वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-79, verse-5

तमेव प्रथमं मासं स्त्रीभूत्वा लोकसुन्दरी ।
ताभिः परिवृता स्त्रीभिर्ये ऽस्य पूर्वं पदानुगाः ॥५॥

5. tameva prathamaṃ māsaṃ strībhūtvā lokasundarī ,
tābhiḥ parivṛtā strībhirye'sya pūrvaṃ padānugāḥ.

5. tam eva prathamam māsam strībhūtvā lokasundarī
tābhiḥ parivṛtā strībhiḥ ye asya pūrvam padānugāḥ

5. lokasundarī strībhūtvā tam eva prathamam māsam tābhiḥ
strībhiḥ parivṛtā (āsan) ye asya pūrvam padānugāḥ

5. Indeed, for that first month, having transformed into a woman, she became a world-renowned beauty, surrounded by those women who had previously been his male attendants.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (month) (that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first

• मासम् (māsam) - month

• स्त्रीभूत्वा (strībhūtvā) - having become a woman

• लोकसुन्दरी (lokasundarī) - a world-renowned beauty (referring to Ilā) (a beauty of the world, exceedingly beautiful woman)

• ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (women) (by them (feminine))

• परिवृता (parivṛtā) - surrounded, encompassed

• स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - by women

• ये (ye) - those who (who)

• अस्य (asya) - of him (Sudyumna/Ilā) (of him)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

• पदानुगाः (padānugāḥ) - male attendants (followers, attendants)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (month) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Adverbial accusative, specifying duration for 'māsam'.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prathama

prathama - first, primary, foremost

Ordinal numeral, derived from pra + -tama suffix.

Note: Modifies 'māsam'.

मासम् (māsam) - month

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

Root: mās

स्त्रीभूत्वा (strībhūtvā) - having become a woman

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Compound of 'strī' (woman) and the absolutive of 'bhū' (to become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकसुन्दरी (lokasundarī) - a world-renowned beauty (referring to Ilā) (a beauty of the world, exceedingly beautiful woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lokasundarī

lokasundarī - a beauty of the world, exceedingly beautiful woman

Feminine form of 'lokasundara'. Compound of 'loka' (world) and 'sundarī' (beautiful woman).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (loka+sundarī)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• sundarī – beautiful woman, charming woman
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of 'sundara' (beautiful).

Note: Predicate nominative for the implied subject (Ilā).

ताभिः (tābhiḥ) - by those (women) (by them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the women who were formerly male followers.

परिवृता (parivṛtā) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parivṛta

parivṛta - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pari-vṛ (to surround, cover) with suffix -ta.

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 1)

स्त्रीभिः (strībhiḥ) - by women

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: Agent of 'parivṛtā'.

ये (ye) - those who (who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to their original male form, even though they are now women.

अस्य (asya) - of him (Sudyumna/Ilā) (of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, referring to the king (Sudyumna) before his transformation.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'pūrva' (former, prior).

पदानुगाः (padānugāḥ) - male attendants (followers, attendants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padānuga

padānuga - follower, attendant

Compound of 'pada' (footstep, path) and 'anuga' (following).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pada+anuga)

• pada – foot, step, path
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad (class 4)
• anuga – following, going after, follower
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from anu-gam (to follow) with suffix -a.
  Prefix: anu
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'ye'.