Shloka 5.4Unverified draft

तस्यास्य वसतोऽरण्ये नियतस्य महात्मनः । रावणेन हृता भार्या स त्वां शरणमागतः ।।4.5.4।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
tasyāsya vasato'raṇye niyatasya mahātmanaḥतस्यास्य वसतोऽरण्ये नियतस्य महात्मनःwhile this great-souled, self-restrained one was living in the forestgenitive absolute: genitive pronoun + genitive pronoun + genitive participle + locative + genitive participle + genitive adjective
rāvaṇena hṛtā bhāryā sa tvāṃ śaraṇamāgataḥरावणेन हृता भार्या स त्वां शरणमागतःhis wife was carried off by Rāvaṇa; he has come to you for refugeinstrumental agent + past participle + nominative subject + nominative pronoun + accusative pronoun + accusative + past participle

Reference: 4.5.4 · Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa