वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-46, verse-8

सहोदरस्ते दयितः कुमारो ऽक्षश्च सूदितः ।
न तु तेष्वेव मे सारो यस्त्वय्यरिनिषूदन ॥८॥

8. sahodaraste dayitaḥ kumāro'kṣaśca sūditaḥ ,
na tu teṣveva me sāro yastvayyariniṣūdana.

8. sahodaraḥ te dayitaḥ kumāraḥ akṣaḥ ca sūditaḥ
na tu teṣu eva me sāraḥ yaḥ tvayi ariniṣūdana

8. arinisūdana te dayitaḥ sahodaraḥ kumāraḥ akṣaḥ
ca sūditaḥ tu me sāraḥ teṣu eva na yaḥ tvayi

8. Your beloved brother, Prince Akṣa, has also been slain. Yet, my true strength (sāra) does not lie in them, but in you, O destroyer of enemies!

Words meanings summery:

• सहोदरः (sahodaraḥ) - brother (born of the same womb)

• ते (te) - your (possessive, genitive singular) (your)

• दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved, dear, liked

• कुमारः (kumāraḥ) - prince (Akṣa was Ravana's son) (boy, youth, prince)

• अक्षः (akṣaḥ) - Prince Akṣa, son of Ravana. (Akṣa (proper name))

• च (ca) - and, also

• सूदितः (sūditaḥ) - killed, destroyed, slain

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, yet, indeed

• तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• मे (me) - my (possessive, genitive singular) (my, to me, by me)

• सारः (sāraḥ) - true strength, substance (essence, strength, core, value)

• यः (yaḥ) - (the strength) which (who, which)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

• अरिन्षूदन (arinṣūdana) - O destroyer of enemies, O slayer of foes

Words meanings and morphology

सहोदरः (sahodaraḥ) - brother (born of the same womb)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahodara

sahodara - brother, one born of the same womb

Compound of saha (together with) + udara (womb).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+udara)

• saha – with, together
  indeclinable
• udara – womb, belly
  noun (neuter)

ते (te) - your (possessive, genitive singular) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (2nd person pronoun)

दयितः (dayitaḥ) - beloved, dear, liked

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dayita

dayita - beloved, dear, desired

Past Passive Participle

From root day (to love, pity).

Root: day (class 1)

कुमारः (kumāraḥ) - prince (Akṣa was Ravana's son) (boy, youth, prince)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, son

अक्षः (akṣaḥ) - Prince Akṣa, son of Ravana. (Akṣa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣa

akṣa - eye, axle, die; also a proper name (son of Ravana)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सूदितः (sūditaḥ) - killed, destroyed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūdita

sūdita - killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root sūd (to kill, destroy).

Root: sūd (class 10)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, yet, indeed

(indeclinable)

तेषु (teṣu) - in them, among them

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - my (possessive, genitive singular) (my, to me, by me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Also can be dative singular. Here it is possessive.

सारः (sāraḥ) - true strength, substance (essence, strength, core, value)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāra

sāra - essence, substance, strength, best part, value, kernel

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Ravana's confidence or power.

यः (yaḥ) - (the strength) which (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

त्वयि (tvayi) - in you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: Refers to Indrajit (the addressee of these verses).

अरिन्षूदन (arinṣūdana) - O destroyer of enemies, O slayer of foes

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ariniṣūdana

ariniṣūdana - destroyer of enemies, slayer of foes

Compound of ari (enemy) + niṣūdana (destroyer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ari+niṣūdana)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)
• niṣūdana – destroying, killing, destroyer, killer
  noun (masculine)
  From prefix ni + root sūd (to kill, destroy).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: sūd (class 10)

Note: Adressed to Indrajit.