वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-34, verse-44

बलमप्रतिमं राम वालिनो ऽभवदुत्तमम् ।
सो ऽपि तया विनिर्दग्धः शलभो वह्निना यथा ॥४४॥

44. balamapratimaṃ rāma vālino'bhavaduttamam ,
so'pi tayā vinirdagdhaḥ śalabho vahninā yathā.

44. balam apratimam rāma vālinaḥ abhavat uttamam
saḥ api tayā vinirdagdhaḥ śalabhaḥ vahninā yathā

44. rāma,
vālinaḥ balam apratimam uttamam abhavat.
saḥ api tayā vahninā śalabhaḥ yathā vinirdagdhaḥ.

44. O Rāma, Vāli's strength was unequalled and excellent. Yet he (Rāvaṇa) was burnt by her (Sītā's purity), just like a moth by fire.

Words meanings summery:

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power

• अप्रतिमम् (apratimam) - unequalled, peerless

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vāli, Vāli's

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme

• सः (saḥ) - Rāvaṇa (he)

• अपि (api) - too, even

• तया (tayā) - by the purity or power of Sītā (by her)

• विनिर्दग्धः (vinirdagdhaḥ) - completely burnt, destroyed

• शलभः (śalabhaḥ) - a moth

• वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - strength, power

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

अप्रतिमम् (apratimam) - unequalled, peerless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apratima

apratima - unequalled, incomparable, peerless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratima)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• pratima – image, likeness, comparison
  noun (neuter)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a prince, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vāli, Vāli's

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vāli (name of the monkey king)

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - best, excellent, supreme, highest

सः (saḥ) - Rāvaṇa (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - too, even

(indeclinable)

तया (tayā) - by the purity or power of Sītā (by her)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विनिर्दग्धः (vinirdagdhaḥ) - completely burnt, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinirdagdha

vinirdagdha - completely burnt, consumed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √dah (to burn) with prefixes vi and nir

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: dah (class 1)

शलभः (śalabhaḥ) - a moth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

वह्निना (vahninā) - by fire

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)