वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-105, verse-15

सेनानीर्ग्रामणीश्च त्वं बुद्धिः सत्त्वं क्षमा दमः ।
प्रभवश्चाप्ययश्च त्वमुपेन्द्रो मधुसूदनः ॥१५॥

15. senānīrgrāmaṇīśca tvaṃ buddhiḥ sattvaṃ kṣamā damaḥ ,
prabhavaścāpyayaśca tvamupendro madhusūdanaḥ.

15. senānīḥ grāmaṇīḥ ca tvam buddhiḥ sattvam kṣamā damaḥ
prabhavaḥ ca apyayaḥ ca tvam upendraḥ madhusūdanaḥ

15. tvam senānīḥ grāmaṇīḥ ca buddhiḥ sattvam kṣamā damaḥ
tvam prabhavaḥ ca apyayaḥ ca upendraḥ madhusūdanaḥ

15. You are the army commander and the village chief, you are intellect, goodness (sattva), patience, and self-control. You are the origin and the dissolution, Upendra, and Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu).

Words meanings summery:

• सेनानीः (senānīḥ) - the commander of armies (army commander, general)

• ग्रामणीः (grāmaṇīḥ) - the chief of villages or communities (village chief, leader of a group)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the deity) (you)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - the faculty of intellect or wisdom (intellect, understanding, perception)

• सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the quality of goodness (sattva) or purity (goodness, essential nature, reality, existence, courage)

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - the virtue of patience and forgiveness (patience, forgiveness, endurance, earth)

• दमः (damaḥ) - the practice of self-control (self-control, restraint, conquest)

• प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - the source or origin of all existence (origin, source, birth, power)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अप्ययः (apyayaḥ) - the dissolution or end of existence (dissolution, destruction, end, absorption)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the deity) (you)

• उपेन्द्रः (upendraḥ) - Upendra, an epithet of Viṣṇu (Upendra, younger brother of Indra, name of Viṣṇu)

• मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - Madhusūdana, the slayer of the demon Madhu (an epithet of Viṣṇu) (slayer of Madhu, name of Viṣṇu)

Words meanings and morphology

सेनानीः (senānīḥ) - the commander of armies (army commander, general)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of senānī

senānī - leader of an army, general, commander

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+nī)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• nī – leading, leader
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'nī' (to lead).
  Root: nī (class 1)

ग्रामणीः (grāmaṇīḥ) - the chief of villages or communities (village chief, leader of a group)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grāmaṇī

grāmaṇī - leader of a village, head of a community, chieftain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (grāma+nī)

• grāma – village, community, multitude
  noun (masculine)
• nī – leading, leader
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'nī' (to lead).
  Root: nī (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the deity) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - the faculty of intellect or wisdom (intellect, understanding, perception)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, perception, wisdom

Derived from root 'budh' (to know, perceive).

Root: budh (class 1)

सत्त्वम् (sattvam) - the quality of goodness (sattva) or purity (goodness, essential nature, reality, existence, courage)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattva

sattva - being, existence, reality; essential nature; goodness (one of the three guṇas); courage, strength

Derived from 'sat' (being, existence).

Root: as (class 2)

क्षमा (kṣamā) - the virtue of patience and forgiveness (patience, forgiveness, endurance, earth)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - patience, forbearance, forgiveness, endurance; the earth

Derived from root 'kṣam' (to be patient, endure).

Root: kṣam (class 1)

दमः (damaḥ) - the practice of self-control (self-control, restraint, conquest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dama

dama - self-control, restraint, subjugation, conquest

Derived from root 'dam' (to tame, control).

Root: dam (class 4)

प्रभवः (prabhavaḥ) - the source or origin of all existence (origin, source, birth, power)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhava

prabhava - origin, source, birth, creation, power, might

Prefix 'pra-' + root 'bhū' (to be, exist).

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अप्ययः (apyayaḥ) - the dissolution or end of existence (dissolution, destruction, end, absorption)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apyaya

apyaya - dissolution, disappearance, destruction, end, absorption

Prefix 'api-' + root 'i' (to go, dissolve).

Prefix: api

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the deity) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

उपेन्द्रः (upendraḥ) - Upendra, an epithet of Viṣṇu (Upendra, younger brother of Indra, name of Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upendra

upendra - younger brother of Indra; name of Viṣṇu (as Vāmana)

Prefix: upa

Root: indr

मधुसूदनः (madhusūdanaḥ) - Madhusūdana, the slayer of the demon Madhu (an epithet of Viṣṇu) (slayer of Madhu, name of Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana

madhusūdana - slayer of the demon Madhu; a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey, sweet; name of a demon
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroying, crushing, slayer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  Derived from root 'sūd' (to kill, destroy).
  Root: sūd (class 10)

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