वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-35, verse-55

रुरोध दुःखं जनयन्नन्तःपुर इव स्त्रियः ।
तस्मात्त्वां शरणं प्राप्ता वायुनोपहता विभो ॥५५॥

55. rurodha duḥkhaṃ janayannantaḥpura iva striyaḥ ,
tasmāttvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptā vāyunopahatā vibho.

55. rurudha duḥkham janayan antaḥpure iva striyaḥ
tasmāt tvām śaraṇam prāptāḥ vāyunā upahatāḥ vibho

55. striyaḥ antaḥpure iva duḥkham janayan asmān rurudha
tasmāt vibho vāyunā upahatāḥ tvām śaraṇam prāptāḥ

55. Why does he, causing us suffering, confine us like women in a harem? Therefore, O all-pervading Lord (vibhu), afflicted by the wind (vāyu), we have come to you for refuge.

Words meanings summery:

• रुरुध (rurudha) - he (the wind/breath) confined (he obstructed, he confined, he suppressed)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow, pain

• जनयन् (janayan) - causing suffering (causing, generating, producing)

• अन्तःपुरे (antaḥpure) - in the inner palace, in the harem

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, from him)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - as refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

• प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - we (the gods) have reached (reached, obtained, arrived)

• वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind, by the air, by the breath

• उपहताः (upahatāḥ) - afflicted by the wind (vāyu) (afflicted, oppressed, struck down)

• विभो (vibho) - O all-pervading Lord, addressing the deity (O all-pervading one, O powerful one, O Lord)

Words meanings and morphology

रुरुध (rurudha) - he (the wind/breath) confined (he obstructed, he confined, he suppressed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of rudh

Root: rudh (class 7)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow, pain

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, sorrow, misery

जनयन् (janayan) - causing suffering (causing, generating, producing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janayant

janayant - causing, generating, producing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √jan (to be born, to produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'eṣaḥ' (the wind) from the previous verse.

अन्तःपुरे (antaḥpure) - in the inner palace, in the harem

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of antaḥpura

antaḥpura - inner palace, women's apartment, harem

Compound type : karmadharaya (antas+pura)

• antas – inner, within, interior
  indeclinable
• pura – city, fortress, residence, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, from him)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'therefore'

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - as refuge (refuge, shelter, protection)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, asylum

प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - we (the gods) have reached (reached, obtained, arrived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - reached, obtained, attained, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √āp (to obtain) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'devāḥ' (gods) from the first verse, implying 'we (the gods) have reached'.

वायुना (vāyunā) - by the wind, by the air, by the breath

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāyu

vāyu - wind, air, vital air, a deity (Vāyu)

उपहताः (upahatāḥ) - afflicted by the wind (vāyu) (afflicted, oppressed, struck down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of upahata

upahata - struck, afflicted, oppressed, destroyed, damaged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √han (to strike, kill) with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'devāḥ' (gods)

विभो (vibho) - O all-pervading Lord, addressing the deity (O all-pervading one, O powerful one, O Lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, mighty, powerful, lord, master