वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-50, verse-6

तां क्लिष्टमाल्याभरणां विलपन्तीमनाथवत् ।
अभ्यधावत वैदेहीं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥६॥

6. tāṃ kliṣṭamālyābharaṇāṃ vilapantīmanāthavat ,
abhyadhāvata vaidehīṃ rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ.

6. tām kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇām vilapantīm anāthavat
| abhyadhāvat vaidehīm rāvaṇaḥ rākṣasa-adhipaḥ

6. rākṣasa-adhipaḥ rāvaṇaḥ kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇām
anāthavat vilapantīm tām vaidehīm abhyadhāvat

6. Rāvaṇa, the king of rākṣasas, ran towards Vaidehī (Sītā), who had damaged garlands and ornaments and was lamenting like one without a protector.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• क्लिष्ट-माल्य-आभरणाम् (kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇām) - having damaged garlands and ornaments

• विलपन्तीम् (vilapantīm) - lamenting, weeping

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, like an orphan

• अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - he ran towards, he rushed at

• वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehī (Sītā), daughter of Videha

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• राक्षस-अधिपः (rākṣasa-adhipaḥ) - king of rākṣasas (demons)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

क्लिष्ट-माल्य-आभरणाम् (kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇām) - having damaged garlands and ornaments

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇa

kliṣṭa-mālya-ābharaṇa - having damaged garlands and ornaments

Bahuvrīhi compound describing a person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kliṣṭa+mālya+ābharaṇa)

• kliṣṭa – damaged, tormented, distressed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kliś
  Root: kliś (class 4)
• mālya – garland, wreath
  noun (neuter)
• ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root bhṛ with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

विलपन्तीम् (vilapantīm) - lamenting, weeping

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vilapat

vilapat - lamenting, weeping

Present Active Participle

From root lap with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, like an orphan

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to anātha (without a protector)

Compound type : pradi-samāsa (an+nātha)

• an – not, non-
  prefix
  negative prefix
• nātha – protector, lord
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nath (class 1)

अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - he ran towards, he rushed at

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-dhāv

Imperfect active

root of 1st class with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehī (Sītā), daughter of Videha

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Vaidehī (an epithet for Sītā, meaning 'princess of Videha')

feminine patronymic from Videha

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the demon king of Laṅkā)

राक्षस-अधिपः (rākṣasa-adhipaḥ) - king of rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa-adhipa

rākṣasa-adhipa - lord of rākṣasas, king of demons

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+adhipa)

• rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, king
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pā (to protect) with prefix adhi-
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 1)

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