वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-23, verse-26

इमौ जनपदौ नित्यं विनाशयति राघव ।
मलदांश्च करूषांश्च ताटका दुष्टचारिणी ॥२६॥

26. imau janapadau nityaṃ vināśayati rāghava ,
maladāṃśca karūṣāṃśca tāṭakā duṣṭacāriṇī.

26. imau janapadau nityam vināśayati rāghava
maladān ca karūṣān ca tāṭakā duṣṭacāriṇī

26. rāghava tāṭakā duṣṭacāriṇī nityam imau
janapadau maladān ca karūṣān ca vināśayati

26. O Rāghava, the wicked-acting (duṣṭacāriṇī) Taṭakā constantly devastates these two districts, namely Malada and Karūṣa.

Words meanings summery:

• इमौ (imau) - these two (districts) (these two)

• जनपदौ (janapadau) - two districts (two districts, two countries)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

• विनाशयति (vināśayati) - destroys (destroys, ruins, causes to perish)

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (O Rāghava, descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

• मलदान् (maladān) - the Malada district/people (the Maladas (a people/district))

• च (ca) - and

• करूषान् (karūṣān) - the Karūṣa district/people (the Karūṣas (a people/district))

• च (ca) - and

• ताटका (tāṭakā) - Taṭakā (Taṭakā (a female demon))

• दुष्टचारिणी (duṣṭacāriṇī) - of wicked conduct (wicked-acting, evil-doer, of evil conduct (feminine))

Words meanings and morphology

इमौ (imau) - these two (districts) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Refers to janapadau

जनपदौ (janapadau) - two districts (two districts, two countries)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of janapada

janapada - district, country, populated region

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (constantly, perpetually, always)

(indeclinable)

विनाशयति (vināśayati) - destroys (destroys, ruins, causes to perish)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vināśayati

Causative present

Causative of vi-√naś (to destroy)

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (Rāma) (O Rāghava, descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

मलदान् (maladān) - the Malada district/people (the Maladas (a people/district))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of malada

malada - name of a region or people

Note: Refers to the inhabitants or the region itself

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

करूषान् (karūṣān) - the Karūṣa district/people (the Karūṣas (a people/district))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of karūṣa

karūṣa - name of a region or people

Note: Refers to the inhabitants or the region itself

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ताटका (tāṭakā) - Taṭakā (Taṭakā (a female demon))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāṭakā

tāṭakā - name of a female demoness

Note: Subject of vināśayati

दुष्टचारिणी (duṣṭacāriṇī) - of wicked conduct (wicked-acting, evil-doer, of evil conduct (feminine))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duṣṭacāriṇī

duṣṭacāriṇī - of wicked conduct, evil-doer (feminine)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (duṣṭa+cāriṇī)

• duṣṭa – wicked, corrupted, bad
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √duṣ
  Root: duṣ (class 4)
• cāriṇī – acting, behaving, moving (feminine)
  noun (feminine)
  from √car + ṇini
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Taṭakā