वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-24, verse-19

एतैश्चान्यैश्च बहुभी राजपुत्रमहात्मभिः ।
अधर्मनिरता नार्यो हताः पुरुषसत्तमैः ॥१९॥

19. etaiścānyaiśca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ ,
adharmaniratā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ.

19. etaiḥ ca anyaiḥ ca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ
adharmaniratāḥ nāryaḥ hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ

19. etaiḥ ca anyaiḥ ca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ adharmaniratāḥ nāryaḥ hatāḥ [santi].

19. By these and many other great-souled princes, the best of men (puruṣa), unrighteous women were slain.

Words meanings summery:

• एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• बहुभी (bahubhī) - by many

• राजपुत्रमहात्मभिः (rājaputramahātmabhiḥ) - by great-souled princes

• अधर्मनिरताः (adharmaniratāḥ) - unrighteous (devoted to unrighteousness, engaged in unrighteousness)

• नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women, females

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

• पुरुषसत्तमैः (puruṣasattamaiḥ) - by the best of men

Words meanings and morphology

एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to persons previously mentioned or implicitly known.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects etaiḥ and anyaiḥ.

अन्यैः (anyaiḥ) - by others

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Indefinite pronoun.

Note: Refers to other individuals.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects anyaiḥ and bahubhī.

बहुभी (bahubhī) - by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Modifies rājaputramahātmabhiḥ.

राजपुत्रमहात्मभिः (rājaputramahātmabhiḥ) - by great-souled princes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rājaputramahātman

rājaputramahātman - great-souled prince

Compound of rājaputra (prince) and mahātman (great-souled).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājaputra+mahātman)

• rājaputra – king's son, prince
  noun (masculine)
  rājan (king) + putra (son).
• mahātman – great-souled, noble, magnanimous (ātman: self)
  adjective (masculine)
  mahā (great) + ātman (self, soul).

Note: Agent of the passive verb hatāḥ.

अधर्मनिरताः (adharmaniratāḥ) - unrighteous (devoted to unrighteousness, engaged in unrighteousness)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of adharmanirata

adharmanirata - devoted to unrighteousness, engaged in sin

Past Passive Participle

adharma (unrighteousness) + nirata (devoted to, engaged in).

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (adharma+nirata)

• adharma – unrighteousness, injustice, vice, absence of natural law (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  a (negative prefix) + dharma.
  Prefix: a
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• nirata – engaged in, devoted to, absorbed in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  ni (prefix) + √ram (to delight, to be pleased, to rest) + kta suffix.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Modifies nāryaḥ.

नार्यः (nāryaḥ) - women, females

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

From nara (man).

Note: Subject of the passive sentence.

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √han (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate participle for the passive construction.

पुरुषसत्तमैः (puruṣasattamaiḥ) - by the best of men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of puruṣasattama

puruṣasattama - best of men, foremost among men (puruṣa: cosmic person)

puruṣa (man) + sattama (best, superlative of sat).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+sattama)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of sat (good, existing).
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agent of the passive verb hatāḥ.

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