वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-32, verse-16

उपवासकृशां दीनां कामरूप निशाचर ।
संतापयसि मां भूयः संतापं तन्न शोभनम् ॥१६॥

16. upavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ kāmarūpa niśācara ,
saṃtāpayasi māṃ bhūyaḥ saṃtāpaṃ tanna śobhanam.

16. upavāsakṛśām dīnām kāmarūpa niśācara |
saṃtāpayasi mām bhūyaḥ saṃtāpam tat na śobhanam

16. kāmarūpa niśācara upavāsakṛśām dīnām mām
bhūyaḥ saṃtāpayasi tat saṃtāpam na śobhanam

16. O shapeshifting night-prowler, you continue to torment me, who am emaciated from fasting and filled with sorrow. Such torment is not appropriate.

Words meanings summery:

• उपवासकृशाम् (upavāsakṛśām) - emaciated by fasting, weak due to abstinence

• दीनाम् (dīnām) - distressed, pitiable, sorrowful, miserable

• कामरूप (kāmarūpa) - Addressing a demon (rākṣasa) or a magical illusion. (O shapeshifter, O one who can assume any form at will)

• निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-prowler, O demon

• संतापयसि (saṁtāpayasi) - you torment, you afflict, you cause suffering

• माम् (mām) - me

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

• संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - torment, affliction, suffering, distress

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the act of tormenting. (that, this)

• न (na) - not, no

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper, beautiful, auspicious

Words meanings and morphology

उपवासकृशाम् (upavāsakṛśām) - emaciated by fasting, weak due to abstinence

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upavāsakṛśa

upavāsakṛśa - emaciated by fasting, weak due to abstinence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (upavāsa+kṛśa)

• upavāsa – fasting, abstinence
  noun (masculine)
• kṛśa – emaciated, thin, weak
  adjective (masculine)

दीनाम् (dīnām) - distressed, pitiable, sorrowful, miserable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīna

dīna - distressed, pitiable, sorrowful, miserable

कामरूप (kāmarūpa) - Addressing a demon (rākṣasa) or a magical illusion. (O shapeshifter, O one who can assume any form at will)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kāmarūpa

kāmarūpa - shapeshifter, assuming any form at will, having desired form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāma+rūpa)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-prowler, O demon

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-prowler, demon, rākṣasa

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going; one who moves
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'car' (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

संतापयसि (saṁtāpayasi) - you torment, you afflict, you cause suffering

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of saṃtāpaya

causative stem

Causative of root 'tap' (to heat, suffer) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - torment, affliction, suffering, distress

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃtāpa

saṁtāpa - torment, affliction, suffering, distress, pain

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 1)

तत् (tat) - Refers to the act of tormenting. (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper, beautiful, auspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - good, proper, beautiful, auspicious, excellent

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