वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-21, verse-8

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ खड्गवन्तौ महाद्युती ।
स्थाणुं देवमिवाचिन्त्यं कुमाराविव पावकी ॥८॥

8. baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī ,
sthāṇuṃ devamivācintyaṃ kumārāviva pāvakī.

8. baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī
sthāṇum devam iva acintyam kumārau iva pāvakau

8. baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau khaḍgavantau mahādyutī
acintyam sthāṇum devam iva pāvakau kumārau iva

8. Wearing arm-guards made of iguana-skin and bearing swords, both of them possessed great radiance, appearing like the two Kumāras, sons of Agni, or like the inconceivable god Sthāṇu (Śiva).

Words meanings summery:

• बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ (baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau) - wearing arm-guards made of iguana skin

• खड्गवन्तौ (khaḍgavantau) - having swords, sword-wielding

• महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - of great splendor, very radiant

• स्थाणुम् (sthāṇum) - Sthāṇu (an epithet of Śiva)

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• अचिन्त्यम् (acintyam) - inconceivable, unthinkable

• कुमारौ (kumārau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, comparing them to the divine Kumāras (Kārtikeya and possibly another deity or epithet) (the two Kumāras (sons of Agni, youthful deities))

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• पावकौ (pāvakau) - referring to the Kumāras as sons of Agni (sons of Agni (Pāvaka))

Words meanings and morphology

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ (baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau) - wearing arm-guards made of iguana skin

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇa

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇa - having fastened iguana-skin finger-protectors/arm-guards

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (baddha+godhāṅgulitrāṇa)

• baddha – bound, tied, fastened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root bandh + kta
  Root: bandh (class 7)
• godhāṅgulitrāṇa – iguana-skin finger/arm protector
  noun (neuter)

खड्गवन्तौ (khaḍgavantau) - having swords, sword-wielding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of khaḍgavat

khaḍgavat - possessing a sword, armed with a sword

possessive suffix -vat

महाद्युती (mahādyutī) - of great splendor, very radiant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahādyuti

mahādyuti - very bright, greatly radiant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+dyuti)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• dyuti – splendor, light, brilliance
  noun (feminine)

स्थाणुम् (sthāṇum) - Sthāṇu (an epithet of Śiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthāṇu

sthāṇu - fixed, unmoving; a name of Śiva

देवम् (devam) - god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

अचिन्त्यम् (acintyam) - inconceivable, unthinkable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acintya

acintya - inconceivable, unthinkable, incomprehensible

Gerundive

formed with prefix a- and root cint + ya suffix

Prefix: a

Root: cint (class 10)

कुमारौ (kumārau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, comparing them to the divine Kumāras (Kārtikeya and possibly another deity or epithet) (the two Kumāras (sons of Agni, youthful deities))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, son; a name of Kārtikeya

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकौ (pāvakau) - referring to the Kumāras as sons of Agni (sons of Agni (Pāvaka))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifying, pure; fire, Agni; a son of Agni

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