वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-43, verse-22

सुदुष्टस्त्वं वने राममेकमेको ऽनुगच्छसि ।
मम हेतोः प्रतिच्छन्नः प्रयुक्तो भरतेन वा ॥२२॥

22. suduṣṭastvaṃ vane rāmamekameko'nugacchasi ,
mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayukto bharatena vā.

22. suduṣṭaḥ tvam vane rāmam ekam ekaḥ anugacchasi
mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayuktaḥ bharatena vā

22. suduṣṭaḥ tvam ekaḥ vane ekam rāmam anugacchasi.
mama hetoḥ (tvam) praticchannaḥ bharatena vā prayuktaḥ.

22. You, being utterly wicked, follow Rāma, who is alone in the forest, all by yourself. You are disguised, sent perhaps by Bharata, for my sake.

Words meanings summery:

• सुदुष्टः (suduṣṭaḥ) - very wicked, utterly evil, greatly corrupted

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

• एकम् (ekam) - Rāma, being alone (alone, single)

• एकः (ekaḥ) - you, being alone (alone, single)

• अनुगच्छसि (anugacchasi) - you follow

• मम (mama) - my, for my

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of, on account of

• प्रतिच्छन्नः (praticchannaḥ) - disguised, concealed

• प्रयुक्तः (prayuktaḥ) - sent, employed, appointed

• भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

सुदुष्टः (suduṣṭaḥ) - very wicked, utterly evil, greatly corrupted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suduṣṭa

suduṣṭa - very wicked, greatly corrupted

Compound of 'su-' (very) and 'duṣṭa' (wicked, corrupted).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+duṣṭa)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix.
• duṣṭa – wicked, corrupted, bad
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'duṣ' (to be bad, corrupt).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Second person singular pronoun.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Location.

रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

Note: Object of 'anugacchasi'.

एकम् (ekam) - Rāma, being alone (alone, single)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Qualifies 'rāmam'.

एकः (ekaḥ) - you, being alone (alone, single)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Qualifies 'tvam'.

अनुगच्छसि (anugacchasi) - you follow

(verb)

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

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Root 'gam' with prefix 'anu'.

मम (mama) - my, for my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, here used with 'hetoḥ'.

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of, on account of

(noun)

masculine, singular of hetu

hetu - cause, reason, motive, sake

Note: Used adverbially or with genitive to mean 'for the sake of'.

प्रतिच्छन्नः (praticchannaḥ) - disguised, concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praticchanna

praticchanna - covered, concealed, disguised

Past Passive Participle

From root 'chad' (to cover) with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam' (implied).

प्रयुक्तः (prayuktaḥ) - sent, employed, appointed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayukta

prayukta - joined, applied, used, sent, commissioned

Past Passive Participle

From root 'yuj' (to join, employ) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'tvam' (implied).

भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name, brother of Rāma)

Note: Agent of 'prayuktaḥ'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

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