वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-17, verse-15

इमां विरूपामसतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम् ।
वृद्धां भार्यामवष्टभ्य न मां त्वं बहु मन्यसे ॥१५॥

15. imāṃ virūpāmasatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm ,
vṛddhāṃ bhāryāmavaṣṭabhya na māṃ tvaṃ bahu manyase.

15. imām virūpām asatīm karālām nirṇatodarīm vṛddhām
bhāryām avaṣṭabhya na mām tvam bahu manyase

15. tvam imām virūpām asatīm karālām nirṇatodarīm
vṛddhām bhāryām avaṣṭabhya mām bahu na manyase

15. Because you cherish this ugly, unchaste, dreadful, emaciated, old wife, you do not value me highly.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - referring to Sita (this (feminine singular))

• विरूपाम् (virūpām) - ugly, deformed, ill-formed

• असतीम् (asatīm) - unchaste, disloyal, bad

• करालाम् (karālām) - dreadful, hideous, terrible

• निर्णतोदरीम् (nirṇatodarīm) - having a sunken belly, emaciated

• वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - old, aged, grown

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife, spouse

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - because you cherish/cling to (having supported, having relied upon, having clung to, having taken refuge in)

• न (na) - not, no

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative singular)

• त्वम् (tvam) - referring to Rama (you (nominative singular))

• बहु (bahu) - highly, greatly (much, greatly, many)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you value (you consider, you think, you regard)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - referring to Sita (this (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she, it

Note: Modifying 'bhāryām'

विरूपाम् (virūpām) - ugly, deformed, ill-formed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of virūpa

virūpa - ugly, deformed, ill-formed, monstrous

Compound word, Bahuvrihi (vi + rūpa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+rūpa)

• vi – apart, distinct, ill-
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating separation or negation/badness
• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describing Sita

असतीम् (asatīm) - unchaste, disloyal, bad

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asatī

asatī - unchaste, disloyal (woman); bad woman

Feminine form of 'asat' (not good, wicked)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+satī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• satī – virtuous, chaste (woman); loyal wife
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine of 'sat'

Note: Describing Sita

करालाम् (karālām) - dreadful, hideous, terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karāla

karāla - dreadful, terrible, hideous, formidable

Note: Describing Sita

निर्णतोदरीम् (nirṇatodarīm) - having a sunken belly, emaciated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nirṇatodarī

nirṇatodarī - having a sunken belly, emaciated

Compound word, Bahuvrihi

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nirṇata+udara)

• nirṇata – bent down, sunken, depressed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root nam (to bend) with prefix nir-
  Prefix: nis
  Root: nam (class 1)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective, describing Sita

वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - old, aged, grown

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhā

vṛddhā - old (woman), aged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, describing Sita

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife, spouse

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, spouse

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root bhṛ (to bear, support) + ya (passive suffix)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of 'avaṣṭabhya' (metaphorically)

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - because you cherish/cling to (having supported, having relied upon, having clung to, having taken refuge in)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root stambh (to support, check) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: stambh (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'manyase'

माम् (mām) - me (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Object of 'manyase'

त्वम् (tvam) - referring to Rama (you (nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Subject of 'manyase'

बहु (bahu) - highly, greatly (much, greatly, many)

(adjective)

of bahu

bahu - much, many, great, abundant

Note: Adverbial use, modifying 'manyase'

मन्यसे (manyase) - you value (you consider, you think, you regard)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root verb

Root: man (class 4)