वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-20, verse-13

सर्वास्त्राणि कृशाश्वस्य पुत्राः परमधार्मिकाः ।
कौशिकाय पुरा दत्ता यदा राज्यं प्रशासति ॥१३॥

13. sarvāstrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ ,
kauśikāya purā dattā yadā rājyaṃ praśāsati.

13. sarva-astrāṇi kṛśāśvasya putrāḥ parama-dhārmikāḥ
kauśikāya purā dattāḥ yadā rājyam praśāsati

13. sarva-astrāṇi kṛśāśvasya parama-dhārmikāḥ putrāḥ
kauśikāya purā dattāḥ yadā rājyam praśāsati

13. All these weapons (sarvāstrāṇi) are the sons of Kṛśāśva, who are supremely righteous (dharma). They were given to Kauśika formerly, when he was ruling the kingdom.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्व-अस्त्राणि (sarva-astrāṇi) - all weapons, all missiles

• कृशाश्वस्य (kṛśāśvasya) - of Kṛśāśva

• पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

• परम-धार्मिकाः (parama-dhārmikāḥ) - exceedingly righteous, supremely virtuous, highly adherent to natural law

• कौशिकाय (kauśikāya) - to Kauśika

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, anciently

• दत्ताः (dattāḥ) - given, presented

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

• प्रशासति (praśāsati) - when Kauśika was ruling (was ruling, while ruling)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्व-अस्त्राणि (sarva-astrāṇi) - all weapons, all missiles

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvāstra

sarvāstra - all weapons

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+astra)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• astra – weapon, missile, projectile
  noun (neuter)

कृशाश्वस्य (kṛśāśvasya) - of Kṛśāśva

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛśāśva

kṛśāśva - Kṛśāśva (a proper name of a sage, father of weapons)

पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

परम-धार्मिकाः (parama-dhārmikāḥ) - exceedingly righteous, supremely virtuous, highly adherent to natural law

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paramadhārmika

paramadhārmika - supremely righteous, exceedingly virtuous, highly adherent to (dharma)

compound meaning 'highest in righteousness'

Compound type : karmadharaya (parama+dhārmika)

• parama – highest, supreme, excellent, utmost
  adjective
• dhārmika – righteous, virtuous, pious, adherent to natural law (dharma)
  adjective
  derived from dharma with suffix -ika

कौशिकाय (kauśikāya) - to Kauśika

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kauśika

kauśika - Kauśika (a proper name, here referring to Viśvāmitra)

descendant of Kuśika

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, anciently

(indeclinable)

दत्ताः (dattāḥ) - given, presented

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of datta

datta - given, granted, presented

Past Passive Participle

past passive participle of root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

(indeclinable)

प्रशासति (praśāsati) - when Kauśika was ruling (was ruling, while ruling)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of praśāsant

praśāsant - ruling, governing, administering

Present Active Participle

present active participle of pra-śās (to rule, govern)

Prefix: pra

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Used here adjectivally to refer to Kauśika (implicitly).

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