वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-53, verse-14

दशराक्षसकोट्यश्च द्वाविंशतिरथापराः ।
वर्जयित्वा जरा वृद्धान्बालांश्च रजनीचरान् ॥१४॥

14. daśarākṣasakoṭyaśca dvāviṃśatirathāparāḥ ,
varjayitvā jarā vṛddhānbālāṃśca rajanīcarān.

14. daśarākṣasakoṭyaḥ ca dvāviṃśatiḥ atha aparāḥ
varjayitvā jarā vṛddhān bālān ca rajacārān

14. jarā vṛddhān bālān ca rajacārān varjayitvā
daśarākṣasakoṭyaḥ ca atha aparāḥ dvāviṃśatiḥ

14. There are ten crores of rakshasas and an additional twenty-two (crores), excluding the very old and children among these night-prowling beings.

Words meanings summery:

• दशराक्षसकोट्यः (daśarākṣasakoṭyaḥ) - ten crores of rakshasas (100 million) (ten crores of rakshasas)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• द्वाविंशतिः (dvāviṁśatiḥ) - twenty-two (crores) (twenty-two)

• अथ (atha) - and, moreover, additionally (then, now, moreover, and, further)

• अपराः (aparāḥ) - additional (crores) (others, additional, subsequent)

• वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - excluding (having excluded, excepting)

• जरा (jarā) - (those) very old (as part of a compound/phrase) (old age, decrepitude)

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old (ones) (old, aged, grown, increased)

• बालान् (bālān) - children (children, young ones, ignorant ones)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• रजचारान् (rajacārān) - night-prowling beings (rakshasas) (night-prowlers, demons, rakshasas)

Words meanings and morphology

दशराक्षसकोट्यः (daśarākṣasakoṭyaḥ) - ten crores of rakshasas (100 million) (ten crores of rakshasas)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of daśarākṣasakoṭi

daśarākṣasakoṭi - ten crores of rakshasas

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśa+rākṣasa+koṭi)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• rākṣasa – rakshasa, demon, a class of mythical beings
  noun (masculine)
• koṭi – crore (ten million), edge, point, highest degree
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

द्वाविंशतिः (dvāviṁśatiḥ) - twenty-two (crores) (twenty-two)

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (dva+viṃśati)

• dva – two
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

Note: Subject. Implies 'dvāviṃśati koṭyaḥ'

अथ (atha) - and, moreover, additionally (then, now, moreover, and, further)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing a new topic or addition

अपराः (aparāḥ) - additional (crores) (others, additional, subsequent)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, additional, subsequent, inferior

Note: Qualifies the implied 'koṭyaḥ' for dvāviṃśatiḥ

वर्जयित्वा (varjayitvā) - excluding (having excluded, excepting)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive of the causative stem varjaya- of √vṛj (to avoid, abandon)

Root: vṛj (class 10)

Note: Takes accusative objects

जरा (jarā) - (those) very old (as part of a compound/phrase) (old age, decrepitude)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

From √jṛ (to grow old)

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Used adjectivally with vṛddhān

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - old (ones) (old, aged, grown, increased)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased, augmented

Past Passive Participle

From √vṛdh (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Object of `varjayitvā`

बालान् (bālān) - children (children, young ones, ignorant ones)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - child, young, ignorant, foolish

Note: Object of `varjayitvā`

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

रजचारान् (rajacārān) - night-prowling beings (rakshasas) (night-prowlers, demons, rakshasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rajacāra

rajacāra - night-prowler, demon, rakshasa

Compound (rajan 'night' + cāra 'moving')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajan+cāra)

• rajan – night
  noun (masculine)
• cāra – movement, wandering, a spy
  noun (masculine)
  From √car (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of `varjayitvā`