वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-17, verse-17

एते दुष्प्रसहा घोराश्चण्डाश्चण्डपराक्रमाः ।
अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दशकोटिशतानि च ॥१७॥

17. ete duṣprasahā ghorāścaṇḍāścaṇḍaparākramāḥ ,
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca.

17. ete duṣprasahāḥ ghorāḥ caṇḍāḥ caṇḍaparākramāḥ
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca

17. ete duṣprasahāḥ ghorāḥ caṇḍāḥ caṇḍaparākramāḥ
aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca

17. These are irresistible, dreadful, fierce, and possess terrible valor. They number eight hundred thousand and (also) ten billion.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• दुष्प्रसहाः (duṣprasahāḥ) - difficult to overcome, irresistible, hard to bear

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, frightful

• चण्डाः (caṇḍāḥ) - fierce, violent, furious

• चण्डपराक्रमाः (caṇḍaparākramāḥ) - of fierce prowess, possessing terrible valor

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands, lakhs (100,000)

• दशकोटिशतानि (daśakoṭiśatāni) - ten hundred crores (ten billion)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these (demonstrative pronoun)

दुष्प्रसहाः (duṣprasahāḥ) - difficult to overcome, irresistible, hard to bear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duṣprasaha

duṣprasaha - difficult to overcome, irresistible, hard to bear

Note: `dus` here as a prefix meaning 'difficult'.

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - dreadful, terrible, frightful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, frightful

चण्डाः (caṇḍāḥ) - fierce, violent, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caṇḍa

caṇḍa - fierce, violent, furious, hot-tempered

चण्डपराक्रमाः (caṇḍaparākramāḥ) - of fierce prowess, possessing terrible valor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caṇḍaparākrama

caṇḍaparākrama - of fierce prowess, possessing terrible valor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (caṇḍa+parākrama)

• caṇḍa – fierce, violent, furious
  adjective (masculine)
• parākrama – prowess, valor, might, courage
  noun (masculine)
  from pra (forth) + kram (to step)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kram (class 1)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands, lakhs (100,000)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand (lakh)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

दशकोटिशतानि (daśakoṭiśatāni) - ten hundred crores (ten billion)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of daśakoṭiśata

daśakoṭiśata - ten hundred crores (10,000,000,000)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśa+koṭi+śata)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• koṭi – crore (10 million)
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: This compound implies a multiplicative relationship for numbers.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)