वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-36, verse-17

दारयन् स च मां काकस्तत्रैव परिलीयते ।
न चाप्युपरमन्मांसाद्भक्षार्थी बलिभोजनः ॥१७॥

17. dārayan sa ca māṃ kākastatraiva parilīyate ,
na cāpyuparamanmāṃsādbhakṣārthī balibhojanaḥ.

17. dārayan saḥ ca mām kākaḥ tatra eva parilīyate na
ca api uparaman māṃsāt bhakṣa-arthī bali-bhojanaḥ

17. saḥ kākaḥ ca mām dārayan tatra eva parilīyate ca
bhakṣa-arthī bali-bhojanaḥ māṃsāt na api uparaman

17. And that crow, wounding me, persistently hovered there. The eater of offerings (the crow), desirous of food, also did not desist from the meat.

Words meanings summery:

• दारयन् (dārayan) - tearing, wounding, splitting

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• च (ca) - and, also

• माम् (mām) - me

• काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• परिलीयते (parilīyate) - persisted in hovering/lurking (hovers, lurks, disappears, conceals itself)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उपरमन् (uparaman) - desisting, ceasing

• मांसात् (māṁsāt) - from meat

• भक्ष-अर्थी (bhakṣa-arthī) - desirous of food, seeking prey

• बलि-भोजनः (bali-bhojanaḥ) - crow (epithet) (eater of offerings)

Words meanings and morphology

दारयन् (dārayan) - tearing, wounding, splitting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dārayat

dārayat - tearing, wounding, splitting

Present Active Participle

Present active participle (nominative masculine singular) from causal of root dṛ (to tear)

Root: dṛ (class 9)

Note: Modifies kākaḥ.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to the crow.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - me

Note: Sita is the object.

काकः (kākaḥ) - crow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāka

kāka - crow

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'there'.

परिलीयते (parilīyate) - persisted in hovering/lurking (hovers, lurks, disappears, conceals itself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of parilī

Present Tense

Present tense 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada, from root lī (to cling, dissolve) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: The present tense is used in a narrative past context (historical present).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उपरमन् (uparaman) - desisting, ceasing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uparaman

uparaman - desisting, ceasing, stopping

Present Active Participle

Present active participle (nominative masculine singular) from root ram (to stop) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Modifies balibhojanaḥ.

मांसात् (māṁsāt) - from meat

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

Note: Object from which desisting occurs.

भक्ष-अर्थी (bhakṣa-arthī) - desirous of food, seeking prey

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣa-arthin

bhakṣa-arthin - desirous of food, seeking prey

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhakṣa+arthin)

• bhakṣa – food, prey, eating
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhakṣ (class 10)
• arthin – desirous of, seeking, requesting
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to artha

Note: Modifies balibhojanaḥ (the crow).

बलि-भोजनः (bali-bhojanaḥ) - crow (epithet) (eater of offerings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bali-bhojana

bali-bhojana - eater of offerings (a crow)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bali+bhojana)

• bali – offering, oblation, tribute
  noun (masculine)
• bhojana – eating, food, one who eats
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhuj (to eat)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: An epithet for a crow.

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