वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-20, verse-18

तानि चास्त्राणि वेत्त्येष यथावत् कुशिकात्मजः ।
अपूर्वाणां च जनने शक्तो भूयश्च धर्मवित् ॥१८॥

18. tāni cāstrāṇi vettyeṣa yathāvat kuśikātmajaḥ ,
apūrvāṇāṃ ca janane śakto bhūyaśca dharmavit.

18. tāni ca astrāṇi vetti eṣa yathāvat kuśikātmajaḥ
| apūrvāṇām ca janane śaktaḥ bhūyaḥ ca dharma-vit

18. eṣa kuśikātmajaḥ tāni ca astrāṇi yathāvat vetti
ca apūrvāṇām janane ca bhūyaḥ dharma-vit śaktaḥ

18. And this son of Kuśika (Viśvāmitra) knows those missiles and weapons precisely, and he is also capable of generating new, unprecedented ones. Furthermore, he is a knower of (natural) law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those

• च (ca) - and

• अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - missiles, divine weapons

• वेत्ति (vetti) - he knows

• एष (eṣa) - this (person)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, precisely

• कुशिकात्मजः (kuśikātmajaḥ) - Viśvāmitra, the son of Kuśika (the son of Kuśika)

• अपूर्वाणाम् (apūrvāṇām) - of unprecedented, of new, of never-before-seen ones

• च (ca) - and

• जनने (janane) - in the generation, in the production

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - furthermore, again, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• धर्म-वित् (dharma-vit) - knower of (natural) law

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Can also be nominative plural

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - missiles, divine weapons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - missile, projectile, divine weapon

Note: Can also be nominative plural

वेत्ति (vetti) - he knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √vid

Present

Present active (parasmaipada) 3rd singular form of √vid (class 2, irregular)

Root: √vid (class 2)

एष (eṣa) - this (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, precisely

(indeclinable)

कुशिकात्मजः (kuśikātmajaḥ) - Viśvāmitra, the son of Kuśika (the son of Kuśika)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśikātmaja

kuśikātmaja - son of Kuśika

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuśika+ātmaja)

• kuśika – Kuśika (name of an ancient sage, father of Viśvāmitra)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, offspring (literally 'born from oneself')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ātman (self) + √jan (to be born)
  Root: √jan (class 4)

अपूर्वाणाम् (apūrvāṇām) - of unprecedented, of new, of never-before-seen ones

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of apūrva

apūrva - unprecedented, novel, new, not before existing

Compound with negative prefix 'a-' and 'pūrva' (former)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जनने (janane) - in the generation, in the production

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janana

janana - generating, producing, causing to be born, birth

Verbal noun from root √jan (to beget, produce)

Root: √jan (class 4)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable, able, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - able, capable, powerful, mighty

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śak (to be able)

Root: √śak (class 5)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - furthermore, again, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्म-वित् (dharma-vit) - knower of (natural) law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma-vid

dharma-vid - knower of (natural) law (dharma), one who knows righteousness

Compound of dharma and vid (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+vid)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root √vid (to know)
  Root: √vid (class 2)

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