वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-14, verse-10

मम दर्शय सुग्रीववैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम् ।
वाली विनिहतो यावद्वने पांसुषु वेष्टते ॥१०॥

10. mama darśaya sugrīvavairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam ,
vālī vinihato yāvadvane pāṃsuṣu veṣṭate.

10. mama darśaya sugrīvavairiṇam bhrātṛrūpiṇam
vālī vinihataḥ yāvat vane pāṃsuṣu veṣṭate

10. mama sugrīvavairiṇam bhrātṛrūpiṇam (vālim) darśaya,
yāvat vālī vinihataḥ (san) vane pāṃsuṣu veṣṭate

10. Show to me Sugrīva's enemy, who takes the guise of a brother, so that Vālī, when struck down, will roll in the dust in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - to me, my

• दर्शय (darśaya) - show, point out

• सुग्रीववैरिणम् (sugrīvavairiṇam) - Sugrīva's enemy, foe of Sugrīva

• भ्रातृरूपिणम् (bhrātṛrūpiṇam) - having the form/guise of a brother

• वाली (vālī) - Vali (Sugrīva's brother)

• विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

• यावत् (yāvat) - so that, with the result that (as long as, until, so that)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• पांसुषु (pāṁsuṣu) - in the dust, in the sand

• वेष्टते (veṣṭate) - rolls, wallows, moves about

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive 'my'

दर्शय (darśaya) - show, point out

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of darśaya

Causative Imperative Active

2nd person singular active imperative of causative of root dṛś-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुग्रीववैरिणम् (sugrīvavairiṇam) - Sugrīva's enemy, foe of Sugrīva

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sugrīvavairin

sugrīvavairin - enemy of Sugrīva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sugrīva+vairin)

• sugrīva – Sugrīva (name of the monkey king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vairin – enemy, hostile person
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Vālī

भ्रातृरूपिणम् (bhrātṛrūpiṇam) - having the form/guise of a brother

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛrūpin

bhrātṛrūpin - having the form of a brother, appearing as a brother

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrātṛ+rūpin)

• bhrātṛ – brother
  noun (masculine)
• rūpin – having a form, appearing as
  adjective (masculine)
  from rūpa (form) + -in (possessive suffix)

Note: Modifies Vālī

वाली (vālī) - Vali (Sugrīva's brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (name of the monkey king)

Note: Subject of the second clause

विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinihata

vinihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from vi- + ni- + root han- (to strike, kill)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies Vālī

यावत् (yāvat) - so that, with the result that (as long as, until, so that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a purpose/result clause

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

पांसुषु (pāṁsuṣu) - in the dust, in the sand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pāṃsu

pāṁsu - dust, sand, earth

वेष्टते (veṣṭate) - rolls, wallows, moves about

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of veṣṭ

Present Indicative Middle

3rd person singular middle present of root veṣṭ- (to roll, to be covered)

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is Vālī.

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