वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-98, verse-26

विलेपुरेवं दीनास्ता राक्षसाधिपयोषितः ।
कुरर्य इव दुःखार्ता बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः ॥२६॥

26. vilepurevaṃ dīnāstā rākṣasādhipayoṣitaḥ ,
kurarya iva duḥkhārtā bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ.

26. vilepuḥ evam dīnāḥ tāḥ rākṣasādhipayoṣitaḥ
kuraryaḥ iva duḥkhārtāḥ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ

26. evam tāḥ dīnāḥ rākṣasādhipayoṣitaḥ duḥkhārtāḥ
bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ kuraryaḥ iva vilepuḥ

26. Thus, those distressed wives of the Rākṣasa lord lamented, their eyes clouded with tears, like ospreys tormented by sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• विलेपुः (vilepuḥ) - they lamented, they wailed

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, distressed, miserable

• ताः (tāḥ) - Refers to the wives of the Rākṣasa lord. (those)

• राक्षसाधिपयोषितः (rākṣasādhipayoṣitaḥ) - Refers to the wives of Rāvaṇa. (wives of the Rākṣasa lord)

• कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - ospreys (a type of sea bird)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दुःखार्ताः (duḥkhārtāḥ) - distressed by sorrow, afflicted by pain

• बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः (bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ) - with eyes troubled by tears

Words meanings and morphology

विलेपुः (vilepuḥ) - they lamented, they wailed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vilap

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

दीनाः (dīnāḥ) - wretched, distressed, miserable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dīna

dīna - wretched, distressed, sad, poor

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `dai` (to be feeble, to suffer)

Root: dī (class 4)

ताः (tāḥ) - Refers to the wives of the Rākṣasa lord. (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

राक्षसाधिपयोषितः (rākṣasādhipayoṣitaḥ) - Refers to the wives of Rāvaṇa. (wives of the Rākṣasa lord)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rākṣasādhipayoṣit

rākṣasādhipayoṣit - wife of the Rākṣasa lord

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasādhipa+yoṣit)

• rākṣasādhipa – lord of Rākṣasas
  noun (masculine)
• yoṣit – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)

कुरर्यः (kuraryaḥ) - ospreys (a type of sea bird)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kurarī

kurarī - osprey (a bird of prey), female curlew

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दुःखार्ताः (duḥkhārtāḥ) - distressed by sorrow, afflicted by pain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duḥkhārta

duḥkhārta - distressed by sorrow, pained, afflicted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+ārta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `ṛ` (to go, to move) or `ṛt` (to pain)
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः (bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ) - with eyes troubled by tears

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇa

bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇa - having eyes agitated by tears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāṣpaparyākula+īkṣaṇa)

• bāṣpaparyākula – agitated by tears
  adjective (masculine)
• bāṣpa – tears, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• paryākula – agitated, confused, troubled
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefixes: pari+ā
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

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