वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-37, verse-52

रामाद्विशिष्टः को ऽन्यो ऽस्ति कश्चित् सौमित्रिणा समः ।
अग्निमारुतकल्पौ तौ भ्रातरौ तव संश्रयौ ॥५२॥

52. rāmādviśiṣṭaḥ ko'nyo'sti kaścit saumitriṇā samaḥ ,
agnimārutakalpau tau bhrātarau tava saṃśrayau.

52. rāmāt viśiṣṭaḥ kaḥ anyaḥ asti kaścit saumitriṇā
samaḥ agnimārutakalpau tau bhrātarau tava saṃśrayau

52. kaḥ anyaḥ rāmāt viśiṣṭaḥ asti kaścit saumitriṇā
samaḥ agnimārutakalpau tau bhrātarau tava saṃśrayau

52. Who else is superior to Rāma? And who is equal to Saumitri? Those two brothers, comparable to fire and wind, are your protectors.

Words meanings summery:

• रामात् (rāmāt) - from Rāma

• विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - superior, distinguished, excellent

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)

• समः (samaḥ) - equal, similar

• अग्निमारुतकल्पौ (agnimārutakalpau) - comparable to Agni and Maruta, like fire and wind

• तौ (tau) - those two

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers

• तव (tava) - your

• संश्रयौ (saṁśrayau) - refuge, protectors

Words meanings and morphology

रामात् (rāmāt) - from Rāma

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the seventh avatāra of Viṣṇu)

विशिष्टः (viśiṣṭaḥ) - superior, distinguished, excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśiṣṭa

viśiṣṭa - distinguished, superior, special

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śiṣ (to leave, distinguish) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - anyone, someone, some

Formed from pronoun kim + indeclinable cit

सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa

Patronymic from Sumitrā

समः (samaḥ) - equal, similar

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - equal, similar, same

अग्निमारुतकल्पौ (agnimārutakalpau) - comparable to Agni and Maruta, like fire and wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of agnimārutakalpa

agnimārutakalpa - similar to Agni and Maruta (fire and wind)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (agni+māruta+kalpa)

• agni – fire, the god Agni
  noun (masculine)
• māruta – wind, air, a deity of wind
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – similar to, resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

संश्रयौ (saṁśrayau) - refuge, protectors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃśraya

saṁśraya - refuge, asylum, resort, protector

Derived from root √śri (to resort to) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: śri (class 1)

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