वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-57, verse-15

तरुणी रूपसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता ।
ह्रियमाणा मया दृष्टा रावणेन दुरात्मना ॥१५॥

15. taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ,
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena durātmanā.

15. taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena durātmanā

15. A young woman, endowed with beauty and adorned with all ornaments, was seen by me being carried away by the evil-minded Ravana.

Words meanings summery:

• तरुणी (taruṇī) - a young woman

• रूपसंपन्ना (rūpasaṁpannā) - endowed with beauty (endowed with beauty, possessing form/beauty)

• सर्वाभरणभूषिता (sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā) - adorned with all ornaments

• ह्रियमाणा (hriyamāṇā) - being carried away (being carried away, being abducted)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - was seen (seen, beheld, observed)

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

• दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by the evil-minded (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked one)

Words meanings and morphology

तरुणी (taruṇī) - a young woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taruṇa

taruṇa - young, youthful; a young man/woman

Feminine form 'taruṇī'

Note: Subject of the sentence.

रूपसंपन्ना (rūpasaṁpannā) - endowed with beauty (endowed with beauty, possessing form/beauty)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rūpasaṃpanna

rūpasaṁpanna - endowed with beauty; possessed of form/beauty

Feminine form of rūpasaṃpanna.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rūpa+saṃpanna)

• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 1)
• saṃpanna – endowed with, accomplished, possessed of, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √pad (to go, attain) with upasarga 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'taruṇī'.

सर्वाभरणभूषिता (sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā) - adorned with all ornaments

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sarvābharaṇabhūṣita

sarvābharaṇabhūṣita - adorned with all ornaments

Feminine form of sarvābharaṇabhūṣita.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+ābharaṇa+bhūṣita)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun/adjective
• ābharaṇa – ornament, decoration, jewel
  noun (neuter)
  From root √bhṛ (to bear) with upasarga 'ā'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated, ornamented
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √bhūṣ (to adorn)
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'taruṇī'.

ह्रियमाणा (hriyamāṇā) - being carried away (being carried away, being abducted)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hriyamāṇa

hriyamāṇa - being carried, being abducted, being stolen

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root √hṛ (to take, to carry) in passive voice

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'taruṇī', describing her state.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun stem

Note: Agent of perception ('dṛṣṭā').

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - was seen (seen, beheld, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'taruṇī'. Functions as the main verb of the passive sentence.

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka)

Root: ru (class 2)

Note: Agent of 'hriyamāṇā'.

दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by the evil-minded (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked, malicious person

Declension of 'ātman' as the last member in a compound, with 'dur' (bad).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dus+ātman)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill, hard
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ātman – self, soul, mind, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'rāvaṇena'.

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