वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-74, verse-3

तदिदं घोरसंकाशं जामदग्न्यं महद्धनुः ।
पूरयस्व शरेणैव स्वबलं दर्शयस्व च ॥३॥

3. tadidaṃ ghorasaṃkāśaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahaddhanuḥ ,
pūrayasva śareṇaiva svabalaṃ darśayasva ca.

3. tat idam ghorasaṃkāśam jāmadagnyam mahat dhanuḥ
pūrayasva śareṇa eva svabalam darśayasva ca

3. tat idam ghorasaṃkāśam jāmadagnyam mahat dhanuḥ
śareṇa eva pūrayasva ca svabalam darśayasva

3. This great bow, dreadful in appearance and belonging to Jamadagni, string it with an arrow and indeed demonstrate your own strength.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• इदम् (idam) - this

• घोरसंकाशम् (ghorasaṁkāśam) - dreadful-looking, terrifying in appearance

• जामदग्न्यम् (jāmadagnyam) - belonging to Jamadagni

• महत् (mahat) - great, mighty

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• पूरयस्व (pūrayasva) - string (it), draw (it)

• शरेण (śareṇa) - with an arrow

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• स्वबलम् (svabalam) - your own strength

• दर्शयस्व (darśayasva) - show, display

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

घोरसंकाशम् (ghorasaṁkāśam) - dreadful-looking, terrifying in appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghorasaṃkāśa

ghorasaṁkāśa - having a terrible appearance, dreadful-looking

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghora+saṃkāśa)

• ghora – dreadful, terrible, awful
  adjective (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – appearance, semblance, resembling
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

जामदग्न्यम् (jāmadagnyam) - belonging to Jamadagni

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāmadagnya

jāmadagnya - son of Jamadagni, belonging to Jamadagni

महत् (mahat) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

पूरयस्व (pūrayasva) - string (it), draw (it)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pūr

causative stem pūraya

Root: pṛ (class 9)

शरेण (śareṇa) - with an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

स्वबलम् (svabalam) - your own strength

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svabala

svabala - one's own strength

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bala)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

दर्शयस्व (darśayasva) - show, display

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

causative stem darśaya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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