वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-36, verse-22

आशीविष इव क्रुद्धः श्वसान् वाक्यमभाषथाः ।
केन ते नागनासोरु विक्षतं वै स्तनान्तरम् ।
कः क्रीडति सरोषेण पञ्चवक्त्रेण भोगिना ॥२२॥

22. āśīviṣa iva kruddhaḥ śvasān vākyamabhāṣathāḥ ,
kena te nāganāsoru vikṣataṃ vai stanāntaram ,
kaḥ krīḍati saroṣeṇa pañcavaktreṇa bhoginā.

22. āśīviṣaḥ iva kruddhaḥ śvasān vākyam
abhāṣathāḥ kena te nāganāsoru
vikṣatam vai stanāntaram kaḥ krīḍati
saroṣeṇa pañcavaktreṇa bhoginā

22. āśīviṣaḥ iva kruddhaḥ śvasān vākyam
abhāṣathāḥ nāganāsoru te
stanāntaram kena vai vikṣatam kaḥ saroṣeṇa
pañcavaktreṇa bhoginā krīḍati

22. Like an angry, hissing venomous snake, you spoke. 'By whom, O lady with beautiful thighs, has the space between your breasts been wounded? Who would dare to play with a furious, five-headed serpent?'

Words meanings summery:

• आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - a venomous snake

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry (angry, enraged)

• श्वसान् (śvasān) - hissing (hissing, breathing heavily)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (speech, word, sentence)

• अभाषथाः (abhāṣathāḥ) - you spoke

• केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

• ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

• नागनासोरु (nāganāsoru) - O lady with beautiful thighs (O lady with thighs like an elephant's trunk)

• विक्षतम् (vikṣatam) - wounded (wounded, injured, cut)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, verily)

• स्तनान्तरम् (stanāntaram) - the space between your breasts (the space between the breasts, chest)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)

• क्रीडति (krīḍati) - plays (with) (plays, sports, enjoys)

• सरोषेण (saroṣeṇa) - with a furious one (with one who is angry, angrily, furiously)

• पञ्चवक्त्रेण (pañcavaktreṇa) - with a five-headed (serpent) (with a five-headed one)

• भोगिना (bhoginā) - by a serpent (by a serpent, by an enjoyer)

Words meanings and morphology

आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - a venomous snake

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake (lit. 'one whose poison is in its fangs')

Bahuvrīhi compound: āśī (fang/blessing) + viṣa (poison).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āśī+viṣa)

• āśī – fang, blessing, wish
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used in comparison with the speaker.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry (angry, enraged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

From root √krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

श्वसान् (śvasān) - hissing (hissing, breathing heavily)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvasat

śvasat - breathing, hissing, snorting

Present Active Participle

From root √śvas (to breathe, hiss).

Root: śvas (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - these words (speech, word, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, discourse

From √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abhāṣathāḥ'.

अभाषथाः (abhāṣathāḥ) - you spoke

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Imperfect, 2nd person singular

Middle voice. From root √bhāṣ (to speak).

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Agent for 'vikṣatam'.

ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun, indicating possession of 'stanāntaram'.

नागनासोरु (nāganāsoru) - O lady with beautiful thighs (O lady with thighs like an elephant's trunk)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of nāganāsoru

nāganāsoru - having thighs like an elephant's trunk (an epithet for a beautiful woman)

Bahuvrīhi compound: nāganāsa (elephant's trunk) + ūru (thigh).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nāga+nāsā+ūru)

• nāga – elephant, serpent
  noun (masculine)
• nāsā – nose, trunk
  noun (feminine)
• ūru – thigh
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct address.

विक्षतम् (vikṣatam) - wounded (wounded, injured, cut)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vikṣata

vikṣata - wounded, injured, cut

Past Passive Participle

From root √kṣaṇ (to hurt, injure) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṣaṇ (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, surely, verily)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

स्तनान्तरम् (stanāntaram) - the space between your breasts (the space between the breasts, chest)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of stanāntara

stanāntara - space between breasts, chest area

Tatpuruṣa compound: stana (breast) + antara (space between).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (stana+antara)

• stana – breast, udder
  noun (masculine)
• antara – space, interval, interior, between
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'vikṣatam'.

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, who, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'krīḍati'.

क्रीडति (krīḍati) - plays (with) (plays, sports, enjoys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of krīḍ

Present, 3rd person singular

From root √krīḍ.

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

सरोषेण (saroṣeṇa) - with a furious one (with one who is angry, angrily, furiously)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saroṣa

saroṣa - angry, furious, with anger

Bahuvrīhi compound: sa (with) + roṣa (anger).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+roṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix/indeclinable
• roṣa – anger, wrath, fury
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ruṣ (class 4)

पञ्चवक्त्रेण (pañcavaktreṇa) - with a five-headed (serpent) (with a five-headed one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pañcavaktra

pañcavaktra - five-faced, five-headed

Bahuvrīhi compound: pañca (five) + vaktra (face/head).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañca+vaktra)

• pañca – five
  numeral
• vaktra – face, mouth, head
  noun (neuter)

भोगिना (bhoginā) - by a serpent (by a serpent, by an enjoyer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhogin

bhogin - serpent, enjoyer, possessor

From root √bhuj (to enjoy, to eat) + -in. Also associated with serpents (nāga) due to their hood (bhoga).

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to the agent or associated entity with whom one 'plays'.

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