वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-92, verse-17

शूरो ऽहमिति चात्मानमवगच्छसि दुर्मते ।
नैव लज्जास्ति ते सीतां चोरवद्व्यपकर्षतः ॥१७॥

17. śūro'hamiti cātmānamavagacchasi durmate ,
naiva lajjāsti te sītāṃ coravadvyapakarṣataḥ.

17. śūraḥ aham iti ca ātmānam avagacchasi durmate na
eva lajjā asti te sītām coravat vyapakarṣataḥ

17. O evil-minded one, you consider your self (ātman) a hero, yet there is certainly no shame in you, even as you abduct Sita like a thief.

Words meanings summery:

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero, brave one

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, quotative particle

• च (ca) - and

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your self

• अवगच्छसि (avagacchasi) - you consider, you know, you understand

• दुर्मते (durmate) - O evil-minded one, O fool

• न (na) - not

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• लज्जा (lajjā) - shame, embarrassment

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• ते (te) - to you, for you, your

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

• चोरवत् (coravat) - like a thief, as a thief

• व्यपकर्षतः (vyapakarṣataḥ) - of one who is dragging away, of one who is abducting

Words meanings and morphology

शूरः (śūraḥ) - hero, brave one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, brave, valiant

Note: Predicate nominative for aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of the inner thought 'I am a hero'.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, quotative particle

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates the preceding words are a quotation or thought.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses or ideas.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - your self

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, (ātman)

Note: Object of avagacchasi, used reflexively.

अवगच्छसि (avagacchasi) - you consider, you know, you understand

(verb)

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

Present Indicative 2nd Person Singular

from root gam (to go) with prefix ava-, present stem gacch-

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

दुर्मते (durmate) - O evil-minded one, O fool

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of durmati

durmati - evil-minded, foolish, bad thought

from dur- (bad) + mati (mind, thought)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+mati)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil
  indeclinable
  prefix
• mati – mind, thought, intention
  noun (feminine)
  from root man (to think)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Vocative addressing Ravana.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb asti.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the negation.

लज्जा (lajjā) - shame, embarrassment

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lajjā

lajjā - shame, embarrassment, modesty

from root lajj (to be ashamed)

Root: lajj (class 1)

Note: Subject of asti.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Indicative 3rd Person Singular

From root as

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you, your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive or dative. Here means 'in you' or 'for you' (you have no shame), and also agrees with vyapakarṣataḥ in genitive.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (proper noun)

Note: Object of vyapakarṣataḥ.

चोरवत् (coravat) - like a thief, as a thief

(indeclinable)

From cora (thief) + -vat (like, similar to)

Root: cur (class 10)

Note: Adverb modifying vyapakarṣataḥ.

व्यपकर्षतः (vyapakarṣataḥ) - of one who is dragging away, of one who is abducting

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vyapakarṣat

vyapakarṣat - dragging away, abducting

Present Active Participle

from root kṛṣ (to drag) with prefixes vi- and apa-

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Ravana) indicated by te.

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