वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-78, verse-3

स एष हि महाकायः कोविदारध्वजो रथे ।
बन्धयिष्यति वा दाशानथ वास्मान् वधिष्यति ॥३॥

3. sa eṣa hi mahākāyaḥ kovidāradhvajo rathe ,
bandhayiṣyati vā dāśānatha vāsmān vadhiṣyati.

3. sa eṣa hi mahākāyaḥ kovidāradhvajaḥ rathe
bandhayiṣyati vā dāśān atha vā asmān vadhiṣyati

3. hi sa eṣa mahākāyaḥ kovidāradhvajaḥ rathe
dāśān vā bandhayiṣyati atha vā asmān vadhiṣyati

3. Indeed, this very person, immense in body, with the Kovidāra banner on his chariot, will either cause the Dāśas to be bound or he will slay us.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that (masculine)

• एष (eṣa) - this (masculine)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• कोविदारध्वजः (kovidāradhvajaḥ) - whose banner bears the Kovidāra tree

• रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

• बन्धयिष्यति (bandhayiṣyati) - he will cause to be bound, he will imprison

• वा (vā) - or, either

• दाशान् (dāśān) - the Dāśas (a tribe or group)

• अथ (atha) - then, now, or else

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us (accusative plural)

• वधिष्यति (vadhiṣyati) - he will kill, he will slay

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एष (eṣa) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a large body, gigantic, enormous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, excellent
  adjective
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

कोविदारध्वजः (kovidāradhvajaḥ) - whose banner bears the Kovidāra tree

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kovidāradhvaja

kovidāradhvaja - having the Kovidāra tree as a banner, marked with the Kovidāra tree on a flag

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kovidāra+dhvaja)

• kovidāra – the tree Bauhinia variegata
  noun (masculine)
• dhvaja – banner, flag, standard, mark, sign
  noun (masculine)

रथे (rathe) - in the chariot

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car, vehicle

बन्धयिष्यति (bandhayiṣyati) - he will cause to be bound, he will imprison

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bandh

Future Causal Active

Causal stem: bandh-aya-

Root: bandh (class 1)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

दाशान् (dāśān) - the Dāśas (a tribe or group)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāśa

dāśa - a fisherman, a member of the Dāśa tribe (often associated with Nishadas), a barbarian

अथ (atha) - then, now, or else

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अस्मान् (asmān) - us (accusative plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

वधिष्यति (vadhiṣyati) - he will kill, he will slay

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vadh

Future Active

Root: vadh (class 1)