Canonical Ref: VR 3.16.8
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
सुमुखं दुर्मुखी रामं वृत्तमध्यं महोदरी । विशालाक्षं विरूपाक्षी सुकेशं ताम्रमूर्धजा ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
sumukhaṃ durmukhī rāmaṃ vṛttamadhyaṃ mahodarī | viśālākṣaṃ virūpākṣī sukeśaṃ tāmramūrdhajā ||
English Scholarly Translation
Rāma graced with beauteous continence, that Raksasi had a hideous face; Ráma had a slender waist, she had a huge abdomen; he had expansive eyes, she had terrible eyes; he was gifted with an elegant head of hair, she had coppery hair; Rāma was of a dear presence, she was of an unsightly presence; Rāma had a sonorous voice, she had a hideous voice.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
सुमुखं
Lemma: सु
POS: ind
सुमुखं
Lemma: मुख
POS: n
दुर्मुखी
Lemma: दुर्मुख
POS: adj
रामं
Lemma: राम
POS: m
वृत्तमध्यं
Lemma: वृत्त
POS: adj
वृत्तमध्यं
Lemma: मध्य
POS: n
महोदरी
Lemma: महोदर
POS: adj
विशालाक्षं
Lemma: विशाल
POS: adj
विशालाक्षं
Lemma: अक्ष
POS: n
विरूपाक्षी
Lemma: विरूप
POS: adj
विरूपाक्षी
Lemma: अक्ष
POS: adj
सुकेशं
Lemma: सुकेश
POS: adj
ताम्रमूर्धजा
Lemma: ताम्र
POS: adj
ताम्रमूर्धजा
Lemma: मूर्धज
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 3.16.8. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.