वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-67

सलक्ष्मणं राघवमाजिमर्दनं दिशागजं मत्तमिव व्यवस्थितम् ।
सहेत को वानरमुख्य संयुगे युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमं शरार्चिषम् ॥६७॥

67. salakṣmaṇaṃ rāghavamājimardanaṃ diśāgajaṃ mattamiva vyavasthitam ,
saheta ko vānaramukhya saṃyuge yugāntasūryapratimaṃ śarārciṣam.

67. salakṣmaṇam rāghavam ājimardanam
diśāgajam mattam iva vyavasthitam
saheta kaḥ vānamukhya saṃyuge
yugāntasūryapratimam śarārciṣam

67. vānamukhya saṃyuge kaḥ salakṣmaṇam
rāghavam ājimardanam diśāgajam
mattam iva vyavasthitam
yugāntasūryapratimam śarārciṣam saheta

67. O chief of monkeys, who in battle could withstand Rāghava (Rāma) accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, the vanquisher of foes, who stands like a furious directional elephant (diśāgaja), and whose fiery arrows (śarārciṣa) are like the sun at the end of a cosmic age (yugāntasūrya)?

Words meanings summery:

• सलक्ष्मणम् (salakṣmaṇam) - Rāma along with his brother Lakṣmaṇa (with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa)

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāma, the principal hero (Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

• आजिमर्दनम् (ājimardanam) - Rāma, who vanquishes enemies in war (destroyer of foes in battle, crushing battle)

• दिशागजम् (diśāgajam) - Rāma is compared to a powerful mythological elephant that guards the directions (directional elephant, elephant of the cardinal points)

• मत्तम् (mattam) - the fierce and uncontrollable nature of a maddened elephant (intoxicated, furious, passionate)

• इव (iva) - introducing a simile (like, as, as if)

• व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - standing firm in battle (standing, firmly established, positioned)

• सहेत (saheta) - would withstand, would endure

• कः (kaḥ) - who among living beings (who, what)

• वानमुख्य (vānamukhya) - Hanuman or Sugriva is being addressed (O chief of monkeys, O principal monkey)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

• युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमम् (yugāntasūryapratimam) - Rāma's destructive power, like the sun at the dissolution of the universe (yugāntasūrya) (resembling the sun at the end of a cosmic age)

• शरार्चिषम् (śarārciṣam) - Rāma, whose arrows are likened to rays of destructive light (śarārciṣa) (whose rays are arrows, having fiery arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

सलक्ष्मणम् (salakṣmaṇam) - Rāma along with his brother Lakṣmaṇa (with Lakṣmaṇa, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of salakṣmaṇa

salakṣmaṇa - with Lakṣmaṇa

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+lakṣmaṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Rāghavam

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāma, the principal hero (Rāma (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

आजिमर्दनम् (ājimardanam) - Rāma, who vanquishes enemies in war (destroyer of foes in battle, crushing battle)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ājimardana

ājimardana - crushing foes in battle, destroying in battle

agent noun/adjective

compound of āji (battle) and mardana (crushing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (āji+mardana)

• āji – battle, combat, contest
  noun (feminine)
• mardana – crushing, destroying, tormenting
  adjective (masculine)
  action noun/adjective
  from root mṛd (to crush) with suffix -ana
  Root: mṛd (class 9)

Note: Agrees with Rāghavam

दिशागजम् (diśāgajam) - Rāma is compared to a powerful mythological elephant that guards the directions (directional elephant, elephant of the cardinal points)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of diśāgaja

diśāgaja - directional elephant, elephant of the quarters (diśāgaja)

Compound type : tatpurusha (diśā+gaja)

• diśā – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of comparison for Rāghavam

मत्तम् (mattam) - the fierce and uncontrollable nature of a maddened elephant (intoxicated, furious, passionate)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, furious, maddened, passionate

Past Passive Participle

from root mad (to be mad, rejoice)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Agrees with diśāgajam

इव (iva) - introducing a simile (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

व्यवस्थितम् (vyavasthitam) - standing firm in battle (standing, firmly established, positioned)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - standing, placed, arranged, determined, steady

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā (to stand) with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Rāghavam (implied, or diśāgajam)

सहेत (saheta) - would withstand, would endure

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sah

optative mood, 3rd person singular

root sah, class 1, optative, ātmanepada

Root: sah (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who among living beings (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वानमुख्य (vānamukhya) - Hanuman or Sugriva is being addressed (O chief of monkeys, O principal monkey)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vānamukhya

vānamukhya - chief of monkeys, principal monkey

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+mukhya)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• mukhya – chief, principal, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, war, combat, conflict

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमम् (yugāntasūryapratimam) - Rāma's destructive power, like the sun at the dissolution of the universe (yugāntasūrya) (resembling the sun at the end of a cosmic age)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yugāntasūryapratima

yugāntasūryapratima - resembling the sun at the end of a cosmic age (yugāntasūrya)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yugānta+sūrya+pratima)

• yugānta – end of an age/yuga
  noun (masculine)
• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – resembling, image, likeness
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Rāghavam

शरार्चिषम् (śarārciṣam) - Rāma, whose arrows are likened to rays of destructive light (śarārciṣa) (whose rays are arrows, having fiery arrows)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śarārciṣ

śarārciṣ - whose rays are arrows (śarārciṣa)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śara+arciṣ)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• arciṣ – flame, ray, light
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with Rāghavam

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