वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-17, verse-20

इमां विरूपामसतीमतिमत्तां महोदरीम् ।
राक्षसीं पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुमर्हसि ॥२०॥

20. imāṃ virūpāmasatīmatimattāṃ mahodarīm ,
rākṣasīṃ puruṣavyāghra virūpayitumarhasi.

20. imām virūpām asatīm atimattām mahodarīm
rākṣasīm puruṣavyāghra virūpayitum arhasi

20. puruṣavyāghra imām virūpām asatīm atimattām
mahodarīm rākṣasīm virūpayitum arhasi

20. O tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra), you should disfigure this ugly, unchaste, utterly arrogant, large-bellied demoness.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this (demoness) (this, this one)

• विरूपाम् (virūpām) - ugly, deformed

• असतीम् (asatīm) - unchaste, unvirtuous, bad woman

• अतिमत्ताम् (atimattām) - utterly arrogant (very intoxicated, very arrogant, very proud)

• महोदरीम् (mahodarīm) - large-bellied

• राक्षसीम् (rākṣasīm) - demoness

• पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (puruṣa) (Rāma) (O tiger among men)

• विरूपयितुम् (virūpayitum) - to disfigure, to mutilate

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you are able, you should, you deserve)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this (demoness) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

विरूपाम् (virūpām) - ugly, deformed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of virūpā

virūpa - ugly, deformed, disfigured

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vi+rūpa)

• vi – apart, asunder, badly
  indeclinable
  Prefix for negation or intensity.
• rūpa – form, shape, beauty
  noun (neuter)

असतीम् (asatīm) - unchaste, unvirtuous, bad woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asatī

asatī - unchaste, unvirtuous (woman)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+satī)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• satī – chaste, virtuous (woman)
  noun (feminine)

अतिमत्ताम् (atimattām) - utterly arrogant (very intoxicated, very arrogant, very proud)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atimattā

atimattā - very intoxicated, very arrogant/proud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ati+mattā)

• ati – exceedingly, very, over
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix.
• mattā – intoxicated, arrogant, proud
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root mad (to be intoxicated/exult) with suffix -ta.
  Root: mad (class 4)

महोदरीम् (mahodarīm) - large-bellied

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahodarī

mahodarī - large-bellied

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+udara)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

राक्षसीम् (rākṣasīm) - demoness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demoness

पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men (puruṣa) (Rāma) (O tiger among men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

विरूपयितुम् (virūpayitum) - to disfigure, to mutilate

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root rūp (to form) in causative sense with prefix vi and infinitive suffix -tum.

Prefix: vi

Root: rūp (class 1)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you are able, you should, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arhasi

present active

Root arh (to be able) in present (laṭ) second person singular.

Root: arh (class 1)

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