

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