वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-14, verse-21

ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गं वैदूर्यरजतोक्षितम् ।
मर्यादां द्वारपालानां तोरणं तत् समाविशत् ॥२१॥

21. tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaṃ vaidūryarajatokṣitam ,
maryādāṃ dvārapālānāṃ toraṇaṃ tat samāviśat.

21. tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgam vaidūryarajatokṣitam
maryādām dvārapālānām toraṇam tat samāviśat

21. tataḥ tat toraṇam kāñcanacitrāṅgam
vaidūryarajatokṣitam dvārapālānām maryādām samāviśat

21. Then, that ornamental gateway (toraṇa), with its colorful parts adorned with gold and sprinkled with lapis lazuli and silver, stood at the boundary of the gatekeepers.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• काञ्चनचित्राङ्गम् (kāñcanacitrāṅgam) - describing the ornamental gateway (having colorful parts adorned with gold)

• वैदूर्यरजतोक्षितम् (vaidūryarajatokṣitam) - describing the ornamental gateway (sprinkled with lapis lazuli and silver)

• मर्यादाम् (maryādām) - the designated limit or frontier (boundary, limit)

• द्वारपालानाम् (dvārapālānām) - of the gatekeepers

• तोरणम् (toraṇam) - ornamental gateway, archway

• तत् (tat) - that specific ornamental gateway (that)

• समाविशत् (samāviśat) - stood as or formed (entered, occupied, stood as)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks sequence of events

काञ्चनचित्राङ्गम् (kāñcanacitrāṅgam) - describing the ornamental gateway (having colorful parts adorned with gold)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāñcanacitrāṅga

kāñcanacitrāṅga - having colorful parts adorned with gold

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāñcana+citra+aṅga)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective (neuter)
• citra – colorful, variegated, wonderful
  adjective (neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body part, component
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'toraṇam'

वैदूर्यरजतोक्षितम् (vaidūryarajatokṣitam) - describing the ornamental gateway (sprinkled with lapis lazuli and silver)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaidūryarajatokṣita

vaidūryarajatokṣita - sprinkled with lapis lazuli and silver

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaidūrya+rajata+ukṣita)

• vaidūrya – lapis lazuli, cat's eye gem
  noun (neuter)
• rajata – silver
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, wet
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from ukṣ (to sprinkle)
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'toraṇam'

मर्यादाम् (maryādām) - the designated limit or frontier (boundary, limit)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maryādā

maryādā - boundary, limit, frontier, moral law

Note: Predicate accusative, indicating what the toraṇa constituted

द्वारपालानाम् (dvārapālānām) - of the gatekeepers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dvārapāla

dvārapāla - gatekeeper

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvāra+pāla)

• dvāra – door, gate
  noun (neuter)
• pāla – protector, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Possessive for 'maryādām'

तोरणम् (toraṇam) - ornamental gateway, archway

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of toraṇa

toraṇa - ornamental gateway, archway

Note: Subject of 'samāviśat'

तत् (tat) - that specific ornamental gateway (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Qualifies 'toraṇam'

समाविशत् (samāviśat) - stood as or formed (entered, occupied, stood as)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ā-viś

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: viś (class 6)

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