वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-6, verse-2

धर्षिता च प्रविष्टा च लङ्का दुष्प्रसहा पुरी ।
तेन वानरमात्रेण दृष्टा सीता च जानकी ॥२॥

2. dharṣitā ca praviṣṭā ca laṅkā duṣprasahā purī ,
tena vānaramātreṇa dṛṣṭā sītā ca jānakī.

2. dharṣitā ca praviṣṭā ca laṅkā duṣprasahā
purī tena vānaramātreṇa dṛṣṭā sītā ca jānakī

2. tena vānaramātreṇa duṣprasahā purī laṅkā dharṣitā ca praviṣṭā ca,
sītā jānakī ca dṛṣṭā

2. The city of Laṅkā, which is difficult to overcome, has been assaulted and entered by that mere monkey. And Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, has also been seen.

Words meanings summery:

• धर्षिता (dharṣitā) - assaulted, violated, molested

• च (ca) - and

• प्रविष्टा (praviṣṭā) - entered, penetrated

• च (ca) - and

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā (city name)

• दुष्प्रसहा (duṣprasahā) - difficult to overcome, irresistible, unbearable

• पुरी (purī) - city, town

• तेन (tena) - by that

• वानरमात्रेण (vānaramātreṇa) - by a mere monkey, by only a monkey

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• च (ca) - and

• जानकी (jānakī) - Sītā, daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

Words meanings and morphology

धर्षिता (dharṣitā) - assaulted, violated, molested

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharṣita

dharṣita - assaulted, violated, molested, dared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root dhṛṣ (to dare, to assault).

Root: dhṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रविष्टा (praviṣṭā) - entered, penetrated

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, penetrated, gone into

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root viś (to enter) with the prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā (city name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the island city of the Rākṣasas, ruled by Rāvaṇa)

दुष्प्रसहा (duṣprasahā) - difficult to overcome, irresistible, unbearable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duṣprasaha

duṣprasaha - difficult to overcome, irresistible, hard to bear

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+prasaha)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness.
• prasaha – overcoming, vanquishing, bearing
  noun (masculine)
  From root sah (to bear, to overcome) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sah (class 1)

पुरी (purī) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

तेन (tena) - by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वानरमात्रेण (vānaramātreṇa) - by a mere monkey, by only a monkey

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vānaramātra

vānaramātra - a mere monkey, only a monkey (indicating contempt or surprise at the smallness of the agent)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+mātra)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• mātra – only, merely, simply, consisting only of
  indeclinable (neuter)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (wife of Rāma, daughter of Janaka)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जानकी (jānakī) - Sītā, daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - daughter of Janaka (an epithet for Sītā)

Derived from Janaka (name of a king) with the patronymic suffix -ī.

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