वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-25, verse-30

भर्त्सितामपि याचध्वं राक्षस्यः किं विवक्षया ।
राघवाद्धि भयं घोरं राक्षसानामुपस्थितम् ॥३०॥

30. bhartsitāmapi yācadhvaṃ rākṣasyaḥ kiṃ vivakṣayā ,
rāghavāddhi bhayaṃ ghoraṃ rākṣasānāmupasthitam.

30. bhartsitām api yācadhvam rākṣasyaḥ kim vivakṣayā
rāghavāt hi bhayam ghoram rākṣasānām upasthitam

30. rākṣasyaḥ bhartsitām api yācadhvam kim vivakṣayā
hi rāghavāt ghoram bhayam rākṣasānām upasthitam

30. O ogresses, you should implore [her], even if she has been reviled. What is the point of [further] speaking? For indeed, terrible danger from Rāghava (Rama) has arisen for the rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• भर्त्सिताम् (bhartsitām) - Sita, who has been reviled (reviled, scolded, threatened)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• याचध्वम् (yācadhvam) - you (ogresses) should implore (you implore, you beg)

• राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - O ogresses, female demons

• किम् (kim) - what is the purpose, what is the use? (what, why, for what purpose)

• विवक्षया (vivakṣayā) - for the purpose of (more) harsh words (with the desire to speak, for the sake of speaking)

• राघवात् (rāghavāt) - from Rama, the source of danger (from Rāghava (Rama))

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the rākṣasas, for the rākṣasas

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - has come to be present, has arisen (arrived, present, at hand, imminent)

Words meanings and morphology

भर्त्सिताम् (bhartsitām) - Sita, who has been reviled (reviled, scolded, threatened)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhartsita

bhartsita - reviled, scolded, threatened

Past Passive Participle

from root bharts (to abuse)

Root: bharts (class 10)

Note: Refers to Sita.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

याचध्वम् (yācadhvam) - you (ogresses) should implore (you implore, you beg)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yāc

Imperative Middle

ātmanepada, 2nd person plural

Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Directed at the 'rākṣasyaḥ'.

राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - O ogresses, female demons

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, ogress

Note: Addressed group.

किम् (kim) - what is the purpose, what is the use? (what, why, for what purpose)

(indeclinable)

विवक्षया (vivakṣayā) - for the purpose of (more) harsh words (with the desire to speak, for the sake of speaking)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vivakṣā

vivakṣā - desire to speak

Desiderative noun

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: 'kim vivakṣayā' means 'what for by the desire to speak?' i.e., 'what is the use of speaking?'

राघवात् (rāghavāt) - from Rama, the source of danger (from Rāghava (Rama))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

Note: The source of fear.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'upasthitam' (implied 'asti').

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the rākṣasas, for the rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, rākṣasa

Note: Indicates possession or purpose (fear for them).

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - has come to be present, has arisen (arrived, present, at hand, imminent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - arrived, present, at hand, standing near

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā with upasarga upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with an implied "is".

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