Canonical Ref: VR 7.25.6
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
उशना त्वब्रवीत्तत्र गुरुर्यज्ञसमृद्धये । रावणं राक्षसश्रेष्ठं द्विजश्रेष्ठो महातपाः ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
uśanā tvabravīttatra gururyajñasamṛddhaye | rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ ||
English Scholarly Translation
Thereupon that foremost of twice-born ones Usanas* of austere penances, wishing the prosperity of the sacrifice, said to Rāvana, the Raksasa chief. *Another name of Sukra. Indrajit took the vow of silence so he thought it improper to disturb him.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
उशना
Lemma: उशनस्
POS: m
त्वब्रवीत्
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
त्वब्रवीत्
Lemma: ब्रू
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: अब्रवीत्
तत्र
Lemma: तत्र
POS: ind
गुरुर्
Lemma: गुरु
POS: m
यज्ञसमृद्धये
Lemma: यज्ञ
POS: m
यज्ञसमृद्धये
Lemma: समृद्धि
POS: f
रावणं
Lemma: रावण
POS: m
राक्षसश्रेष्ठं
Lemma: राक्षस
POS: m
राक्षसश्रेष्ठं
Lemma: श्रेष्ठ
POS: adj
द्विजश्रेष्ठो
Lemma: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
POS: m
महातपाः
Lemma: महत्
POS: adj
महातपाः
Lemma: तपस्
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 7.25.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.