वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-20, verse-17

सुप्रभाजनयच्चापि पुत्रान्पञ्चाशतं पुनः ।
संहारान्नाम दुर्धर्षान्दुराक्रामान्बलीयसः ॥१७॥

17. suprabhājanayaccāpi putrānpañcāśataṃ punaḥ ,
saṃhārānnāma durdharṣāndurākrāmānbalīyasaḥ.

17. suprabhā ajanayat ca api putrān pañcāśataṃ punaḥ
| saṃhārān nāma durdharṣān durākrāmān balīyasaḥ

17. suprabhā ca api punaḥ pañcāśataṃ putrān saṃhārān
nāma durdharṣān durākrāmān balīyasaḥ ajanayat

17. And Suprabhā also begot fifty more sons, named Saṃhāras, who were formidable, unassailable, and exceedingly powerful.

Words meanings summery:

• सुप्रभा (suprabhā) - Suprabhā, one of the daughters of Dakṣa (Suprabhā (a name))

• अजनयत् (ajanayat) - she begot, produced

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• पञ्चाशतं (pañcāśataṁ) - fifty

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

• संहारान् (saṁhārān) - The sons begotten by Suprabhā, named Saṃhāras ('Destroyers') (Saṃhāras (a class of beings/weapons))

• नाम (nāma) - by name, namely

• दुर्धर्षान् (durdharṣān) - unconquerable, formidable

• दुराक्रामान् (durākrāmān) - difficult to attack, unassailable

• बलीयसः (balīyasaḥ) - stronger, more powerful, exceedingly powerful

Words meanings and morphology

सुप्रभा (suprabhā) - Suprabhā, one of the daughters of Dakṣa (Suprabhā (a name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suprabhā

suprabhā - Suprabhā (a female name, meaning 'very bright, splendid')

अजनयत् (ajanayat) - she begot, produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √jan

Imperfect

Imperfect active (parasmaipada) 3rd singular form of √jan (class 4)

Prefix: a-

Root: √jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

पञ्चाशतं (pañcāśataṁ) - fifty

(numeral)

Note: Declined as an adjective modifying 'putrān'

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, moreover

(indeclinable)

संहारान् (saṁhārān) - The sons begotten by Suprabhā, named Saṃhāras ('Destroyers') (Saṃhāras (a class of beings/weapons))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃhāra

saṁhāra - destruction, annihilation, collection, withdrawal (of senses)

Derived from saṃ-√hṛ (to draw together, destroy)

Prefix: sam-

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - by name, namely

(indeclinable)

दुर्धर्षान् (durdharṣān) - unconquerable, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - unconquerable, irresistible, formidable, unassailable

Derived from dur- (difficult) + √dhṛṣ (to dare, attack)

Prefix: dur-

Root: √dhṛṣ (class 5)

दुराक्रामान् (durākrāmān) - difficult to attack, unassailable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of durākrāma

durākrāma - difficult to attack, unassailable, inaccessible

Derived from dur- (difficult) + ā-√kram (to attack)

Prefixes: dur-+ā-

Root: √kram (class 1)

बलीयसः (balīyasaḥ) - stronger, more powerful, exceedingly powerful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of balīyas

balīyas - stronger, more powerful, superior in strength

Comparative form of bala (strength) or balin (strong)

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