वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-20

तस्योग्ररूपस्योग्रं त्वं दण्डमाज्ञातुमर्हसि ।
सीता संभाषिता येन तद्वनं च विनाशितम् ॥२०॥

20. tasyograrūpasyograṃ tvaṃ daṇḍamājñātumarhasi ,
sītā saṃbhāṣitā yena tadvanaṃ ca vināśitam.

20. tasya ugrarūpasya ugram tvam daṇḍam ājñātum arhasi
sītā saṃbhāṣitā yena tat vanam ca vināśitam

20. tvam tasya ugrarūpasya ugram daṇḍam ājñātum arhasi
yena sītā saṃbhāṣitā ca tat vanam vināśitam

20. You (Rama) ought to decree a severe punishment for that one of dreadful form, by whom Sita was addressed and by whom that grove was (subsequently) destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of that one (Rāvaṇa) (his, its)

• उग्ररूपस्य (ugrarūpasya) - of Rāvaṇa, who has a dreadful form (of dreadful form, of fierce appearance)

• उग्रम् (ugram) - severe, dreadful, fierce

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you (singular))

• दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, stick, rod

• आज्ञातुम् (ājñātum) - to command, to decree, to order

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• सीता (sītā) - Sita, Janaki

• संभाषिता (saṁbhāṣitā) - Sita was improperly addressed (by Rāvaṇa) (was spoken to, was addressed)

• येन (yena) - by whom (Rāvaṇa) (by whom, by which)

• तत् (tat) - that (Ashoka) grove (that, it)

• वनम् (vanam) - the Ashoka grove (forest, grove)

• च (ca) - and, also

• विनाशितम् (vināśitam) - the grove was destroyed (indirectly, by Rāvaṇa's actions leading to Hanuman's retaliation) (destroyed, ruined)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of that one (Rāvaṇa) (his, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

उग्ररूपस्य (ugrarūpasya) - of Rāvaṇa, who has a dreadful form (of dreadful form, of fierce appearance)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ugrarūpa

ugrarūpa - of dreadful form, fierce-looking

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ugra+rūpa)

• ugra – fierce, dreadful, violent
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape
  noun (neuter)

उग्रम् (ugram) - severe, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - severe, dreadful, fierce, powerful

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you (singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun)

दण्डम् (daṇḍam) - punishment, stick, rod

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - punishment, stick, rod, staff

आज्ञातुम् (ājñātum) - to command, to decree, to order

(verb)

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sita, Janaki

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita, Janaki

संभाषिता (saṁbhāṣitā) - Sita was improperly addressed (by Rāvaṇa) (was spoken to, was addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃbhāṣita

saṁbhāṣita - spoken to, addressed, conversed with

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root bhāṣ with prefix sam and suffix -ita.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

येन (yena) - by whom (Rāvaṇa) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who (relative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that (Ashoka) grove (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वनम् (vanam) - the Ashoka grove (forest, grove)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, grove, wood

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विनाशितम् (vināśitam) - the grove was destroyed (indirectly, by Rāvaṇa's actions leading to Hanuman's retaliation) (destroyed, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vināśita

vināśita - destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the causative root nāśi (derived from naś) with prefix vi and suffix -ita.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

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