वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-16

चतुर्दशसहस्राणि राक्षसानां जघान यः ।
जनस्थाने विना भ्रात्रा शत्रुः कस्तस्य नोद्विजेत् ॥१६॥

16. caturdaśasahasrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ jaghāna yaḥ ,
janasthāne vinā bhrātrā śatruḥ kastasya nodvijet.

16. caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi rākṣasānām jaghāna yaḥ
janasthāne vinā bhrātrā śatruḥ kaḥ tasya na udvijet

16. yaḥ janasthāne bhrātrā vinā caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi rākṣasānām jaghāna,
tasya kaḥ śatruḥ na udvijet?

16. Which enemy would not be terrified by him, who single-handedly killed fourteen thousand Rākṣasas in Janasthāna even without his brother?

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश-सहस्राणि (caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi) - fourteen thousand

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

• जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• जनस्थाने (janasthāne) - in Janasthāna, in the abode of people

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by brother, with brother

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy

• कः (kaḥ) - who, which

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• न (na) - not, no

• उद्विजेत् (udvijet) - would tremble, would be terrified

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश-सहस्राणि (caturdaśa-sahasrāṇi) - fourteen thousand

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of caturdaśa-sahasra

caturdaśa-sahasra - fourteen thousand

Compound type : karmadhāraya (caturdaśa+sahasra)

• caturdaśa – fourteen
  numeral
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a Rākṣasa

जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of han

Perfect Active

Perfect tense form of the root 'han'

Root: han (class 2)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

जनस्थाने (janasthāne) - in Janasthāna, in the abode of people

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janasthāna

janasthāna - abode of people, a specific place

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+sthāna)

• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sthāna – place, abode
  noun (neuter)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by brother, with brother

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

Root: śad (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

उद्विजेत् (udvijet) - would tremble, would be terrified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of svij

Optative Active

Optative mood form of the root 'svij' with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: svij (class 1)

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