वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-1, verse-60

पञ्च सेनाग्रगान् हत्वा सप्त मन्त्रिसुतानपि ।
शूरमक्षं च निष्पिष्य ग्रहणं समुपागमत् ॥६०॥

60. pañca senāgragān hatvā sapta mantrisutānapi ,
śūramakṣaṃ ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇaṃ samupāgamat.

60. pañca senāgragān hatvā sapta mantrisutān api
śūram akṣam ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇam samupāgamat

60. pañca senāgragān hatvā sapta mantrisutān api
śūram akṣam ca niṣpiṣya grahaṇam samupāgamat

60. Having killed five chief commanders and also seven sons of ministers, and having crushed the valiant (śūra) Aksha, he then allowed himself to be captured (grahaṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• सेनाग्रगान् (senāgragān) - chief commanders of the army, those at the front of the army

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• मन्त्रिसुतान् (mantrisutān) - sons of ministers

• अपि (api) - also, even

• शूरम् (śūram) - brave, heroic, valiant

• अक्षम् (akṣam) - Aksha (Ravana's son)

• च (ca) - and, also

• निष्पिष्य (niṣpiṣya) - having crushed, having pounded

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizure, taking

• समुपागमत् (samupāgamat) - he attained, he underwent, he approached

Words meanings and morphology

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable in most cases for numbers from 5 upwards.

सेनाग्रगान् (senāgragān) - chief commanders of the army, those at the front of the army

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of senāgraga

senāgraga - chief commander, one who goes at the head of the army

Compound type : tatpurusha (senā+agra+ga)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• agra – front, tip, chief, foremost
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  From √gam (to go) with suffix -a
  Root: gam (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, having struck

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √han (to kill, strike) with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable in most cases for numbers from 5 upwards.

मन्त्रिसुतान् (mantrisutān) - sons of ministers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mantrisuta

mantrisuta - son of a minister

Compound type : tatpurusha (mantrin+suta)

• mantrin – minister, counselor
  noun (masculine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (from √sū 'to beget')
  Root: sū (class 2)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

शूरम् (śūram) - brave, heroic, valiant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, a hero

अक्षम् (akṣam) - Aksha (Ravana's son)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akṣa

akṣa - Aksha (name of Ravana's son)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the crushing of Aksha with the previous actions.

निष्पिष्य (niṣpiṣya) - having crushed, having pounded

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From nis-√piṣ (to grind, crush) with suffix -ya

Prefix: nis

Root: piṣ (class 7)

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizure, taking

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - capture, seizure, taking, eclipse

Root: grah (class 9)

समुपागमत् (samupāgamat) - he attained, he underwent, he approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of samupāgam

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)