Canonical Ref: VR 5.18.5
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
स्वधर्मे रक्षसां भीरु सर्वथैष न संशयः । गमनं वा परस्त्रीणां हरणं संप्रमथ्य वा ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
svadharme rakṣasāṃ bhīru sarvathaiṣa na saṃśayaḥ | gamanaṃ vā parastrīṇāṃ haraṇaṃ saṃpramathya vā ||
English Scholarly Translation
O timid damsel, for certain it is the virtue of the Rākşasas that they always visit others' wives or come by them by force.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
स्वधर्मे
Lemma: स्वधर्म
POS: m
रक्षसां
Lemma: रक्षस्
POS: n
भीरु
Lemma: भीरु
POS: adj
सर्वथैष
Lemma: सर्वथा
POS: ind
सर्वथैष
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
संशयः
Lemma: संशय
POS: m
गमनं
Lemma: गमन
POS: n
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
परस्त्रीणां
Lemma: पर
POS: pron
परस्त्रीणां
Lemma: स्त्री
POS: f
हरणं
Lemma: हरण
POS: n
सम्प्रमथ्य
Lemma: सम्प्रमथ्
POS: 9. P.
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 5.18.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.