वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-1, verse-9

सर्व एव तु तस्येष्टाश्चत्वारः पुरुषर्षभाः ।
स्वशरीराद्विनिर्वृत्ताश्चत्वार इव बाहवः ॥९॥

9. sarva eva tu tasyeṣṭāścatvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ ,
svaśarīrādvinirvṛttāścatvāra iva bāhavaḥ.

9. sarve eva tu tasya iṣṭāḥ catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
svaśarīrāt vinirvṛttāḥ catvāraḥ iva bāhavaḥ

9. tu sarve eva catvāraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ tasya iṣṭāḥ
svaśarīrāt vinirvṛttāḥ catvāraḥ bāhavaḥ iva

9. Indeed, all four of those outstanding men were dear to him, having sprung forth from his own body just like four arms.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all four sons (all, every)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• तस्य (tasya) - of the king (his, of him)

• इष्टाः (iṣṭāḥ) - dear to the king (dear, beloved, desired)

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - all four sons (four)

• पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - the four sons, who were excellent men (best among men, bull-like men, foremost of men)

• स्वशरीरात् (svaśarīrāt) - from the king's own body (from his own body)

• विनिर्वृत्ताः (vinirvṛttāḥ) - born from the king's body (born, sprung forth, produced)

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - like four arms (four)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all four sons (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of the king (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इष्टाः (iṣṭāḥ) - dear to the king (dear, beloved, desired)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, longed for, beloved, dear, liked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root iṣ (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 4)

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - all four sons (four)

(numeral)

पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - the four sons, who were excellent men (best among men, bull-like men, foremost of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best among men, chief of men, bull among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

स्वशरीरात् (svaśarīrāt) - from the king's own body (from his own body)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of svaśarīra

svaśarīra - one's own body

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+śarīra)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• śarīra – body, corporeal frame
  noun (neuter)

विनिर्वृत्ताः (vinirvṛttāḥ) - born from the king's body (born, sprung forth, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinirvṛtta

vinirvṛtta - born, produced, effected, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛt (to be, exist) with prefixes vi and nir.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - like four arms (four)

(numeral)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

बाहवः (bāhavaḥ) - arms

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, fore-arm