वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-16

तेन त्वद्भूतरूपेण यत्तत्तव मनोहरम् ।
नानामृगगणाकीर्णं प्रमृष्टं प्रमदावनम् ॥१६॥

16. tena tvadbhūtarūpeṇa yattattava manoharam ,
nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ pramṛṣṭaṃ pramadāvanam.

16. tena tvadbhūtarūpeṇa yat tat tava manoharam
nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇam pramṛṣṭam pramadāvanam

16. tena tvadbhūtarūpeṇa tava yat tat manoharam
nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇam pramadāvanam pramṛṣṭam

16. By that one, in his wondrous form, your charming pleasure grove, which was teeming with various herds of deer, was completely ravaged.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that one (Ravana or Maricha) (by him, by that)

• त्वद्भूतरूपेण (tvadbhūtarūpeṇa) - by (that one) having a wondrous or illusory form (like the golden deer Maricha or Ravana's deceptive form) (by one having a wondrous form from you / having a form originating from you)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the pleasure grove) (which, that)

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the pleasure grove) (that, it)

• तव (tava) - your (referring to Sita, the implicit addressee) (your, of you)

• मनोहरम् (manoharam) - charming, captivating (charming, attractive, captivating)

• नानामृगगणाकीर्णम् (nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇam) - teeming with various herds of deer (filled/teeming with various herds of deer)

• प्रमृष्टम् (pramṛṣṭam) - completely ravaged/destroyed (ravaged, destroyed, swept away, cleaned)

• प्रमदावनम् (pramadāvanam) - pleasure grove (Ashok Vatika) (pleasure grove, women's garden)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that one (Ravana or Maricha) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the agent of destruction.

त्वद्भूतरूपेण (tvadbhūtarūpeṇa) - by (that one) having a wondrous or illusory form (like the golden deer Maricha or Ravana's deceptive form) (by one having a wondrous form from you / having a form originating from you)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvadbhūtarūpa

tvadbhūtarūpa - having a wondrous form (related to you), having a form originating from you

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tvad+bhūta+rūpa)

• tvad – your, from you (stem of yuṣmad)
  pronoun
• bhūta – become, happened, a being, a creature
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √bhū (to be).
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'tena'.

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the pleasure grove) (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Qualifies 'pramadāvanam'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the pleasure grove) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'pramadāvanam'.

तव (tava) - your (referring to Sita, the implicit addressee) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to the pleasure grove as belonging to Sita.

मनोहरम् (manoharam) - charming, captivating (charming, attractive, captivating)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manohara

manohara - charming, attractive, captivating, lovely

From manas (mind) + √hṛ (to seize).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+hara)

• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
• hara – seizing, carrying off, charming
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √hṛ (to seize, carry).
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'pramadāvanam'.

नानामृगगणाकीर्णम् (nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇam) - teeming with various herds of deer (filled/teeming with various herds of deer)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇa

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇa - filled with various herds of deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānā+mṛga+gaṇa+ākīrṇa)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – herd, multitude, collection
  noun (masculine)
• ākīrṇa – strewn, filled, covered, crowded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √kṝ (to strew) with prefix ā.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṝ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'pramadāvanam'.

प्रमृष्टम् (pramṛṣṭam) - completely ravaged/destroyed (ravaged, destroyed, swept away, cleaned)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramṛṣṭa

pramṛṣṭa - rubbed off, wiped away, cleansed, destroyed, ravaged

Past Passive Participle

From root √mṛj (to wipe, clean) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'pramadāvanam'.

प्रमदावनम् (pramadāvanam) - pleasure grove (Ashok Vatika) (pleasure grove, women's garden)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pramadāvana

pramadāvana - pleasure garden, a garden for women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pramadā+vana)

• pramadā – a beautiful woman, a wife
  noun (feminine)
  Root: mad (class 4)
• vana – forest, garden, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: The object that was ravaged.

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