Canonical Ref: VR 3.15.8
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
सेवमाने दृढं सूर्ये दिशमन्तकसेविताम् । विहीनतिलकेव स्त्री नोत्तरा दिक्प्रकाशते ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
sevamāne dṛḍhaṃ sūrye diśamantakasevitām | vihīnatilakeva strī nottarā dikprakāśate ||
English Scholarly Translation
And on the sun having veered steadily to the quarter presided over by the Destroyer*, the north appears like a female without her tilaka. ** *i.e.-The South, **A mark made with coloured earth's or unguents upon the forehead and between the eye-brows either by way of ornament or a sectarial distinction.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
सेवमाने
Lemma: सेव्
POS: 4. P.
दृढं
Lemma: दृढम्
POS: ind
सूर्ये
Lemma: सूर्य
POS: m
दिशम्
Lemma: दिश्
POS: f
अन्तकसेविताम्
Lemma: अन्तक
POS: m
अन्तकसेविताम्
Lemma: सेव्
POS: 4. P.
विहीनतिलकेव
Lemma: विहा
POS: 3. Ā.
विहीनतिलकेव
Lemma: तिलक
POS: mn
विहीनतिलकेव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
स्त्री
Lemma: स्त्री
POS: f
नोत्तरा
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नोत्तरा
Lemma: उत्तर
POS: adj
दिक्
Lemma: दिश्
POS: f
प्रकाशते
Lemma: प्रकाश्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: प्रकाशते
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 3.15.8. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.