वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-22, verse-18

रावणं भज भर्तारं भर्तारं सर्वरक्षसाम् ।
विक्रान्तं रूपवन्तं च सुरेशमिव वासवम् ॥१८॥

18. rāvaṇaṃ bhaja bhartāraṃ bhartāraṃ sarvarakṣasām ,
vikrāntaṃ rūpavantaṃ ca sureśamiva vāsavam.

18. rāvaṇam bhaja bhartāram bhartāram sarvarakṣasām
vikrāntam rūpavantam ca sureśam iva vāsavam

18. rāvaṇam bhartāram sarvarakṣasām bhartāram
vikrāntam rūpavantam ca sureśam iva vāsavam bhaja

18. Accept Rāvaṇa as your husband, the protector of all rākṣasas. He is valorous and handsome, like Vāsava, the lord of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana (accusative)

• भज (bhaja) - serve, worship, resort to, enjoy

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, lord (accusative)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, lord (accusative)

• सर्वरक्षसाम् (sarvarakṣasām) - of all rākṣasas

• विक्रान्तम् (vikrāntam) - valiant, mighty, courageous (accusative)

• रूपवन्तम् (rūpavantam) - handsome, beautiful, endowed with form (accusative)

• च (ca) - and

• सुरेशम् (sureśam) - lord of the gods (accusative)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• वासवम् (vāsavam) - Indra, lord of the Vasus (accusative)

Words meanings and morphology

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Ravana (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper name of the Rakshasa king of Lanka)

Note: Object of 'bhaja'.

भज (bhaja) - serve, worship, resort to, enjoy

(verb)

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

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Command to Sita.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, lord (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, lord

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Appositive to Rāvaṇam.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, maintainer, lord (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, lord

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Appositive to Rāvaṇam, further defining his role.

सर्वरक्षसाम् (sarvarakṣasām) - of all rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvarakṣas

sarvarakṣas - all rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+rakṣas)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• rakṣas – demon, evil spirit, rākṣasa
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhartāram'.

विक्रान्तम् (vikrāntam) - valiant, mighty, courageous (accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikrānta

vikrānta - valiant, powerful, courageous, traversed, stepped across

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kram (to step) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

रूपवन्तम् (rūpavantam) - handsome, beautiful, endowed with form (accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rūpavant

rūpavant - handsome, beautiful, endowed with form or beauty

Possessive suffix -vant to rūpa

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'vikrāntam' and 'rūpavantam'.

सुरेशम् (sureśam) - lord of the gods (accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sureśa

sureśa - lord of gods, Indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (sura+īśa)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• īśa – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

वासवम् (vāsavam) - Indra, lord of the Vasus (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (as lord of the Vasus), belonging to the Vasus

Note: Refers to Indra.