वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-14, verse-11

तन्मनन्नो भयं तस्माद् राक्षसाद्घोरदर्शनात् ।
वधार्थं तस्य भगवन्नुपायं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥११॥

11. tanmananno bhayaṃ tasmād rākṣasādghoradarśanāt ,
vadhārthaṃ tasya bhagavannupāyaṃ kartumarhasi.

11. tat manan naḥ bhayam tasmāt rākṣasāt ghoradarśanāt
vadhārtham tasya bhagavan upāyam kartum arhasi

11. bhagavan tasmāt ghoradarśanāt rākṣasāt tat naḥ
manan bhayam tasya vadhārtham upāyam kartum arhasi

11. Therefore, our fear is from that demon of dreadful appearance. O Lord, you ought to devise a means for his killing.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

• मनन् (manan) - thinking, reflection, mind

• नः (naḥ) - our, for us

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, from him

• राक्षसात् (rākṣasāt) - from the demon

• घोरदर्शनात् (ghoradarśanāt) - of dreadful appearance, from the dreadful-looking one

• वधार्थम् (vadhārtham) - for the purpose of killing, for killing

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O Worshipful one

• उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, remedy

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore, so, that

(indeclinable)

मनन् (manan) - thinking, reflection, mind

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manan

manan - thinking, reflecting, mind

verbal noun

Root: man (class 4)

नः (naḥ) - our, for us

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, danger

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that, from him

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राक्षसात् (rākṣasāt) - from the demon

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, rakshasa

घोरदर्शनात् (ghoradarśanāt) - of dreadful appearance, from the dreadful-looking one

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ghoradarśana

ghoradarśana - having a dreadful appearance

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghora+darśana)

• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fierce
  adjective
• darśana – sight, appearance
  noun (neuter)

वधार्थम् (vadhārtham) - for the purpose of killing, for killing

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vadha+artha)

• vadha – killing, slaying
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine/neuter)

Note: Used adverbially to denote purpose

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O Worshipful one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, worshipful, Lord

उपायम् (upāyam) - means, method, remedy

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, remedy, resource

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form in -tum

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

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