वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-87, verse-20

साधु सैन्याः प्रतिष्ठन्तां विचिन्वन्तु च काननम् ।
यथा तौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ दृश्येते रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥२०॥

20. sādhu sainyāḥ pratiṣṭhantāṃ vicinvantu ca kānanam ,
yathā tau puruṣavyāghrau dṛśyete rāmalakṣmaṇau.

20. sādhu sainyāḥ pratiṣṭhantām vicinvantu ca kānanam
yathā tau puruṣavyāghrau dṛśyete rāmalakṣmaṇau

20. sainyāḥ sādhu pratiṣṭhantām ca kānanam vicinvantu
yathā tau puruṣavyāghrau rāmalakṣmaṇau dṛśyete

20. Indeed, let the soldiers advance and search the forest, so that those two best among men, Rama and Lakshmana, may be seen.

Words meanings summery:

• साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

• सैन्याः (sainyāḥ) - soldiers, armies

• प्रतिष्ठन्ताम् (pratiṣṭhantām) - let them go forth, let them proceed

• विचिन्वन्तु (vicinvantu) - let them search

• च (ca) - and

• काननम् (kānanam) - forest

• यथा (yathā) - so that, as, in order that

• तौ (tau) - those two

• पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - two tigers among men, two best of men

• दृश्येते (dṛśyete) - may be seen, are seen

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

Words meanings and morphology

साधु (sādhu) - well, properly, indeed, good

(indeclinable)

सैन्याः (sainyāḥ) - soldiers, armies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sainya

sainya - relating to an army, military; an army, soldiers

Root: senā

प्रतिष्ठन्ताम् (pratiṣṭhantām) - let them go forth, let them proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

विचिन्वन्तु (vicinvantu) - let them search

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ci

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

काननम् (kānanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, wood

यथा (yathā) - so that, as, in order that

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुरुषव्याघ्रौ (puruṣavyāghrau) - two tigers among men, two best of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

दृश्येते (dṛśyete) - may be seen, are seen

(verb)

3rd person , dual, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

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