वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-20, verse-11

विषादनक्राध्युषिते परित्रासोर्मिमालिनि ।
किं मां न त्रायसे मग्नां विपुले शोकसागरे ॥११॥

11. viṣādanakrādhyuṣite paritrāsormimālini ,
kiṃ māṃ na trāyase magnāṃ vipule śokasāgare.

11. viṣādanakra adhyuṣite paritrāsa ūrmi mālini
kim mām na trāyase magnām vipule śoka sāgare

11. vipule śoka sāgare viṣādanakra adhyuṣite
paritrāsa ūrmi mālini magnām mām kim na trāyase

11. Why do you not protect me, who is immersed in this vast ocean of sorrow, inhabited by the 'crocodiles' of dejection and adorned with garlands of 'waves' of intense fear?

Words meanings summery:

• विषादनक्र (viṣādanakra) - Metaphorical 'crocodiles' that symbolize dejection. (crocodiles of dejection/despair)

• अध्युषिते (adhyuṣite) - Inhabited by crocodiles of dejection (referring to the ocean). (inhabited, dwelt in, occupied)

• परित्रास (paritrāsa) - great fear, intense terror

• ऊर्मि (ūrmi) - wave, billow

• मालिनि (mālini) - Adorned with garlands of waves (referring to the ocean). (having a garland, adorned with a row of)

• किम् (kim) - why? what?

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• त्रायसे (trāyase) - you protect, you save

• मग्नाम् (magnām) - immersed, drowned, sunken

• विपुले (vipule) - vast, extensive, immense

• शोक (śoka) - sorrow, grief

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

विषादनक्र (viṣādanakra) - Metaphorical 'crocodiles' that symbolize dejection. (crocodiles of dejection/despair)

(noun)

masculine, singular of viṣādanakra

viṣādanakra - crocodile of dejection

Compound type : Tatpurusha (viṣāda+nakra)

• viṣāda – dejection, despondency, sadness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṣad (class 1)
• nakra – crocodile, alligator
  noun (masculine)

अध्युषिते (adhyuṣite) - Inhabited by crocodiles of dejection (referring to the ocean). (inhabited, dwelt in, occupied)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of adhyuṣita

adhyuṣita - inhabited, occupied, dwelt in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell) with prefix 'adhi', and suffix 'ta'.

Prefix: adhi

Root: vas (class 1)

परित्रास (paritrāsa) - great fear, intense terror

(noun)

masculine, singular of paritrāsa

paritrāsa - great fear, excessive alarm, panic

Prefix: pari

Root: tras (class 1)

ऊर्मि (ūrmi) - wave, billow

(noun)

masculine, singular of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, billow, surge

मालिनि (mālini) - Adorned with garlands of waves (referring to the ocean). (having a garland, adorned with a row of)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mālin

mālin - having a garland, wearing a wreath, adorned with rows of

किम् (kim) - why? what?

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

त्रायसे (trāyase) - you protect, you save

(verb)

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

Present tense, 2nd person singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: trā (class 2)

मग्नाम् (magnām) - immersed, drowned, sunken

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, drowned, sunken, plunged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'majj' (to sink, plunge) with suffix 'na'.

Root: majj (class 6)

विपुले (vipule) - vast, extensive, immense

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - large, extensive, abundant, vast

शोक (śoka) - sorrow, grief

(noun)

masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

Root: śuc (class 1)

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

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