वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-27, verse-6

पद्मनाभमहानाभौ दुन्दुनाभसुनाभकौ ।
ज्योतिषं कृशनं चैव नैराश्य विमलाव् उभौ ॥६॥

6. padmanābhamahānābhau dundunābhasunābhakau ,
jyotiṣaṃ kṛśanaṃ caiva nairāśya vimalāv ubhau.

6. padmanābhamahānābhau dundunābhasunābhakau
jyotiṣam kṛśanam ca eva nairāśyavimalau ubhau

6. padmanābhamahānābhau dundunābhasunābhakau
jyotiṣam kṛśanam ca eva nairāśyavimalau ubhau

6. I give you the arrows called Padmanābha, Mahānābha, Dundunābha, Sunābhaka, and also Jyotiṣa and Kṛśana, along with Nairāśya and Vimala, both of these.

Words meanings summery:

• पद्मनाभमहानाभौ (padmanābhamahānābhau) - The two (arrows) called Padmanābha and Mahānābha

• दुन्दुनाभसुनाभकौ (dundunābhasunābhakau) - The two (arrows) called Dundunābha and Sunābhaka

• ज्योतिषम् (jyotiṣam) - The (arrow) called Jyotiṣa

• कृशनम् (kṛśanam) - The (arrow) called Kṛśana

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

• नैराश्यविमलौ (nairāśyavimalau) - The two (arrows) named Nairāśya and Vimala

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

Words meanings and morphology

पद्मनाभमहानाभौ (padmanābhamahānābhau) - The two (arrows) called Padmanābha and Mahānābha

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of padmanābhamahānābha

padmanābhamahānābha - The two names Padmanābha and Mahānābha (as a dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound of Padmanābha and Mahānābha

Compound type : dvandva (padmanābha+mahānābha)

• padmanābha – lotus-navelled; name of Vishnu; name of an arrow
  proper noun (masculine)
• mahānābha – great-navelled; name of an arrow
  proper noun (masculine)

दुन्दुनाभसुनाभकौ (dundunābhasunābhakau) - The two (arrows) called Dundunābha and Sunābhaka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of dundunābhasunābhaka

dundunābhasunābhaka - The two names Dundunābha and Sunābhaka (as a dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound of Dundunābha and Sunābhaka

Compound type : dvandva (dundunābha+sunābhaka)

• dundunābha – Dundunābha (name of an arrow)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sunābhaka – Sunābhaka (name of an arrow)
  proper noun (masculine)

ज्योतिषम् (jyotiṣam) - The (arrow) called Jyotiṣa

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jyotiṣa

jyotiṣa - light, a heavenly body; a name of an arrow

कृशनम् (kṛśanam) - The (arrow) called Kṛśana

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛśana

kṛśana - lean, thin, weak; a name of an arrow

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, also

(indeclinable)

नैराश्यविमलौ (nairāśyavimalau) - The two (arrows) named Nairāśya and Vimala

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of nairāśyavimala

nairāśyavimala - The two names Nairāśya and Vimala (as a dvandva compound)

Dvandva compound of Nairāśya and Vimala

Compound type : dvandva (nairāśya+vimala)

• nairāśya – hopelessness, despair; name of an arrow
  proper noun (neuter)
• vimala – stainless, pure, clear; name of an arrow
  proper noun (masculine)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

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