वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-36, verse-51

रावणेनोपरुद्धां मां निकृत्या पापकर्मणा ।
त्रातुमर्हसि वीर त्वं पातालादिव कौशिकीम् ॥५१॥

51. rāvaṇenoparuddhāṃ māṃ nikṛtyā pāpakarmaṇā ,
trātumarhasi vīra tvaṃ pātālādiva kauśikīm.

51. rāvaṇena uparuddhām mām nikṛtyā pāpakarmaṇā |
trātum arhasi vīra tvam pātālāt iva kauśikīm

51. he vīra,
pāpakarmaṇā rāvaṇena nikṛtyā uparuddhām mām,
pātālāt kauśikīm iva,
tvam trātum arhasi

51. O hero, you ought to save me, who has been imprisoned by the evil-doer Ravana through deceit, just as (you would save) Kaushiki from the netherworld (pātāla).

Words meanings summery:

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

• उपरुद्धाम् (uparuddhām) - imprisoned, besieged, detained

• माम् (mām) - me

• निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by deceit, by trickery, by fraud

• पापकर्मणा (pāpakarmaṇā) - by the evil-doer

• त्रातुम् (trātum) - to save, to protect

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you deserve

• वीर (vīra) - O hero

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworld

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कौशिकीम् (kauśikīm) - Kaushiki (a goddess or river)

Words meanings and morphology

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka)

उपरुद्धाम् (uparuddhām) - imprisoned, besieged, detained

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of uparuddha

uparuddha - obstructed, besieged, imprisoned

Past Passive Participle

from upa-√rudh (to obstruct, besiege)

Prefix: upa

Root: rudh (class 7)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

निकृत्या (nikṛtyā) - by deceit, by trickery, by fraud

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nikṛti

nikṛti - deceit, fraud, trickery

पापकर्मणा (pāpakarmaṇā) - by the evil-doer

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāpakarmaṇ

pāpakarmaṇ - evil-doer, one who commits sinful acts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+karman)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wicked
  adjective (neuter)
• karman – deed, act, action
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्रातुम् (trātum) - to save, to protect

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: trā (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

वीर (vīra) - O hero

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, champion

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पातालात् (pātālāt) - from the netherworld

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pātāla

pātāla - netherworld, one of the seven regions below the earth

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कौशिकीम् (kauśikīm) - Kaushiki (a goddess or river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kauśikī

kauśikī - Kaushiki (name of a goddess, often identified with Durga, or a river)

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