वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-39, verse-25

घोरा लोहमुखाश्चैव जवनाश्चैकपादकाः ।
अक्षया बलवन्तश्च पुरुषाः पुरुषादकाः ॥२५॥

25. ghorā lohamukhāścaiva javanāścaikapādakāḥ ,
akṣayā balavantaśca puruṣāḥ puruṣādakāḥ.

25. ghorāḥ lohamukhāḥ ca eva javanāḥ ca ekapādakāḥ
akṣayāḥ balavantaḥ ca puruṣāḥ puruṣādakāḥ

25. ca eva ghorāḥ lohamukhāḥ ca javanāḥ ekapādakāḥ
ca akṣayāḥ balavantaḥ puruṣāḥ puruṣādakāḥ

25. Terrible ones with iron faces, and swift, one-legged beings; inexhaustible and powerful men, even man-eaters.

Words meanings summery:

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, formidable, terrible

• लोहमुखाः (lohamukhāḥ) - iron-faced, iron-mouthed

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• जवनाः (javanāḥ) - swift, quick

• च (ca) - and

• एकपादकाः (ekapādakāḥ) - one-legged beings

• अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - inexhaustible, imperishable, undecaying

• बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - powerful, strong

• च (ca) - and

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons, beings

• पुरुषादकाः (puruṣādakāḥ) - man-eaters, cannibals

Words meanings and morphology

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, formidable, terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, formidable, dreadful, dire

लोहमुखाः (lohamukhāḥ) - iron-faced, iron-mouthed

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lohamukha

lohamukha - having an iron face or mouth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (loha+mukha)

• loha – iron, metal
  noun (masculine)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

जवनाः (javanāḥ) - swift, quick

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of javana

javana - swift, quick, speedy; a swift horse

Derived from root JŪ (to move swiftly)

Root: jū

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकपादकाः (ekapādakāḥ) - one-legged beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ekapādaka

ekapādaka - one-legged, having one foot; a kind of mythical one-legged being

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+pādaka)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• pādaka – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pāda (foot)

अक्षयाः (akṣayāḥ) - inexhaustible, imperishable, undecaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣaya

akṣaya - inexhaustible, imperishable, undecaying, everlasting

Negation of kṣaya (decay, destruction)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣaya)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• kṣaya – decay, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root KṢI (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

बलवन्तः (balavantaḥ) - powerful, strong

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty; having strength

Possessive suffix -vat added to bala (strength)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons, beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male being; the Self, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

पुरुषादकाः (puruṣādakāḥ) - man-eaters, cannibals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣādaka

puruṣādaka - man-eater, cannibal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ādaka)

• puruṣa – man, person, male being
  noun (masculine)
• ādaka – eater, consumer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root AD (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

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