वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-28, verse-24

चतुर्दश सहस्राणि राक्षसानां हतानि ते ।
त्वद्विनाशात् करोम्यद्य तेषामश्रुप्रमार्जनम् ॥२४॥

24. caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ hatāni te ,
tvadvināśāt karomyadya teṣāmaśrupramārjanam.

24. caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānām hatāni te
tvadvināśāt karomi adya teṣām aśrupramārjanam

24. caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānām te hatāni.
adya tvadvināśāt teṣām aśrupramārjanam karomi.

24. Fourteen thousand Rākṣasas were killed by you. Today, through your demise, I will wipe away their tears.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of Rākṣasas, of demons

• हतानि (hatāni) - killed, slain, struck

• ते (te) - by you (by you, for you)

• त्वद्विनाशात् (tvadvināśāt) - through your demise (from your destruction, owing to your destruction)

• करोमि (karomi) - I will make, I will do (implying future action or strong intention) (I do, I make)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• अश्रुप्रमार्जनम् (aśrupramārjanam) - wiping away of tears, cleansing of tears

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (catur+daśa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of Rākṣasas, of demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a Rākṣasa, a demon, an evil being

Derived from rakṣas.

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

हतानि (hatāni) - killed, slain, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root han.

Root: han (class 2)

ते (te) - by you (by you, for you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tva

tva - you, yourself

Note: Used as an enclitic pronoun; here it's an instrumental to denote the agent of the past passive participle.

त्वद्विनाशात् (tvadvināśāt) - through your demise (from your destruction, owing to your destruction)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tvadvināśa

tvadvināśa - your destruction, your demise

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tva+vināśa)

• tva – you, your
  pronoun
• vināśa – destruction, ruin, loss, demise
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root naś with prefix vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

करोमि (karomi) - I will make, I will do (implying future action or strong intention) (I do, I make)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

First person singular, present tense, active voice of root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those; him, her, it, them

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas.

अश्रुप्रमार्जनम् (aśrupramārjanam) - wiping away of tears, cleansing of tears

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśrupramārjana

aśrupramārjana - wiping away of tears

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśru+pramārjana)

• aśru – tear
  noun (neuter)
• pramārjana – wiping, cleansing, sweeping away
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root mṛj (to wipe) with prefix pra and suffix -ana.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mṛj (class 2)

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