Canonical Ref: VR 7.31.2
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
भगवन्किं तदा लोकाः शून्या आसन्द्विजोत्तम । धर्षणां यत्र न प्राप्तो रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
bhagavankiṃ tadā lokāḥ śūnyā āsandvijottama | dharṣaṇāṃ yatra na prāpto rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ ||
English Scholarly Translation
"O Brāhmaṇa, O foremost of twice-born ones, when that cruel Rāvana journeyed over the earth, was it void of people? Was there no king, or prince on earth to administer punishment to him?
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
भगवन्
Lemma: भगवत्
POS: adj
किं
Lemma: क
POS: pron
तदा
Lemma: तदा
POS: ind
लोकाः
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
शून्या
Lemma: शून्य
POS: adj
आसन्
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: आसन्
द्विजोत्तम
Lemma: द्विजोत्तम
POS: m
धर्षणां
Lemma: धर्षण
POS: fn
यत्र
Lemma: यत्र
POS: ind
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
प्राप्तो
Lemma: प्राप्
POS: 1. P.
रावणो
Lemma: रावण
POS: m
राक्षसेश्वरः
Lemma: राक्षसेश्वर
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 7.31.2. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.