वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-2, verse-18

निश्चेष्टाः क्षत्रिया मन्दाः सर्वे चण्डस्य बिभ्यति ।
लङ्गनार्थं च घोरस्य समुद्रस्य नदीपतेः ॥१८॥

18. niśceṣṭāḥ kṣatriyā mandāḥ sarve caṇḍasya bibhyati ,
laṅganārthaṃ ca ghorasya samudrasya nadīpateḥ.

18. niśceṣṭāḥ kṣatriyāḥ mandāḥ sarve caṇḍasya bibhyati
laṅghanārtham ca ghorasya samudrasya nadīpateḥ

18. sarve kṣatriyāḥ niśceṣṭāḥ mandāḥ ca te caṇḍasya
bibhyati ca laṅghanārtham ghorasya samudrasya nadīpateḥ

18. All kshatriyas are inactive and sluggish; they all fear the fierce one. And for the purpose of crossing the dreadful ocean, the lord of rivers...

Words meanings summery:

• निश्चेष्टाः (niśceṣṭāḥ) - inactive, motionless, powerless

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - members of the warrior class (kshatriyas, warriors)

• मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - sluggish, dull, weak, slow

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• चण्डस्य (caṇḍasya) - of the fierce enemy (Rāvaṇa) (of the fierce one, of the wrathful one)

• बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear, they are afraid

• लङ्घनार्थम् (laṅghanārtham) - for the purpose of crossing, for crossing

• च (ca) - and, also

• घोरस्य (ghorasya) - of the dreadful, of the terrible

• समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

• नदीपतेः (nadīpateḥ) - of the lord of rivers, of the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

निश्चेष्टाः (niśceṣṭāḥ) - inactive, motionless, powerless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśceṣṭa

niśceṣṭa - inactive, motionless, powerless, without effort

compound of 'nir' (without) + 'ceṣṭā' (effort, action)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ceṣṭa)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ceṣṭa – effort, action, movement
  noun (feminine)
  from root 'ceṣṭ' (to move, to endeavor)
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kṣatriyāḥ'.

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - members of the warrior class (kshatriyas, warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - member of the warrior or ruling class, kshatriya

from 'kṣatra' (rule, dominion)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

मन्दाः (mandāḥ) - sluggish, dull, weak, slow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manda

manda - sluggish, dull, slow, weak, feeble

from root 'mand' (to be glad, to sleep, to be sluggish)

Root: mand (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'kṣatriyāḥ'.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

pronominal adjective

Note: Agrees with 'kṣatriyāḥ'.

चण्डस्य (caṇḍasya) - of the fierce enemy (Rāvaṇa) (of the fierce one, of the wrathful one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of caṇḍa

caṇḍa - fierce, violent, wrathful, terrible

from root 'caṇḍ' (to be angry)

Root: caṇḍ (class 1)

Note: Object of fear for 'bibhyati'.

बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear, they are afraid

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhī

present active

from root 'bhī' (class 3, reduplicated present)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Governs genitive case for the object of fear.

लङ्घनार्थम् (laṅghanārtham) - for the purpose of crossing, for crossing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of laṅghanārtha

laṅghanārtha - for the purpose of crossing

compound of 'laṅghana' (crossing) + 'artha' (purpose).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (laṅghana+artha)

• laṅghana – crossing, leaping over, transgression
  noun (neuter)
  nominal action
  from root 'laṅgh' (to cross, to leap)
  Root: laṅgh (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean "for the purpose of".

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

conjunction

घोरस्य (ghorasya) - of the dreadful, of the terrible

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, awful

from root 'ghur' (to be terrible)

Root: ghur (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'samudrasya'.

समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean, of the sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

compound of 'sam' (together) + 'udra' (water) or 'udrā' (water-container)

Note: Possessive, related to 'laṅghanārtham'.

नदीपतेः (nadīpateḥ) - of the lord of rivers, of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nadīpati

nadīpati - lord of rivers (epithet for ocean), sea

compound of 'nadī' (river) + 'pati' (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+pati)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• pati – lord, master
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for 'samudra', thus also refers to the ocean.