वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-16

भ्रातुः पुत्रेण मे तेन दुष्पुत्रेण दुरात्मना ।
राक्षस्या जिह्मया बुद्ध्या छलिताव् ऋजुविक्रमौ ॥१६॥

16. bhrātuḥ putreṇa me tena duṣputreṇa durātmanā ,
rākṣasyā jihmayā buddhyā chalitāv ṛjuvikramau.

16. bhrātuḥ putreṇa me tena duṣputreṇa durātmanā
rākṣasyā jihmayā buddhyā chalitau ṛjuvikramau

16. ṛjuvikramau chalitau me bhrātuḥ putreṇa tena
duṣputreṇa durātmanā rākṣasyā jihmayā buddhyā

16. Those two, straightforward in their prowess, were deceived by my brother's son—that wicked, evil-minded fellow—through a crooked, demonic intellect.

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

• पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son

• मे (me) - my, to me

• तेन (tena) - by that, by him

• दुष्पुत्रेण (duṣputreṇa) - by Indrajit, who is being called a wicked son for his deceptive tactics (by the wicked son, by the bad son)

• दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by Indrajit, who is described as evil-minded (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked soul)

• राक्षस्या (rākṣasyā) - by a demonic type of intellect/trickery, or by a specific demoness's intellect (by the demoness, of the demoness)

• जिह्मया (jihmayā) - by the crooked, by the deceitful

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

• छलितौ (chalitau) - Rama and Lakshmana, who were deceived (the two who were deceived, cheated)

• ऋजुविक्रमौ (ṛjuvikramau) - Rama and Lakshmana, known for their honest valor (the two of straightforward valor/prowess)

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पुत्रेण (putreṇa) - by the son

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

तेन (tena) - by that, by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

दुष्पुत्रेण (duṣputreṇa) - by Indrajit, who is being called a wicked son for his deceptive tactics (by the wicked son, by the bad son)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of duṣputra

duṣputra - wicked son, bad son

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+putra)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by Indrajit, who is described as evil-minded (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked soul)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked, base, vile

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+ātman)

• dur – bad, evil, difficult
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, mind
  noun (masculine)

राक्षस्या (rākṣasyā) - by a demonic type of intellect/trickery, or by a specific demoness's intellect (by the demoness, of the demoness)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, demoness

जिह्मया (jihmayā) - by the crooked, by the deceitful

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jihmā

jihmā - crooked, slanting, deceitful, dishonest, oblique

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by the intellect, by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, mind, understanding, perception

छलितौ (chalitau) - Rama and Lakshmana, who were deceived (the two who were deceived, cheated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of chalita

chalita - cheated, deceived, tricked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √chal (to deceive, trick) with suffix -ta

Root: chal (class 1)

ऋजुविक्रमौ (ṛjuvikramau) - Rama and Lakshmana, known for their honest valor (the two of straightforward valor/prowess)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛjuvikrama

ṛjuvikrama - straightforward in valor, of simple/honest might

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ṛju+vikrama)

• ṛju – straight, honest, simple
  adjective
• vikrama – valor, prowess, might, courage
  noun (masculine)

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