वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-5

ततः कलापान् संनह्य खड्गौ बद्ध्वा च धन्विनौ ।
जग्मतुर्येन तौ गङ्गां सीतया सह राघवौ ॥५॥

5. tataḥ kalāpān saṃnahya khaḍgau baddhvā ca dhanvinau ,
jagmaturyena tau gaṅgāṃ sītayā saha rāghavau.

5. tataḥ kalāpān saṃnahya khaḍgau baddhvā ca dhanvinau
jagmatuḥ yena tau gaṅgām sītayā saha rāghavau

5. tataḥ dhanvinau rāghavau kalāpān saṃnahya ca
khaḍgau baddhvā tau sītayā saha yena gaṅgām jagmatuḥ

5. Then, having fastened their quivers and tied on their two swords, the two archers, the Raghavas, went with Sita to where the Gaṅgā was.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• कलापान् (kalāpān) - quivers, bundles

• संनह्य (saṁnahya) - having fastened, having donned, having prepared

• खड्गौ (khaḍgau) - two swords

• बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied, having bound

• च (ca) - and

• धन्विनौ (dhanvinau) - the two archers

• जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

• येन (yena) - by which way, where

• तौ (tau) - those two

• गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā (river)

• सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• राघवौ (rāghavau) - the two Raghavas (Rama and Lakshmana)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed with suffix -tas

कलापान् (kalāpān) - quivers, bundles

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kalāpa

kalāpa - quiver, bundle, collection, ornament

संनह्य (saṁnahya) - having fastened, having donned, having prepared

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed by adding -ya to the root nah preceded by prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: nah (class 4)

खड्गौ (khaḍgau) - two swords

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of khaḍga

khaḍga - sword, scimitar

बद्ध्वा (baddhvā) - having tied, having bound

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed by adding -tvā to the root bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धन्विनौ (dhanvinau) - the two archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhanvin

dhanvin - archer, possessing a bow

Derived from dhanus (bow) with suffix -vin

जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of gam

perfect active

3rd person dual, perfect tense, 1st class verb

Root: gam (class 1)

येन (yena) - by which way, where

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गङ्गाम् (gaṅgām) - the Gaṅgā (river)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gaṅgā

gaṅgā - the Gaṅgā river

सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

राघवौ (rāghavau) - the two Raghavas (Rama and Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (epithet for Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna)

Derived from Raghu (name of an ancient king) with suffix -a

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