वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-41, verse-11

बह्वासनगृहोपेतां लतागृहसमावृताम् ।
अशोकवनिकां स्फीतां प्रविश्य रघुनन्दनः ॥११॥

11. bahvāsanagṛhopetāṃ latāgṛhasamāvṛtām ,
aśokavanikāṃ sphītāṃ praviśya raghunandanaḥ.

11. bahvāsana-gṛhopetām latāgṛhasamāvṛtām
aśokavanikām sphītām praviśya raghunandanaḥ

11. raghunandanaḥ bahvāsana-gṛhopetām
latāgṛhasamāvṛtām sphītām aśokavanikām praviśya

11. Having entered the vast and flourishing Aśoka grove, which was endowed with many resting places and surrounded by creeper-bowers, Rāma, the delight of the Raghus...

Words meanings summery:

• बह्वासन-गृहोपेताम् (bahvāsana-gṛhopetām) - endowed with many seats/resting-places and houses

• लतागृहसमावृताम् (latāgṛhasamāvṛtām) - surrounded by creeper-bowers/arbors

• अशोकवनिकाम् (aśokavanikām) - into the Aśoka grove/garden

• स्फीताम् (sphītām) - extensive, flourishing, prosperous

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

• रघुनन्दनः (raghunandanaḥ) - Rāma, a prince of the Raghu dynasty (Rāma (the delight of the Raghus))

Words meanings and morphology

बह्वासन-गृहोपेताम् (bahvāsana-gṛhopetām) - endowed with many seats/resting-places and houses

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bahvāsana-gṛhopetā

bahvāsana-gṛhopetā - furnished with many seats and houses/rooms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+āsana+gṛha+upeta)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• āsana – seat, sitting, posture
  noun (neuter)
• gṛha – house, dwelling, room
  noun (neuter)
• upeta – endowed with, furnished with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From upa + √i 'to go'
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'aśokavanikām'.

लतागृहसमावृताम् (latāgṛhasamāvṛtām) - surrounded by creeper-bowers/arbors

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of latāgṛhasamāvṛtā

latāgṛhasamāvṛtā - surrounded or covered by creeper-bowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (latāgṛha+samāvṛtā)

• latā – creeper, vine
  noun (feminine)
• gṛha – house, dwelling, bower
  noun (neuter)
• samāvṛtā – covered, surrounded, enveloped
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam + ā + √vṛ 'to cover'
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'aśokavanikām'.

अशोकवनिकाम् (aśokavanikām) - into the Aśoka grove/garden

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aśokavanikā

aśokavanikā - a grove or garden of Aśoka trees (Saraca indica)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśoka+vanikā)

• aśoka – Aśoka tree (Saraca indica); free from sorrow
  noun (masculine)
• vanikā – small forest, grove, garden
  noun (feminine)

स्फीताम् (sphītām) - extensive, flourishing, prosperous

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sphītā

sphītā - swollen, increased, flourishing, extensive, prosperous

Past Passive Participle

From √sphāy 'to swell, increase'

Root: sphāy (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'aśokavanikām'.

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Absolutive form from pra + √viś 'to enter'

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

रघुनन्दनः (raghunandanaḥ) - Rāma, a prince of the Raghu dynasty (Rāma (the delight of the Raghus))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - delight of the Raghus, son of Raghu; an epithet of Rāma or other princes of the Raghu dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (a mythical king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – delighting, gladdening; son; joy
  noun (masculine)

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