वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-16

यथा बलिं निगृह्यैतत्त्रैलोक्यं भुज्यते मया ।
एवमेतस्य पापस्य निग्रहो मम रोचते ॥१६॥

16. yathā baliṃ nigṛhyaitattrailokyaṃ bhujyate mayā ,
evametasya pāpasya nigraho mama rocate.

16. yathā balim nigṛhya etat trailokyam bhujyate
mayā evam etasya pāpasya nigrahaḥ mama rocate

16. yathā mayā balim nigṛhya etat trailokyam bhujyate,
evam etasya pāpasya nigrahaḥ mama rocate.

16. Just as, having subdued Bali, these three worlds are enjoyed by me, so too is the subjugation of this wicked one pleasing to me.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the Asura king, subdued by Vishnu in his Vamana avatar) (Bali (proper name))

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having captured, having subdued

• एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the worlds) (this)

• त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds

• भुज्यते (bhujyate) - are enjoyed/possessed (by the speaker, Indra) (is enjoyed, is possessed, is eaten)

• मया (mayā) - by me

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

• एतस्य (etasya) - of this

• पापस्य (pāpasya) - of this wicked one (Ravana) (of the wicked, of sin)

• निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - suppression, subjugation, restraint, capture

• मम (mama) - to me (dative sense with 'rocate') (to me, my)

• रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, shines, delights

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

बलिम् (balim) - Bali (the Asura king, subdued by Vishnu in his Vamana avatar) (Bali (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Bali

Bali - name of a celebrated Daitya or Asura king

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having captured, having subdued

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'grah' (to seize) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

एतत् (etat) - these (referring to the worlds) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to 'trailokyam'.

त्रैलोक्यम् (trailokyam) - the three worlds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trailokya

trailokya - the three worlds (heaven, earth, and netherworld)

Compound of 'tri' (three) and 'loka' (world) with 'ya' suffix

Compound type : dvigu (tri+loka)

• tri – three
  numeral (neuter)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)

भुज्यते (bhujyate) - are enjoyed/possessed (by the speaker, Indra) (is enjoyed, is possessed, is eaten)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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

(indeclinable)

एतस्य (etasya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to the "wicked one".

पापस्य (pāpasya) - of this wicked one (Ravana) (of the wicked, of sin)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness; wicked, sinful person

Note: Here used as a substantive meaning 'of the wicked one'.

निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - suppression, subjugation, restraint, capture

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - restraint, control, suppression, subjugation, capture

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

मम (mama) - to me (dative sense with 'rocate') (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: With 'rocate', the genitive acts as a dative, meaning "pleasing to me."

रोचते (rocate) - is pleasing, shines, delights

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ruc

Root: ruc (class 1)

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