वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-67, verse-27

विज्ञानं हि महद्भ्रष्टं शापदोषेण राघव ।
स्वकृतेन मया प्राप्तं रूपं लोकविगर्हितम् ॥२७॥

27. vijñānaṃ hi mahadbhraṣṭaṃ śāpadoṣeṇa rāghava ,
svakṛtena mayā prāptaṃ rūpaṃ lokavigarhitam.

27. vijñānam hi mahat bhraṣṭam śāpadoṣeṇa rāghava
svakṛtena mayā prāptam rūpam lokavigarhitam

27. rāghava hi mahat vijñānam śāpadoṣeṇa bhraṣṭam
svakṛtena mayā lokavigarhitam rūpam prāptam

27. Indeed, my great knowledge was lost due to the fault of a curse, O Rāghava. It was through my own actions (karma) that I obtained this form, despised by the world.

Words meanings summery:

• विज्ञानम् (vijñānam) - my great knowledge (special knowledge, scientific knowledge, discernment)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast, mighty

• भ्रष्टम् (bhraṣṭam) - lost (knowledge) (lost, fallen, deviated, corrupted)

• शापदोषेण (śāpadoṣeṇa) - by the fault of a curse

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

• स्वकृतेन (svakṛtena) - through my own actions (karma) (by one's own action, by what is done by oneself)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, gained, reached, acquired

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, nature

• लोकविगर्हितम् (lokavigarhitam) - despised by the world, blamed by people

Words meanings and morphology

विज्ञानम् (vijñānam) - my great knowledge (special knowledge, scientific knowledge, discernment)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vijñāna

vijñāna - knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, science, special knowledge, discernment

From vi-√jñā (to know particularly)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, vast, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense, mighty, noble

भ्रष्टम् (bhraṣṭam) - lost (knowledge) (lost, fallen, deviated, corrupted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhraṣṭa

bhraṣṭa - fallen, lost, deviated, corrupted, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

From √bhraṃś (to fall, deviate)

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

शापदोषेण (śāpadoṣeṇa) - by the fault of a curse

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śāpadoṣa

śāpadoṣa - fault of a curse, defect caused by a curse

Compound: śāpa (curse) + doṣa (fault)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śāpa+doṣa)

• śāpa – curse, imprecation
  noun (masculine)
  From √śap (to curse)
  Root: śap (class 1)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, blame, error
  noun (masculine)
  From √duṣ (to be bad)
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

Patronymic from Raghu

स्वकृतेन (svakṛtena) - through my own actions (karma) (by one's own action, by what is done by oneself)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svakṛta

svakṛta - self-made, self-done, one's own action/deed

Compound: sva (own) + kṛta (done, deed)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+kṛta)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made, performed; deed, action
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

1st person pronoun

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, gained, reached, acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, gained, reached, acquired, happened

Past Passive Participle

From pra-√āp (to obtain, reach)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, shape, appearance, nature

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature, image

लोकविगर्हितम् (lokavigarhitam) - despised by the world, blamed by people

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lokavigarhita

lokavigarhita - despised by the world, blamed by people

Compound: loka (world, people) + vigarhita (despised, blamed)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+vigarhita)

• loka – world, people, community, region
  noun (masculine)
  From √lok (to see, perceive)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• vigarhita – blamed, censured, despised, condemned
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-√garh (to blame, censure)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: garh (class 1)