वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-25

राक्षस्यो दारुणकथा वरमेतं प्रयच्छ मे ।
इच्छामि विविधैर्घातैर्हन्तुमेताः सुदारुणाः ॥२५॥

25. rākṣasyo dāruṇakathā varametaṃ prayaccha me ,
icchāmi vividhairghātairhantumetāḥ sudāruṇāḥ.

25. rākṣasyaḥ dāruṇakathā varam etam prayaccha me
icchāmi vividhaiḥ ghātaiḥ hantum etāḥ sudāruṇāḥ

25. Grant me this boon concerning these demonesses, whose stories are dreadful. I wish to kill these very terrible ones with various kinds of blows.

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - these demonesses (demonesses, female demons)

• दारुणकथा (dāruṇakathā) - having dreadful tales/stories

• वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, choice

• एतम् (etam) - this

• प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - grant, give

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, of various kinds

• घातैः (ghātaiḥ) - by blows, by strikes

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, in order to kill

• एताः (etāḥ) - these demonesses (these (feminine plural))

• सुदारुणाः (sudāruṇāḥ) - very dreadful, extremely terrible

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षस्यः (rākṣasyaḥ) - these demonesses (demonesses, female demons)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - demoness, female demon

दारुणकथा (dāruṇakathā) - having dreadful tales/stories

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dāruṇakathā

dāruṇakathā - of dreadful story, having terrible narratives

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dāruṇa+kathā)

• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, harsh
  adjective (masculine)
• kathā – story, tale, narrative
  noun (feminine)

वरम् (varam) - boon, blessing, choice

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, choice, best

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

प्रयच्छ (prayaccha) - grant, give

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of prayam

Derived from root yam with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: yam (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, of various kinds

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

घातैः (ghātaiḥ) - by blows, by strikes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ghāta

ghāta - blow, strike, killing

Root: han (class 2)

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, in order to kill

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root han.

Root: han (class 2)

एताः (etāḥ) - these demonesses (these (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

सुदारुणाः (sudāruṇāḥ) - very dreadful, extremely terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very dreadful, extremely terrible, very fierce

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'good', 'well', 'very'.
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, harsh
  adjective (masculine)

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