वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-18, verse-37

सिंह इव चतुर्दंष्ट्रा व्याघ्रा इव दुरासदाः ।
सर्वे वैश्वनरसमा ज्वलिताशीविषोपमाः ॥३७॥

37. siṃha iva caturdaṃṣṭrā vyāghrā iva durāsadāḥ ,
sarve vaiśvanarasamā jvalitāśīviṣopamāḥ.

37. siṃhaḥ iva catuḥ-daṃṣṭrāḥ vyāghrāḥ iva durāsadāḥ
sarve vaiśvānara-samāḥ jvalita-āśīviṣa-upamāḥ

37. sarve siṃhaḥ iva catuḥ-daṃṣṭrāḥ vyāghrāḥ iva
durāsadāḥ vaiśvānara-samāḥ jvalita-āśīviṣa-upamāḥ

37. All of them, like lions, have four fangs; like tigers, they are formidable. They are like the universal fire (Vaiśvānara) and resemble blazing poisonous snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• चतुः-दंष्ट्राः (catuḥ-daṁṣṭrāḥ) - having four fangs

• व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - hard to approach, formidable, unassailable

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• वैश्वानर-समाः (vaiśvānara-samāḥ) - similar to Vaiśvānara (the universal fire)

• ज्वलित-आशीविष-उपमाः (jvalita-āśīviṣa-upamāḥ) - resembling blazing poisonous snakes

Words meanings and morphology

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

चतुः-दंष्ट्राः (catuḥ-daṁṣṭrāḥ) - having four fangs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of catuḥ-daṃṣṭra

catuḥ-daṁṣṭra - having four fangs

Compound type : bahuvrihi (catur+daṃṣṭra)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk
  noun (masculine)

व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दुरासदाः (durāsadāḥ) - hard to approach, formidable, unassailable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durāsada

durāsada - hard to approach, difficult to reach, formidable

From 'dus' (bad, difficult) and 'āsada' (approach, from root 'sad' with 'ā')

Prefixes: dus+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Functions as an adjective here, referring to the 'creatures'.

वैश्वानर-समाः (vaiśvānara-samāḥ) - similar to Vaiśvānara (the universal fire)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaiśvānara-sama

vaiśvānara-sama - resembling Vaiśvānara; like the universal fire

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaiśvānara+sama)

• vaiśvānara – relating to all men, universal; the universal fire; Agni (fire god)
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

ज्वलित-आशीविष-उपमाः (jvalita-āśīviṣa-upamāḥ) - resembling blazing poisonous snakes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jvalita-āśīviṣa-upama

jvalita-āśīviṣa-upama - resembling blazing poisonous snakes

Compound type : tatpurusha (jvalita+āśīviṣa+upama)

• jvalita – blazing, burning, ignited
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  root jval (class 1) + kta
  Root: jval (class 1)
• āśīviṣa – poisonous snake (whose venom is in its fangs)
  noun (masculine)
• upama – similar, resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)