वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-22

तच्च मिथ्या प्रलप्तं मां प्रधक्ष्यति न संशयः ।
यन्मया न कृतो राजा राक्षसानां विभीषणः ॥२२॥

22. tacca mithyā pralaptaṃ māṃ pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ,
yanmayā na kṛto rājā rākṣasānāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ.

22. tat ca mithyā pralaptam mām pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
yat mayā na kṛtaḥ rājā rākṣasānām vibhīṣaṇaḥ

22. tat ca mithyā pralaptam mām pradhakṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
yat mayā vibhīṣaṇaḥ rākṣasānām rājā na kṛtaḥ

22. And that false utterance will surely torment me; there is no doubt that I did not make Vibhīṣaṇa the king of the Rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the false utterance) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and, also

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, in vain

• प्रलप्तम् (pralaptam) - false utterance (spoken, uttered, babbled)

• माम् (mām) - me

• प्रधक्ष्यति (pradhakṣyati) - it will burn, it will consume, it will torment

• न (na) - not

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause explaining the reason/content) (because, that, which)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• न (na) - not

• कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made (as in appointed) (made, done)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

• विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Vibhīṣaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the false utterance) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'pralaptam'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मिथ्या (mithyā) - falsely, wrongly, in vain

(indeclinable)

From √mith (to be false).

Root: mith

Note: Modifies 'pralaptam'.

प्रलप्तम् (pralaptam) - false utterance (spoken, uttered, babbled)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pralapta

pralapta - spoken, babbled, uttered, said

Past Passive Participle

From root √lap (to speak) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Refers to a false statement.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Object of 'pradhakṣyati'.

प्रधक्ष्यति (pradhakṣyati) - it will burn, it will consume, it will torment

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dah

Future (Lṛṭ) 3rd person singular active

From root √dah (class 1, dahati) with prefix pra-. The future stem is dhakṣya-.

Prefix: pra

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'tat pralaptam'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

From sam-√śī (to doubt).

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: 'na saṃśayaḥ' means 'no doubt'.

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause explaining the reason/content) (because, that, which)

(indeclinable)

Relative pronoun stem used as a conjunction.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

कृतः (kṛtaḥ) - made (as in appointed) (made, done)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, appointed

Past Passive Participle

From root √kṛ (class 8, karoti).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: In a passive construction.

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root √rāj (to shine, to rule).

Root: rāj

Note: Predicate nominative for 'vibhīṣaṇaḥ'.

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa, demon

From rakṣas (harm, injury) or √rakṣ (to protect, but in an inverted sense for demons).

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: 'king of the Rākṣasas'.

विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Vibhīṣaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (Rāvaṇa's younger brother, who sided with Rāma)

From vi-√bhīṣ (to terrify, to frighten).

Prefix: vi

Root: bhīṣ (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'na kṛtaḥ'.