वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-7, verse-8

या च राज्ञः कुबेरस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च ।
तादृशी तद्विशिष्टा वा ऋद्धी रक्षो गृहेष्विह ॥८॥

8. yā ca rājñaḥ kuberasya yamasya varuṇasya ca ,
tādṛśī tadviśiṣṭā vā ṛddhī rakṣo gṛheṣviha.

8. yā ca rājñaḥ kuberasya yamasya varuṇasya ca
tādṛśī tat viśiṣṭā vā ṛddhī rakṣaḥ gṛheṣu iha

8. yā ṛddhī ca rājñaḥ kuberasya yamasya varuṇasya
ca tādṛśī vā tat viśiṣṭā iha rakṣaḥ gṛheṣu

8. And the prosperity that belongs to King Kubera, and to Yama, and to Varuṇa – prosperity of that very kind, or even superior to it, is found here in the dwellings of the rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which (prosperity) (which, who)

• च (ca) - and

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of King (Kubera) (of the king)

• कुबेरस्य (kuberasya) - of Kubera (god of wealth) (of Kubera)

• यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (god of death) (of Yama)

• वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa (god of oceans) (of Varuṇa)

• च (ca) - and

• तादृशी (tādṛśī) - prosperity of that same kind (such, of that kind)

• तत् (tat) - than that (previous prosperity) (that, it)

• विशिष्टा (viśiṣṭā) - superior (to that) (distinguished, excellent, superior)

• वा (vā) - or

• ऋद्धी (ṛddhī) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, success)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - of the rākṣasas (demon, rākṣasa)

• गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) - in the dwellings (in the houses)

• इह (iha) - here (in Lanka/Ravana's city) (here, in this world)

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which (prosperity) (which, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Agrees with ṛddhī.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of King (Kubera) (of the king)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कुबेरस्य (kuberasya) - of Kubera (god of wealth) (of Kubera)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kubera

kubera - Kubera (name of the deity, god of wealth)

यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (god of death) (of Yama)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (name of the deity, god of death)

वरुणस्य (varuṇasya) - of Varuṇa (god of oceans) (of Varuṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (name of the deity, god of oceans)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तादृशी (tādṛśī) - prosperity of that same kind (such, of that kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that kind

Note: Agrees with ṛddhī.

तत् (tat) - than that (previous prosperity) (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Part of compound with viśiṣṭā, tad-viśiṣṭā = superior to that. Here used as a base for comparison.

विशिष्टा (viśiṣṭā) - superior (to that) (distinguished, excellent, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśiṣṭa

viśiṣṭa - distinguished, excellent, superior, specific

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√śiṣ (to distinguish)

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Forms a compound 'tādviśiṣṭā' (superior to that) with 'tat'. Agrees with ṛddhī.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

ऋद्धी (ṛddhī) - prosperity (prosperity, wealth, success)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ṛddhi

ṛddhi - prosperity, wealth, success, increase

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - of the rākṣasas (demon, rākṣasa)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa

Note: Modified by 'gṛheṣu', refers to the houses of rākṣasas. Here used in genitive sense.

गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) - in the dwellings (in the houses)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Note: refers to the houses of the rākṣasas (rakṣaḥ-gṛheṣu).

इह (iha) - here (in Lanka/Ravana's city) (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

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