वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-85, verse-14

आह्वये देवगन्धर्वान् विश्वावसुहहाहुहून् ।
तथैवाप्सरसो देवीर्गन्धर्वीश्चापि सर्वशः ॥१४॥

14. āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn ,
tathaivāpsaraso devīrgandharvīścāpi sarvaśaḥ.

14. āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn tathā
eva apsarasaḥ devīḥ gandharvīḥ ca api sarvaśaḥ

14. āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn tathā
eva devīḥ apsarasaḥ ca gandharvīḥ api sarvaśaḥ

14. I invoke the celestial Gandharvas—Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Huhū—and similarly, all the divine Apsarases and female Gandharvas.

Words meanings summery:

• आह्वये (āhvaye) - I invoke, I call upon

• देवगन्धर्वान् (devagandharvān) - celestial Gandharvas

• विश्वावसुहहाहुहून् (viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn) - (the Gandharvas) Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Huhū

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - Apsarases (celestial nymphs)

• देवीः (devīḥ) - divine (Apsarases) (divine, goddesses)

• गन्धर्वीः (gandharvīḥ) - female Gandharvas

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all (of them) (entirely, completely, all)

Words meanings and morphology

आह्वये (āhvaye) - I invoke, I call upon

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ā-hve

Prefix: ā

Root: hve (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

देवगन्धर्वान् (devagandharvān) - celestial Gandharvas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of devagandharva

devagandharva - divine Gandharva, celestial musician

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+gandharva)

• deva – god, divine, celestial
  noun (masculine)
• gandharva – a class of celestial musicians and singers, a Gandharva
  noun (masculine)

विश्वावसुहहाहुहून् (viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn) - (the Gandharvas) Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Huhū

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of viśvāvasuhahāhuhū

viśvāvasuhahāhuhū - a group of specific Gandharvas mentioned together

Compound type : dvandva (viśvāvasu+hahā+huhū)

• viśvāvasu – a famous Gandharva
  proper noun (masculine)
• hahā – a famous Gandharva
  proper noun (masculine)
• huhū – a famous Gandharva
  proper noun (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so, thus

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, even

(indeclinable)

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - Apsarases (celestial nymphs)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - a celestial nymph, an Apsaras

देवीः (devīḥ) - divine (Apsarases) (divine, goddesses)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of devī

devī - goddess, divine female

Note: Agrees with 'apsarasaḥ'.

गन्धर्वीः (gandharvīḥ) - female Gandharvas

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gandharvī

gandharvī - a female Gandharva

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - all (of them) (entirely, completely, all)

(indeclinable)

Derived from sarva (all) with the suffix -śas (in every respect).

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