वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-3

अयथावच्च ते वर्णो दीनश्चासि निशाचर ।
नासि कच्चिदमित्राणां क्रुद्धानां वशमागतः ॥३॥

3. ayathāvacca te varṇo dīnaścāsi niśācara ,
nāsi kaccidamitrāṇāṃ kruddhānāṃ vaśamāgataḥ.

3. ayathāvat ca te varṇaḥ dīnaḥ ca asi niśācara na
asi kaccit amitrāṇām kruddhānām vaśam āgataḥ

3. O night-wanderer, your complexion is not as it should be, and you appear dejected. Have you perhaps fallen under the control of enraged enemies?

Words meanings summery:

• अयथावत् (ayathāvat) - improperly, not as it should be, changed

• च (ca) - and, also

• ते (te) - your

• वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color, complexion, appearance

• दीनः (dīnaḥ) - dejected, miserable, sorrowful, distressed

• च (ca) - and, also

• असि (asi) - you are

• निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-wanderer (referring to Śārdūla) (O night-wanderer)

• न (na) - not

• असि (asi) - you are

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that...?, perhaps, surely

• अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of enemies

• क्रुद्धानाम् (kruddhānām) - of angry enemies (of angry ones, enraged)

• वशम् (vaśam) - control, power, subjection

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - fallen under (come, arrived, fallen into)

Words meanings and morphology

अयथावत् (ayathāvat) - improperly, not as it should be, changed

(indeclinable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+yathāvat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• yathāvat – as it is, properly, truly
  indeclinable

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color, complexion, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṇa

varṇa - color, complexion, appearance, caste, letter

Root: vṛ (class 5)

दीनः (dīnaḥ) - dejected, miserable, sorrowful, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīna

dīna - distressed, wretched, dejected, sad

Past Passive Participle (from root dai/dī)

From root dī (to decay, to be sad).

Root: dī (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-wanderer (referring to Śārdūla) (O night-wanderer)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering (agent noun from car)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - is it that...?, perhaps, surely

(indeclinable)

अमित्राणाम् (amitrāṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of amitra

amitra - enemy, not a friend

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mitra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• mitra – friend, companion
  noun (masculine)

क्रुद्धानाम् (kruddhānām) - of angry enemies (of angry ones, enraged)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, wrathful

Past Passive Participle

From root krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

वशम् (vaśam) - control, power, subjection

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, desire, control, power

Root: vaś (class 2)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - fallen under (come, arrived, fallen into)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)