वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-26, verse-17

मद्विशिष्टः पुमान् को ऽन्यः शक्रो विष्णुरथाश्विनौ ।
मामतीत्य हि यस्य त्वं यासि भीरु न शोभनम् ॥१७॥

17. madviśiṣṭaḥ pumān ko'nyaḥ śakro viṣṇurathāśvinau ,
māmatītya hi yasya tvaṃ yāsi bhīru na śobhanam.

17. madviśiṣṭaḥ pumān kaḥ anyaḥ śakraḥ viṣṇuḥ atha aśvinau
mām atītya hi yasya tvam yāsi bhīru na śobhanam

17. bhīru tvam mām atītya yasya yāsi hi na śobhanam.
kaḥ anyaḥ pumān madviśiṣṭaḥ śakraḥ viṣṇuḥ atha aśvinau.

17. What other man is superior to me? Is it Indra, Vishnu, or the Ashvins? Indeed, O timid one, it is not proper that you bypass me and go to someone else.

Words meanings summery:

• मद्विशिष्टः (madviśiṣṭaḥ) - superior to me (Rāvaṇa) (superior to me, distinguished beyond me)

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, male being

• कः (kaḥ) - who (among them) (who, what)

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other (other, another)

• शक्रः (śakraḥ) - the deity Indra (Indra)

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - the deity Vishnu (Vishnu)

• अथ (atha) - or (then, now, or, further)

• अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the twin deities known as Ashvins (the two Ashvins)

• माम् (mām) - me (Rāvaṇa) (me)

• अतीत्य (atītya) - having bypassed me (having surpassed, having bypassed)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• यस्य (yasya) - to whom (implied: to another man) (whose, of whom, to whom)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rambhā) (you)

• यासि (yāsi) - you go

• भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (addressing Rambhā) (timid one, fearful one)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper (good, proper, beautiful, auspicious)

Words meanings and morphology

मद्विशिष्टः (madviśiṣṭaḥ) - superior to me (Rāvaṇa) (superior to me, distinguished beyond me)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madviśiṣṭa

madviśiṣṭa - superior to me, distinguished beyond me

Compound adjective

Compound type : Pañcamī Tatpuruṣa (mad+viśiṣṭa)

• mad – I, me
  pronoun
  Pronominal stem, representing ablative 'from me' in compound for comparison.
• viśiṣṭa – distinguished, superior, special
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śiṣ with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

पुमान् (pumān) - man, male being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puman

puman - man, male being, person

कः (kaḥ) - who (among them) (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other (other, another)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

शक्रः (śakraḥ) - the deity Indra (Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra (name of the king of the devas)

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - the deity Vishnu (Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (name of a principal Hindu deity)

अथ (atha) - or (then, now, or, further)

(indeclinable)

अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the twin deities known as Ashvins (the two Ashvins)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - the Ashvins (twin Vedic deities, physicians of the gods)

माम् (mām) - me (Rāvaṇa) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun

अतीत्य (atītya) - having bypassed me (having surpassed, having bypassed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root i (to go) with upasarga ati

Prefix: ati

Root: i (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

यस्य (yasya) - to whom (implied: to another man) (whose, of whom, to whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Used here with an implied 'prati' (towards) or as a dative equivalent, indicating direction.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rambhā) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person singular pronoun

यासि (yāsi) - you go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (addressing Rambhā) (timid one, fearful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, cowards

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शोभनम् (śobhanam) - good, proper (good, proper, beautiful, auspicious)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śobhana

śobhana - good, proper, beautiful, auspicious, shining

Derived from root śubh (to shine, be beautiful)

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Used here as a predicate adjective with an implied 'asti' (is).