वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-29, verse-6

यस्मिन्मे वर्धते रोषः कीर्तिते राक्षसाधमे ।
यस्यापराधान्नीचस्य वधं द्रक्ष्यामि रक्षसाम् ॥६॥

6. yasminme vardhate roṣaḥ kīrtite rākṣasādhame ,
yasyāparādhānnīcasya vadhaṃ drakṣyāmi rakṣasām.

6. yasmin me vardhate roṣaḥ kīrtite rākṣasādhame
yasya aparādhāt nīcasya vadham drakṣyāmi rakṣasām

6. yasmin rākṣasādhame kīrtite me roṣaḥ vardhate,
yasya nīcasya aparādhāt rakṣasām vadham drakṣyāmi

6. My anger (roṣa) grows whenever that vilest of demons is mentioned, and because of the transgressions of that base individual, I shall witness the destruction of all the rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom (in whom, in which)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, of me)

• वर्धते (vardhate) - grows (grows, increases, prospers)

• रोषः (roṣaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, fury)

• कीर्तिते (kīrtite) - when mentioned (mentioned, famed, celebrated)

• राक्षसाधमे (rākṣasādhame) - that vilest of demons (in the lowest of demons, among the vilest rākṣasas)

• यस्य (yasya) - by whose (whose, of whom, by whom)

• अपराधात् (aparādhāt) - because of the transgressions (from an offense, due to a transgression)

• नीचस्य (nīcasya) - of that base individual (of the low, of the base, of the vile)

• वधम् (vadham) - the destruction (killing, slaying, striking)

• द्रक्ष्यामि (drakṣyāmi) - I shall witness (I shall see, I shall behold)

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of all the rākṣasas (of the rākṣasas, among the rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मिन् (yasmin) - in whom (in whom, in which)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

मे (me) - my (to me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form.

वर्धते (vardhate) - grows (grows, increases, prospers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Present Middle

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

रोषः (roṣaḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, fury)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, wrath, fury

From ruṣ 'to be angry'

Root: ruṣ (class 4)

कीर्तिते (kīrtite) - when mentioned (mentioned, famed, celebrated)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kīrtita

kīrtita - mentioned, famed, celebrated

Past Passive Participle

From kīrt 'to mention, to praise'

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Locative absolute construction.

राक्षसाधमे (rākṣasādhame) - that vilest of demons (in the lowest of demons, among the vilest rākṣasas)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rākṣasādhama

rākṣasādhama - lowest of demons, vilest rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+adhama)

• rākṣasa – demon, belonging to rākṣasas
  noun (masculine)
• adhama – lowest, vilest, meanest
  adjective (masculine)

यस्य (yasya) - by whose (whose, of whom, by whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Used to indicate cause or possession.

अपराधात् (aparādhāt) - because of the transgressions (from an offense, due to a transgression)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of aparādha

aparādha - offense, transgression, fault, crime

From apa- + rādh 'to succeed, to injure'

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)

Note: Ablative case indicates cause.

नीचस्य (nīcasya) - of that base individual (of the low, of the base, of the vile)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nīca

nīca - low, base, vile, mean

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa.

वधम् (vadham) - the destruction (killing, slaying, striking)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking

From vadh 'to strike, kill'

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'drakṣyāmi'.

द्रक्ष्यामि (drakṣyāmi) - I shall witness (I shall see, I shall behold)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (ḷṛṭ) of dṛś

Future Active

Future stem drakṣya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of all the rākṣasas (of the rākṣasas, among the rākṣasas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, an evil spirit

Note: Refers to the entire race of rākṣasas.

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