वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-49, verse-7

ततो दुःखतरं भूयः सीताया विप्रवासनम् ।
पौराणां वचनं श्रुत्वा नृशंसं प्रतिभाति मे ॥७॥

7. tato duḥkhataraṃ bhūyaḥ sītāyā vipravāsanam ,
paurāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā nṛśaṃsaṃ pratibhāti me.

7. tataḥ duḥkha-taram bhūyaḥ sītāyāḥ vi-pravāsanam
paurāṇām vacanam śrutvā nṛśaṃsam prati-bhāti me

7. tataḥ sītāyāḥ bhūyaḥ vi-pravāsanam duḥkha-taram
paurāṇām vacanam śrutvā me nṛśaṃsam prati-bhāti

7. More painful than that (previous exile) is Sītā's further banishment. Having heard the words of the citizens, it seems cruel to me.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - than that (previous exile) (from that, thence, then, therefore)

• दुःख-तरम् (duḥkha-taram) - more painful (more painful, more sorrowful)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further (again, further, more, greatly)

• सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - Sītā's (of Sītā)

• वि-प्रवासनम् (vi-pravāsanam) - banishment, exile (banishment, exile, separation)

• पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens (of the citizens, townsmen)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, utterance (word, speech, utterance, command)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

• नृशंसम् (nṛśaṁsam) - cruel (cruel, wicked, fierce, hateful)

• प्रति-भाति (prati-bhāti) - seems (appears, seems, shines forth)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - than that (previous exile) (from that, thence, then, therefore)

(indeclinable)

दुःख-तरम् (duḥkha-taram) - more painful (more painful, more sorrowful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha-tara

duḥkha-tara - more painful, more sorrowful, more difficult

Comparative form of duḥkha (pain, sorrow).

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+tara)

• duḥkha – pain, sorrow, suffering, difficulty
  noun (neuter)
• tara – more, further, comparative suffix
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix indicating comparative degree.

Note: Predicate adjective for 'vipravāsanam'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - further (again, further, more, greatly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifies the pain or indicates recurrence.

सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) - Sītā's (of Sītā)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā, name of Rāma's wife

Note: Possessive for 'vipravāsanam'.

वि-प्रवासनम् (vi-pravāsanam) - banishment, exile (banishment, exile, separation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vi-pravāsana

vi-pravāsana - banishment, exile, separation, sending away

action noun

From root vas (to dwell) with prefixes vi and pra; causative form. Action noun from vi-pra-vāsayati.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Subject of the first clause (implied verb 'is').

पौराणाम् (paurāṇām) - of the citizens (of the citizens, townsmen)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, inhabitant of a city

Note: Possessive for 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, utterance (word, speech, utterance, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacanam

vacana - word, speech, saying, utterance

From root vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of the gerund 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, having listened)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From root śru (class 5) 'to hear'.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Denotes an action completed before the main verb.

नृशंसम् (nṛśaṁsam) - cruel (cruel, wicked, fierce, hateful)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nṛśaṃsa

nṛśaṁsa - cruel, wicked, atrocious, hateful, mischievous

Note: Predicate adjective for the implicit subject that appears to 'me'.

प्रति-भाति (prati-bhāti) - seems (appears, seems, shines forth)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prati-bhā

Root bhā (class 2) with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Here functions as dative of interest/possession.