वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-55, verse-16

स तादृशः सिंहबलो वृषभाक्षो नरर्षभः ।
स्वयमेव हतः पित्रा जलजेनात्मजो यथा ॥१६॥

16. sa tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalo vṛṣabhākṣo nararṣabhaḥ ,
svayameva hataḥ pitrā jalajenātmajo yathā.

16. saḥ tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalaḥ vṛṣabhākṣaḥ nararṣabhaḥ
svayam eva hataḥ pitrā jalajena ātmajaḥ yathā

16. saḥ tādṛśaḥ siṃhabalaḥ vṛṣabhākṣaḥ nararṣabhaḥ
pitrā svayam eva hataḥ yathā jalajena ātmajaḥ

16. Such a one, who possessed the strength of a lion, had eyes like a bull, and was the best among men, was killed by his own father, just as a lotus (born from water) is destroyed by water.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

• सिंहबलः (siṁhabalaḥ) - having the strength of a lion

• वृषभाक्षः (vṛṣabhākṣaḥ) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull

• नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - best among men, bull among men

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, self

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• जलजेन (jalajena) - by the water-born, by the lotus

• आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - that which is born from water (referring to the lotus as produced by water) (son, born from oneself, self-produced)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that appearance, of that kind

सिंहबलः (siṁhabalaḥ) - having the strength of a lion

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃhabala

siṁhabala - one having the strength of a lion

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (siṃha+bala)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

वृषभाक्षः (vṛṣabhākṣaḥ) - bull-eyed, having eyes like a bull

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣabhākṣa

vṛṣabhākṣa - one having eyes like a bull

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛṣabha+akṣa)

• vṛṣabha – bull, lord, best
  noun (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

नरर्षभः (nararṣabhaḥ) - best among men, bull among men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - best of men, excellent man

Tatpurusha compound (lit. 'bull among men')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, male
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, self

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, slain, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

जलजेन (jalajena) - by the water-born, by the lotus

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jalaja

jalaja - water-born, lotus, conch-shell

Tatpurusha compound: jala (water) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ja)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix indicating origin
  Root: jan (class 4)

आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - that which is born from water (referring to the lotus as produced by water) (son, born from oneself, self-produced)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, daughter, born from oneself, produced from oneself

Tatpurusha compound: ātman (self) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix indicating origin
  Root: jan (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)