वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-3, chapter-32, verse-21
कुरु प्रियं तथा तेषां रक्षसां राक्षसेश्वर ।
वधात्तस्य नृशंसस्य रामस्याश्रमवासिनः ॥२१॥
वधात्तस्य नृशंसस्य रामस्याश्रमवासिनः ॥२१॥
21. kuru priyaṃ tathā teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣaseśvara ,
vadhāttasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ.
vadhāttasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ.
21.
kuru priyam tathā teṣām rakṣasām rākṣaseśvara
vadhāt tasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasya āśramavāsinaḥ
vadhāt tasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasya āśramavāsinaḥ
21.
rākṣaseśvara tathā teṣām rakṣasām priyam kuru
tasya nṛśaṃsasya āśramavāsinaḥ rāmasya vadhāt
tasya nṛśaṃsasya āśramavāsinaḥ rāmasya vadhāt
21.
O lord of the rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa), thus do what is pleasing to those rākṣasas by the killing of that cruel Rāma, who dwells in the hermitage (āśrama).
Words meanings summery:
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- कुरु (kuru) - do (a favor) (do, make, perform)
- प्रियम् (priyam) - a favor, what is pleasing (dear, pleasing, agreeable; a favor, kindness)
- तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way (thus, so, in that manner)
- तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (rākṣasas) (of them)
- रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the demons (rākṣasas) (of the rākṣasas (demons))
- राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O Rāvaṇa (O lord of rākṣasas)
- वधात् (vadhāt) - by means of killing (Rāma) (from killing, by killing, on account of killing)
- तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rāma) (of him, his, of that)
- नृशंसस्य (nṛśaṁsasya) - of the cruel one (Rāma, from Śūrpaṇakhā's perspective) (of the cruel, of the wicked)
- रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma
- आश्रमवासिनः (āśramavāsinaḥ) - of him who resides in the hermitage (of the hermit-dweller, of the resident of an āśrama)
Words meanings and morphology
कुरु (kuru) - do (a favor) (do, make, perform)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ
Imperative, active voice, 2nd person singular.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
प्रियम् (priyam) - a favor, what is pleasing (dear, pleasing, agreeable; a favor, kindness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of priya
priya - dear, beloved, pleasing; a beloved person, a favor
Note: Object of 'kuru'.
तथा (tathā) - thus, in that way (thus, so, in that manner)
(indeclinable)
तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (rākṣasas) (of them)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Demonstrative pronoun.
रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the demons (rākṣasas) (of the rākṣasas (demons))
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas
rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa
Note: Can be neuter or masculine in plural genitive.
राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O Rāvaṇa (O lord of rākṣasas)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣaseśvara
rākṣaseśvara - lord of rākṣasas
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+īśvara)
- rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa
noun (masculine) - īśvara – lord, master, controller
noun (masculine)
Note: Compound meaning 'Lord of Rākṣasas'.
वधात् (vadhāt) - by means of killing (Rāma) (from killing, by killing, on account of killing)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of vadha
vadha - killing, slaying, striking
From root han (to strike, kill), with strengthening and substitution
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Expresses means or cause.
तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rāma) (of him, his, of that)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Demonstrative pronoun.
नृशंसस्य (nṛśaṁsasya) - of the cruel one (Rāma, from Śūrpaṇakhā's perspective) (of the cruel, of the wicked)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛśaṃsa
nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, vicious, mischievous
Note: Agrees with 'rāmasya'.
रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma
rāma - Rāma (a proper name), pleasing, black, dark
आश्रमवासिनः (āśramavāsinaḥ) - of him who resides in the hermitage (of the hermit-dweller, of the resident of an āśrama)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of āśramavāsin
āśramavāsin - hermit-dweller, resident of an āśrama
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśrama+vāsin)
- āśrama – hermitage, monastery, stage of life
noun (masculine)
From ā- + śram (to toil)
Prefix: ā
Root: śram (class 4) - vāsin – dweller, inhabitant, resident
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun from root vas (to dwell)
Root: vas (class 1)
Note: Compound meaning 'dweller in an āśrama'.