वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-66, verse-14

स्वागतं वां नरव्याघ्रौ दिष्ट्या पश्यामि चाप्यहम् ।
दिष्ट्या चेमौ निकृत्तौ मे युवाभ्यां बाहुबन्धनौ ॥१४॥

14. svāgataṃ vāṃ naravyāghrau diṣṭyā paśyāmi cāpyaham ,
diṣṭyā cemau nikṛttau me yuvābhyāṃ bāhubandhanau.

14. svāgatam vām naravyāghrau diṣṭyā paśyāmi ca api aham
diṣṭyā ca imau nikṛttau me yuvābhyām bāhubandhanau

14. he naravyāghrau vām svāgatam ca aham diṣṭyā api vām
paśyāmi ca diṣṭyā yuvābhyām me imau bāhubandhanau nikṛttau

14. Welcome to you two, O foremost among men! Fortunately, I also see you both. And fortunately, these two arm-bonds of mine have been severed by you two.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome (welcome, well come, good arrival)

• वाम् (vām) - to you two (to you two, of you two)

• नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - O foremost among men (O tigers among men, O foremost men)

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune (fortunately, by luck, by divine decree)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (you two) (I see, I behold)

• च (ca) - and, also (and, also, moreover)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Kabandha) (I)

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune (fortunately, by luck, by divine decree)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• इमौ (imau) - these two (arms) (these two)

• निकृत्तौ (nikṛttau) - severed (the arm-bonds) (cut off, severed (dual))

• मे (me) - of mine (referring to Kabandha's arms) (to me, for me, my, of me)

• युवाभ्याम् (yuvābhyām) - by you two (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (by you two, with you two)

• बाहुबन्धनौ (bāhubandhanau) - these two binding arms (arm-bonds, binding arms (dual))

Words meanings and morphology

स्वागतम् (svāgatam) - welcome (welcome, well come, good arrival)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svāgata

svāgata - welcome, well come, good arrival, having come well

Past Passive Participle

From prefix su- (well) + ā- (towards) + root gam (to go).

Prefixes: su+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Often used as an indeclinable greeting.

वाम् (vām) - to you two (to you two, of you two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Often used as dative with svāgatam.

नरव्याघ्रौ (naravyāghrau) - O foremost among men (O tigers among men, O foremost men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, dual of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - tiger among men, foremost man, excellent man

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-ā-ghrā (to smell intensely)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: ghrā (class 1)

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune (fortunately, by luck, by divine decree)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of diṣṭi

diṣṭi - fate, luck, fortune, divine decree

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (you two) (I see, I behold)

(verb)

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

Present Active

From root dṛś (to see), with 'paśya' as the thematic stem.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (Kabandha) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good fortune (fortunately, by luck, by divine decree)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of diṣṭi

diṣṭi - fate, luck, fortune, divine decree

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

इमौ (imau) - these two (arms) (these two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

निकृत्तौ (nikṛttau) - severed (the arm-bonds) (cut off, severed (dual))

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nikṛtta

nikṛtta - cut off, severed, cut down

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛt (to cut) with prefix ni- (down, off)

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Used adjectivally.

मे (me) - of mine (referring to Kabandha's arms) (to me, for me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Enclitic form.

युवाभ्याम् (yuvābhyām) - by you two (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (by you two, with you two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, dual of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

बाहुबन्धनौ (bāhubandhanau) - these two binding arms (arm-bonds, binding arms (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bāhubandhana

bāhubandhana - arm-bond, binding arm, fetters of the arms

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāhu+bandhana)

• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)
• bandhana – binding, bond, fetter
  noun (neuter)
  From root bandh (to bind)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Refers to Kabandha's powerful, long arms which he uses to ensnare.