वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-20, verse-16

यथा दृप्तश्च मातङ्गः शशश्च सहितौ वने ।
तथा द्विरदवद् रामस्त्वं नीच शशवत् स्मृतः ॥१६॥

16. yathā dṛptaśca mātaṅgaḥ śaśaśca sahitau vane ,
tathā dviradavad rāmastvaṃ nīca śaśavat smṛtaḥ.

16. yathā dṛptaḥ ca mātaṅgaḥ śaśaḥ ca sahitau vane
tathā dviradavat rāmaḥ tvam nīca śaśavat smṛtaḥ

16. yathā dṛptaḥ ca mātaṅgaḥ ca śaśaḥ vane sahitau,
tathā rāmaḥ dviradavat,
tvam nīca śaśavat smṛtaḥ

16. Just as a proud elephant and a hare might be together in a forest, so too, Rāma is like an elephant, and you, vile one, are considered like a hare.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• दृप्तः (dṛptaḥ) - proud, arrogant, haughty

• च (ca) - and, also

• मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

• शशः (śaśaḥ) - hare, rabbit

• च (ca) - and, also

• सहितौ (sahitau) - together, accompanied, joined

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• द्विरदवत् (dviradavat) - like an elephant

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• नीच (nīca) - O vile one, O base one

• शशवत् (śaśavat) - like a hare

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - considered, remembered, thought of

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

दृप्तः (dṛptaḥ) - proud, arrogant, haughty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛpta

dṛpta - proud, arrogant, haughty, puffed up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛp (to inflame, to be proud)

Root: dṛp (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मातङ्गः (mātaṅgaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātaṅga

mātaṅga - elephant, a man of low caste, an outcast

शशः (śaśaḥ) - hare, rabbit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaśa

śaśa - hare, rabbit, moon, a symbol of fear

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सहितौ (sahitau) - together, accompanied, joined

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied, joined, together, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sah (to bear, endure) or from sa (with) + hita (placed)

Root: sah (class 1)

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, water, desire

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

द्विरदवत् (dviradavat) - like an elephant

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the primary suffix -vat (like, similar to) to the noun dvirada

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the seventh avatāra of Viṣṇu, son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नीच (nīca) - O vile one, O base one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nīca

nīca - low, base, vile, mean, inferior

शशवत् (śaśavat) - like a hare

(indeclinable)

Formed by adding the primary suffix -vat (like, similar to) to the noun śaśa

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - considered, remembered, thought of

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, thought of, considered, mentioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)