वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-24, verse-27

नूनं लङ्का हते पापे रावणे राक्षसाधिपे ।
शोषं यास्यति दुर्धर्षा प्रमदा विधवा यथा ॥२७॥

27. nūnaṃ laṅkā hate pāpe rāvaṇe rākṣasādhipe ,
śoṣaṃ yāsyati durdharṣā pramadā vidhavā yathā.

27. nūnam laṅkā hate pāpe rāvaṇe rākṣasādhipe
śoṣam yāsyati durdharṣā pramadā vidhavā yathā

27. nūnam pāpe rāvaṇe rākṣasādhipe hate laṅkā
durdharṣā śoṣam yāsyati yathā pramadā vidhavā

27. Surely, once the wicked Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, is slain, Laṅkā, though previously unassailable, will become desolate, just like a woman (pramadā) who has become a widow.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed, perhaps)

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Laṅkā (Laṅkā)

• हते (hate) - (Rāvaṇa) is slain (killed, destroyed, smitten, deprived of)

• पापे (pāpe) - wicked (Rāvaṇa) (sinful, wicked, evil)

• रावणे (rāvaṇe) - Rāvaṇa (as the subject of slaying in the locative absolute) (in Rāvaṇa, about Rāvaṇa)

• राक्षसाधिपे (rākṣasādhipe) - (Rāvaṇa) the lord of rākṣasas (in the lord of rākṣasas)

• शोषम् (śoṣam) - desolation (dryness, desiccation, emaciation, desolation)

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - will become (desolate) (will go, will proceed, will attain)

• दुर्धर्षा (durdharṣā) - though previously unassailable (unassailable, invincible, difficult to overcome)

• प्रमदा (pramadā) - a woman (a woman, a beautiful woman, a lady)

• विधवा (vidhavā) - a widow (a widow, a husbandless woman)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, in the manner that)

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Laṅkā (Laṅkā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - name of a city, the capital of Rāvaṇa

Note: Subject of the sentence.

हते (hate) - (Rāvaṇa) is slain (killed, destroyed, smitten, deprived of)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, removed, deprived of

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with `pāpe`, `rāvaṇe`, `rākṣasādhipe`.

पापे (pāpe) - wicked (Rāvaṇa) (sinful, wicked, evil)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - evil, wicked, sinful, bad, vice, sin

Note: Qualifies `rāvaṇe`.

रावणे (rāvaṇe) - Rāvaṇa (as the subject of slaying in the locative absolute) (in Rāvaṇa, about Rāvaṇa)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - name of the demon king of Laṅkā

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

राक्षसाधिपे (rākṣasādhipe) - (Rāvaṇa) the lord of rākṣasas (in the lord of rākṣasas)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rākṣasādhipa

rākṣasādhipa - lord of rākṣasas, chief of demons

Tatpuruṣa compound: rākṣasānām adhipaḥ (lord of rākṣasas)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+adhipa)

• rākṣasa – a demon, a rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, chief
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `rāvaṇe`.

शोषम् (śoṣam) - desolation (dryness, desiccation, emaciation, desolation)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoṣa

śoṣa - drying up, desiccation, withering, wasting away, desolation

Derived from root 'śuṣ' (to dry)

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Object of 'yāsyati' (will go to desolation).

यास्यति (yāsyati) - will become (desolate) (will go, will proceed, will attain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

future active

Root yā, 2nd class, future tense, parasmaipada

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is `laṅkā`.

दुर्धर्षा (durdharṣā) - though previously unassailable (unassailable, invincible, difficult to overcome)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - difficult to assault, unassailable, invincible, irresistible

Compound of 'dur' (difficult) and 'dharṣa' (assaultable, from root 'dhṛṣ')

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dur+dharṣa)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness
• dharṣa – boldness, insolence, assault
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'dhṛṣ' (to be bold, to assault)
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies `laṅkā`.

प्रमदा (pramadā) - a woman (a woman, a beautiful woman, a lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pramadā

pramadā - a woman, a beautiful woman, a lady

From pra-mad (to rejoice, be wanton)

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Part of the simile.

विधवा (vidhavā) - a widow (a widow, a husbandless woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidhavā

vidhavā - a widow, a woman without a husband

From 'vi' (without) and 'dhava' (husband)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+dhava)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
  Prefix implying separation or negation
• dhava – husband, lord
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `pramadā`.

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

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