महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-261, verse-2

कथं दाशरथी वीरौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
प्रस्थापितौ वनं ब्रह्म मैथिली च यशस्विनी ॥२॥

2. kathaṁ dāśarathī vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ,
prasthāpitau vanaṁ brahma maithilī ca yaśasvinī.

2. katham dāśarathī vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
prasthāpitau vanam maithilī ca yaśasvinī

2. How were the two heroic sons of Dasharatha, the brothers Rama and Lakshmana, sent to the forest, and also the illustrious Maithili (Sita)?

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• दाशरथी (dāśarathī) - Rama and Lakshmana, as sons of Dasharatha (the two sons of Dasharatha)

• वीरौ (vīrau) - the two heroic ones, two heroes

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

• प्रस्थापितौ (prasthāpitau) - sent forth, despatched

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithili (Sita)

• च (ca) - and

• यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - illustrious, glorious, famous

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

दाशरथी (dāśarathī) - Rama and Lakshmana, as sons of Dasharatha (the two sons of Dasharatha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dāśarathi

dāśarathi - son of Dasharatha

patronymic from Dasharatha

वीरौ (vīrau) - the two heroic ones, two heroes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, powerful

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

प्रस्थापितौ (prasthāpitau) - sent forth, despatched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prasthāpita

prasthāpita - sent forth, made to depart, despatched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'sthā' with prefix 'pra', meaning 'to send forth'

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithili (Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithili (a proper name, referring to Sita, princess of Mithila)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यशस्विनी (yaśasvinī) - illustrious, glorious, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yaśasvin

yaśasvin - illustrious, glorious, famous, celebrated