वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-3, chapter-18, verse-12
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ ।
देवौ वा मानुषौ वा तौ न तर्कयितुमुत्सहे ॥१२॥
देवौ वा मानुषौ वा तौ न तर्कयितुमुत्सहे ॥१२॥
12. gandharvarājapratimau pārthivavyañjanānvitau ,
devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitumutsahe.
devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitumutsahe.
12.
gandharvarājapratimau pārthivavyañjanānvitau
devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitum utsahe
devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitum utsahe
12.
tau gandharvarājapratimau pārthivavyañjanānvitau
devau vā mānuṣau vā na tarkayitum utsahe
devau vā mānuṣau vā na tarkayitum utsahe
12.
Resembling two kings of the Gandharvas and endowed with royal characteristics, I cannot discern whether those two are gods or humans.
Words meanings summery:
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- गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ (gandharvarājapratimau) - two resembling Gandharva kings
- पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ (pārthivavyañjanānvitau) - two endowed with royal marks or characteristics
- देवौ (devau) - two gods
- वा (vā) - or, either
- मानुषौ (mānuṣau) - two humans, two men
- वा (vā) - or, either
- तौ (tau) - those two
- न (na) - not, no
- तर्कयितुम् (tarkayitum) - to discern, to guess, to speculate
- उत्सहे (utsahe) - I am able, I dare, I venture
Words meanings and morphology
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ (gandharvarājapratimau) - two resembling Gandharva kings
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of gandharvarājapratima
gandharvarājapratima - resembling a Gandharva king
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandharva+rāja+pratima)
- gandharva – Gandharva (a class of celestial beings, musicians)
noun (masculine) - rāja – king, ruler
noun (masculine) - pratima – image, likeness, resembling
adjective (masculine)
पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ (pārthivavyañjanānvitau) - two endowed with royal marks or characteristics
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of pārthivavyañjanānvita
pārthivavyañjanānvita - endowed with royal marks/characteristics
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārthiva+vyañjana+anvita)
- pārthiva – earthly, royal, pertaining to a king
adjective (masculine) - vyañjana – mark, sign, characteristic
noun (neuter) - anvita – endowed with, accompanied by, possessed of
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from an-i
Prefix: anu
Root: i (class 2)
देवौ (devau) - two gods
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of deva
deva - god, deity; celestial being
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
मानुषौ (mānuṣau) - two humans, two men
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of mānuṣa
mānuṣa - human, pertaining to man; a man
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
तर्कयितुम् (tarkayitum) - to discern, to guess, to speculate
(indeclinable)
infinitive
Infinitive of the causative/denominative verb tarkayati
Root: tark (class 10)
उत्सहे (utsahe) - I am able, I dare, I venture
(verb)
1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of utsah
Prefix: ut
Root: sah (class 1)