वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-47, verse-21

तामकामां स कामार्तः पन्नगेन्द्रवधूमिव ।
विवेष्टमानामादाय उत्पपाथाथ रावणः ॥२१॥

21. tāmakāmāṃ sa kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūmiva ,
viveṣṭamānāmādāya utpapāthātha rāvaṇaḥ.

21. tām akāmām saḥ kāmārtaḥ pannagendravadhūm
iva viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapātha atha rāvaṇaḥ

21. atha kāmārtaḥ saḥ rāvaṇaḥ tām akāmām
pannagendravadhūm iva viveṣṭamānām ādāya utpapātha

21. Then Ravana, tormented by desire, seized her, who was unwilling and writhing like the wife of a serpent king, and flew up into the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her (referring to Sita) (her, that (feminine singular accusative))

• अकामाम् (akāmām) - unwilling, not desiring

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Ravana) (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

• कामार्तः (kāmārtaḥ) - tormented by desire, lust-struck

• पन्नगेन्द्रवधूम् (pannagendravadhūm) - the wife of the king of serpents

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• विवेष्टमानाम् (viveṣṭamānām) - struggling, writhing

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• उत्पपाथ (utpapātha) - he flew up, he sprang up

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her (referring to Sita) (her, that (feminine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

अकामाम् (akāmām) - unwilling, not desiring

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akāma

akāma - unwilling, undesiring

Compound type : avyayībhāva (a+kāma)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Ravana) (he, that (masculine singular nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

कामार्तः (kāmārtaḥ) - tormented by desire, lust-struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmārta

kāmārta - tormented by desire, lust-struck

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+ārta)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √ṛ (to go), related to suffering.
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

पन्नगेन्द्रवधूम् (pannagendravadhūm) - the wife of the king of serpents

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pannagendravadhū

pannagendravadhū - wife of the king of serpents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pannaga+indra+vadhū)

• pannaga – serpent, snake (lit. 'moving with feet')
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, king, Indra (deity)
  noun (masculine)
  From √id (to be strong).
  Root: id (class 7)
• vadhū – wife, bride, young woman
  noun (feminine)
  From √vah (to carry, to marry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

विवेष्टमानाम् (viveṣṭamānām) - struggling, writhing

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viveṣṭamāna

viveṣṭamāna - struggling, writhing

Present Middle Participle

From √veṣṭ (to wrap, to roll) with intensive prefix vi-vi- (reduplication and prefix 'vi').

Prefix: vi

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √dā (to give, here with ā to take) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

उत्पपाथ (utpapātha) - he flew up, he sprang up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of utpat

Perfect

From √pat (to fall, to fly) with prefix ut-.

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (name of the demon king)

Root: ru (class 2)