वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-21, verse-6

सा प्रहृष्ट्वा वचः श्रुत्वा खरस्य वदनाच्च्युतम् ।
प्रशशंस पुनर्मौर्ख्याद्भ्रातरं रक्षसां वरम् ॥६॥

6. sā prahṛṣṭvā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāccyutam ,
praśaśaṃsa punarmaurkhyādbhrātaraṃ rakṣasāṃ varam.

6. sā prahṛṣṭvā vacaḥ śrutvā kharasya vadanāt cyutam |
praśaśaṃsa punaḥ maurkhyāt bhrātaram rakṣasām varam

6. sā,
kharasya vadanāt cyutam vacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭvā,
punaḥ maurkhyāt rakṣasām varam bhrātaram praśaśaṃsa.

6. She, delighted after hearing the words uttered from Khara's mouth, again praised her brother, the best of Rākṣasas, out of foolishness.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• प्रहृष्ट्वा (prahṛṣṭvā) - having been greatly delighted, having rejoiced much

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• खरस्य (kharasya) - of Khara

• वदनात् (vadanāt) - from the mouth

• च्युतम् (cyutam) - issued, fallen, uttered

• प्रशशंस (praśaśaṁsa) - she praised, she extolled

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• मौर्ख्यात् (maurkhyāt) - from foolishness, due to ignorance

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

• वरम् (varam) - best, excellent

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

Note: Refers to Śūrpaṇakhā.

प्रहृष्ट्वा (prahṛṣṭvā) - having been greatly delighted, having rejoiced much

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From root hṛṣ 'to be glad' with prefix pra-, absolutive suffix -tvā

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, utterance

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From root śru 'to hear', absolutive suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

खरस्य (kharasya) - of Khara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of khara

khara - Khara (proper name of a demon), sharp, harsh, hard

वदनात् (vadanāt) - from the mouth

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vadana

vadana - mouth, face, utterance

From root vad 'to speak'

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: External sandhi 'vadanāc' before 'cyutam'.

च्युतम् (cyutam) - issued, fallen, uttered

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, dropped, issued, moved away

Past Passive Participle

From root cyu 'to move, fall, drop'

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'.

प्रशशंस (praśaśaṁsa) - she praised, she extolled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (liṭ) of praśaṃs

perfect active indicative

From root śaṃs 'to praise' with prefix pra-, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pra

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

Note: External sandhi 'punar' before 'maurkhyāt'.

मौर्ख्यात् (maurkhyāt) - from foolishness, due to ignorance

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maurkhya

maurkhya - foolishness, stupidity, ignorance

From mūrkha (foolish) + ya (abstract noun suffix)

Note: Indicates cause/reason. External sandhi 'maurkhyād' before 'bhrātaram'.

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Refers to Khara.

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, demon, evil being

Note: Possessive, 'of the Rākṣasas'.

वरम् (varam) - best, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, superior, boon, choice

Note: Modifies 'bhrātaram'.