वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-18

बृहत्सालप्रतीकाशः को ऽप्यसौ राक्षसेश्वर ।
नर्मदां रोधवद् रुद्ध्वा क्रीडापयति योषितः ॥१८॥

18. bṛhatsālapratīkāśaḥ ko'pyasau rākṣaseśvara ,
narmadāṃ rodhavad ruddhvā krīḍāpayati yoṣitaḥ.

18. bṛhatsālaprātīkāśaḥ kaḥ api asau rākṣaseśvara
narmadām rodhavat ruddhvā krīḍāpayati yoṣitaḥ

18. rākṣaseśvara,
kaḥ api asau bṛhatsālaprātīkāśaḥ narmadām rodhavat ruddhvā yoṣitaḥ krīḍāpayati

18. O Lord of rākṣasas (rākṣaseśvara), who might that be, resembling a mighty śāla tree? He is obstructing the Narmadā river as if with a dam and making the women play.

Words meanings summery:

• बृहत्सालप्रातीकाशः (bṛhatsālaprātīkāśaḥ) - resembling a mighty śāla tree (resembling a great śāla tree)

• कः (kaḥ) - who? (who? what?)

• अपि (api) - might (be) / perhaps (also, even, perhaps, may be)

• असौ (asau) - that one (pointing to him) (that one, this one (masc/fem nominative singular of adas))

• राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O Lord of rākṣasas

• नर्मदाम् (narmadām) - the Narmadā river (Narmadā (river))

• रोधवत् (rodhavat) - as if with a dam (like a dam, like an obstruction)

• रुद्ध्वा (ruddhvā) - having obstructed (having obstructed, having blocked)

• क्रीडापयति (krīḍāpayati) - makes (the women) play (makes play, causes to play)

• योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

बृहत्सालप्रातीकाशः (bṛhatsālaprātīkāśaḥ) - resembling a mighty śāla tree (resembling a great śāla tree)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhatsālaprātīkāśa

bṛhatsālaprātīkāśa - resembling a great śāla tree

Compound of bṛhat (great), śāla (śāla tree), and pratīkāśa (resembling, like).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa followed by upamita/bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+śāla+pratīkāśa)

• bṛhat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• śāla – śāla tree (Shorea robusta)
  noun (masculine)
• pratīkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Refers to the unknown person.

कः (kaḥ) - who? (who? what?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun.

Note: Part of kaḥ api (someone / who might he be).

अपि (api) - might (be) / perhaps (also, even, perhaps, may be)

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that one (pointing to him) (that one, this one (masc/fem nominative singular of adas))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (yonder), this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of the implied verb asti.

राक्षसेश्वर (rākṣaseśvara) - O Lord of rākṣasas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣaseśvara

rākṣaseśvara - lord of rākṣasas

Compound of rākṣasa (rākṣasa) and īśvara (lord).

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+īśvara)

• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rakṣ (class 1)
• īśvara – lord, master, god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Addressed to Rāvaṇa.

नर्मदाम् (narmadām) - the Narmadā river (Narmadā (river))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of narmadā

narmadā - Narmadā (name of a sacred river)

Root: narmad (class 1)

Note: Object of ruddhvā.

रोधवत् (rodhavat) - as if with a dam (like a dam, like an obstruction)

(indeclinable)

From rodha (obstruction) + vat suffix (like/as).

Root: rudh (class 7)

रुद्ध्वा (ruddhvā) - having obstructed (having obstructed, having blocked)

(indeclinable)

absolutiv (gerund)

From root rudh (to obstruct, stop) with suffix -tvā.

Root: rudh (class 7)

क्रीडापयति (krīḍāpayati) - makes (the women) play (makes play, causes to play)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of krīḍāpayati

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Causal

Causal form of root krīḍ (to play).

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

Note: The subject is the implied 'asau'.

योषितः (yoṣitaḥ) - women

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of yoṣit

yoṣit - woman, female

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Object of krīḍāpayati.