वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-19, verse-28

तस्य ते विग्रहे ताभ्यां युगग्रहणमस्थिरम् ।
वृत्रस्येवेन्द्रबाहुभ्यां बाहोरेकस्य निग्रहः ॥२८॥

28. tasya te vigrahe tābhyāṃ yugagrahaṇamasthiram ,
vṛtrasyevendrabāhubhyāṃ bāhorekasya nigrahaḥ.

28. tasya te vigrahe tābhyām yugagrahaṇam asthiram
vṛtrasya iva indrabāhubhyām bāhoḥ ekasya nigrahaḥ

28. te tasya vigrahe tābhyām yugagrahaṇam asthiram,
indrabāhubhyām ekasya bāhoḥ nigrahaḥ vṛtrasya iva

28. Your grappling with those two (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) in battle will be precarious, just as the overpowering of a single arm of Vṛtra by Indra's two arms (was decisive).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of Rāvaṇa (implied) (of him, his)

• ते (te) - of Rāvaṇa (your, of you)

• विग्रहे (vigrahe) - in a battle, in a conflict

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (by those two)

• युगग्रहणम् (yugagrahaṇam) - grappling with both (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (simultaneous grasping, simultaneous seizing)

• अस्थिरम् (asthiram) - unstable, precarious, not firm

• वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra

• इव (iva) - like, as

• इन्द्रबाहुभ्याम् (indrabāhubhyām) - by Indra's two arms

• बाहोः (bāhoḥ) - of Vṛtra's arm (of an arm)

• एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (arm) (of one)

• निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - overpowering, seizing, restraint, defeat

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of Rāvaṇa (implied) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him, it

ते (te) - of Rāvaṇa (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

विग्रहे (vigrahe) - in a battle, in a conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vigraha

vigraha - conflict, battle, separation, body

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - by Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (by those two)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

युगग्रहणम् (yugagrahaṇam) - grappling with both (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (simultaneous grasping, simultaneous seizing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yugagrahaṇa

yugagrahaṇa - simultaneous grasping/seizing, yoking together, coupling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuga+grahaṇa)

• yuga – pair, yoke, simultaneously, age (yuga)
  noun (neuter)
• grahaṇa – grasping, seizing, taking, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Root: grah (class 9)

अस्थिरम् (asthiram) - unstable, precarious, not firm

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asthira

asthira - unstable, not firm, fickle, unsteady

वृत्रस्य (vṛtrasya) - of Vṛtra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (name of an Asura slain by Indra)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

इन्द्रबाहुभ्याम् (indrabāhubhyām) - by Indra's two arms

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of indrabāhu

indrabāhu - Indra's arm

Compound type : şaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (indra+bāhu)

• indra – Indra (name of a Vedic deity)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

बाहोः (bāhoḥ) - of Vṛtra's arm (of an arm)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bāhu

bāhu - arm

एकस्य (ekasya) - of one (arm) (of one)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Agrees with bāhoḥ.

निग्रहः (nigrahaḥ) - overpowering, seizing, restraint, defeat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - seizing, overpowering, restraint, defeat, punishment