वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-13, verse-26

कौसल्या तं हयं तत्र परिचर्य समन्ततः ।
कृपाणैर्विशशासैनं त्रिभिः परमया मुदा ॥२६॥

26. kausalyā taṃ hayaṃ tatra paricarya samantataḥ ,
kṛpāṇairviśaśāsainaṃ tribhiḥ paramayā mudā.

26. kausalyā tam hayam tatra paricarya samantataḥ
kṛpāṇaiḥ viśasāsa enam tribhiḥ paramayā mudā

26. tatra kausalyā tam hayam samantataḥ paricarya
tribhiḥ kṛpāṇaiḥ enam paramayā mudā viśasāsa

26. There, Kaushalya, having honored that horse thoroughly, slaughtered it with three swords with utmost delight.

Words meanings summery:

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - King Dasharatha's chief queen and Rama's mother (Kaushalya)

• तम् (tam) - that (horse) (that, him, it)

• हयम् (hayam) - the sacrificial horse (horse, steed)

• तत्र (tatra) - at that place (where the sacrifice is performed) (there, then)

• परिचर्य (paricarya) - having honored (the horse as part of the ritual) (having served, having honored, having attended)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - thoroughly, completely (in the ritual context) (completely, all around, everywhere)

• कृपाणैः (kṛpāṇaiḥ) - with ritual knives/daggers (by swords, with knives)

• विशसास (viśasāsa) - slaughtered (the horse) (slaughtered, cut up, sacrificed)

• एनम् (enam) - it (the horse) (him, it)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (swords) (with three, by three)

• परमया (paramayā) - with utmost (delight) (with utmost, with supreme)

• मुदा (mudā) - with utmost delight (with joy, with delight, with pleasure)

Words meanings and morphology

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - King Dasharatha's chief queen and Rama's mother (Kaushalya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kaushalya (name of Dasharatha's queen)

Feminine patronymic from Kosala.

तम् (tam) - that (horse) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हयम् (hayam) - the sacrificial horse (horse, steed)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of haya

haya - horse, steed

From root hi (to go, to move).

Root: hi

तत्र (tatra) - at that place (where the sacrifice is performed) (there, then)

(indeclinable)

From pronoun tad + suffix tra.

परिचर्य (paricarya) - having honored (the horse as part of the ritual) (having served, having honored, having attended)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From root car with prefix pari.

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - thoroughly, completely (in the ritual context) (completely, all around, everywhere)

(indeclinable)

From samanta + suffix tas.

कृपाणैः (kṛpāṇaiḥ) - with ritual knives/daggers (by swords, with knives)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kṛpāṇa

kṛpāṇa - sword, dagger, knife

Root: kṛp

विशसास (viśasāsa) - slaughtered (the horse) (slaughtered, cut up, sacrificed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of viśas

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Intensive/reduplicated perfect from root śas with vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: śas (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form.

एनम् (enam) - it (the horse) (him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, it

Anaphoric pronoun, refers to something already mentioned.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (swords) (with three, by three)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

Note: Forms for masculine/neuter: tribhiḥ.

परमया (paramayā) - with utmost (delight) (with utmost, with supreme)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent

Superlative form of para.

Note: Agrees with mudā.

मुदा (mudā) - with utmost delight (with joy, with delight, with pleasure)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, pleasure, gladness

From root mud (to rejoice).

Root: mud (class 1)