वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-46, verse-23

जीवेच्चिरं वज्रधरस्य हस्ताच्छचीं प्रधृष्याप्रतिरूपरूपाम् ।
न मादृशीं राक्षसधर्षयित्वा पीतामृतस्यापि तवास्ति मोक्षः ॥२३॥

23. jīvecciraṃ vajradharasya hastācchacīṃ pradhṛṣyāpratirūparūpām ,
na mādṛśīṃ rākṣasadharṣayitvā pītāmṛtasyāpi tavāsti mokṣaḥ.

23. jīvet ciram vajradharasya hastāt
śacīm pradhṛṣya apratirūparūpām
na mādṛśīm rākṣasa dharṣayitvā
pītāmṛtasya api tava asti mokṣaḥ

23. apratirūparūpām śacīm vajradharasya hastāt pradhṛṣya ciram jīvet.
rākṣasa,
mādṛśīm dharṣayitvā pītāmṛtasya api tava mokṣaḥ na asti.

23. One might live long even after violating Shachi, the incomparably beautiful wife of Indra, the thunderbolt-wielder, and escaping from his hands. But O demon, even if you have drunk the nectar of immortality, there will be no escape (mokṣa) for you after violating a woman like me.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवेत् (jīvet) - one might live, may live

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• वज्रधरस्य (vajradharasya) - of Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt (of the thunderbolt-wielder)

• हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

• शचीम् (śacīm) - Indra's wife, Shachi (Shachi)

• प्रधृष्य (pradhṛṣya) - having violated, having insulted

• अप्रतिरूपरूपाम् (apratirūparūpām) - of incomparable beauty/form

• न (na) - not, no

• मादृशीम् (mādṛśīm) - one like me

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - Addressing Ravana as a demon (O demon!)

• धर्षयित्वा (dharṣayitvā) - having violated, having outraged

• पीतामृतस्य (pītāmṛtasya) - even one who has drunk nectar

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - escape from death or retribution (liberation, release, escape)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवेत् (jīvet) - one might live, may live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of jīv

Optative

3rd person singular optative active of the root jīv.

Root: jīv (class 1)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

वज्रधरस्य (vajradharasya) - of Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt (of the thunderbolt-wielder)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vajradhara

vajradhara - thunderbolt-wielder, bearing the thunderbolt (epithet of Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+dhara)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• dhara – bearer, holder, carrying
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root dhṛ (to bear, hold).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

हस्तात् (hastāt) - from the hand

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand; arm; trunk of an elephant

शचीम् (śacīm) - Indra's wife, Shachi (Shachi)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śacī

śacī - name of Indra's wife; power, might

प्रधृष्य (pradhṛṣya) - having violated, having insulted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root dhṛṣ (to dare, attack) with prefix pra, forming an absolutive.

Prefix: pra

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

अप्रतिरूपरूपाम् (apratirūparūpām) - of incomparable beauty/form

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of apratirūparūpa

apratirūparūpa - having an incomparable form/beauty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+pratirūpa+rūpa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• pratirūpa – matching, comparable, similar
  adjective (neuter)
• rūpa – form, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मादृशीम् (mādṛśīm) - one like me

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mādṛśa

mādṛśa - like me, similar to me

Derived from the pronoun mad (I) + dṛś (like, similar).

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - Addressing Ravana as a demon (O demon!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a fiend; belonging to or relating to rakshasas (adj.)

धर्षयित्वा (dharṣayitvā) - having violated, having outraged

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (causative)

Derived from the causative stem of root dhṛṣ (to dare, attack), forming an absolutive.

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

पीतामृतस्य (pītāmṛtasya) - even one who has drunk nectar

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pītāmṛta

pītāmṛta - one who has drunk nectar, who has consumed ambrosia

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pīta+amṛta)

• pīta – drunk, imbibed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pā (to drink).
  Root: pā (class 1)
• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia; immortal (adj.)
  noun (neuter)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present active of the root as.

Root: as (class 2)

मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) - escape from death or retribution (liberation, release, escape)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mokṣa

mokṣa - liberation, freedom, release, escape

Derived from root muc (to release).

Root: muc (class 6)

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