वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-23

नास्त्यभाग्यतरो लोके मत्तो ऽस्मिन् सचराचरे ।
येनेयं महती प्राप्ता मया व्यसनवागुरा ॥२३॥

23. nāstyabhāgyataro loke matto'smin sacarācare ,
yeneyaṃ mahatī prāptā mayā vyasanavāgurā.

23. na asti abhāgyataraḥ loke mattaḥ asmin sacarācare
yena iyam mahatī prāptā mayā vyasanavāgurā

23. asmin sacarācare loke mattaḥ abhāgyataraḥ na asti,
yena mayā iyam mahatī vyasanavāgurā prāptā.

23. There is no one more unfortunate than me in this entire world, comprising all animate and inanimate beings, by whom such a great snare of calamity (vyasanavāgurā) has been encountered.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अभाग्यतरः (abhāgyataraḥ) - more unfortunate, more unlucky

• लोके (loke) - in the world

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me, than me

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• सचराचरे (sacarācare) - including animate and inanimate, entire

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• इयम् (iyam) - this

• महती (mahatī) - great, vast, mighty

• प्राप्ता (prāptā) - obtained, reached, fallen upon

• मया (mayā) - by me

• व्यसनवागुरा (vyasanavāgurā) - net of calamity, snare of misfortune

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root verb, class 2

Root: as (class 2)

अभाग्यतरः (abhāgyataraḥ) - more unfortunate, more unlucky

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhāgyatara

abhāgyatara - more unfortunate, more unlucky, more wretched

Comparative of 'abhāgya'

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (a+bhāgya+tara)

• a – not, non-, un- (negation prefix)
  indeclinable
• bhāgya – fortune, luck, destiny, fate
  noun (neuter)
• tara – more, rather (comparative suffix)
  suffix

लोके (loke) - in the world

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, people, community

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me, than me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सचराचरे (sacarācare) - including animate and inanimate, entire

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sacarācara

sacarācara - with the movable and immovable; entire, universal

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (sa+cara+acara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• cara – moving, animate, movable
  adjective
  Root: car (class 1)
• acara – immovable, inanimate
  adjective
  Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'cara' (moving)

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

इयम् (iyam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

महती (mahatī) - great, vast, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

प्राप्ता (prāptā) - obtained, reached, fallen upon

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, gained, fallen upon

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

व्यसनवागुरा (vyasanavāgurā) - net of calamity, snare of misfortune

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyasanavāgurā

vyasanavāgurā - net/snare of calamity/misfortune

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (vyasana+vāgurā)

• vyasana – calamity, misfortune, distress, vice
  noun (neuter)
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: as (class 4)
• vāgurā – net, snare, trap (for catching animals)
  noun (feminine)

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