वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-16

बद्धौ तु शरबन्धेन ताव् उभौ रणमूर्धनि ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण न शेकतुरुदीक्षितुम् ॥१६॥

16. baddhau tu śarabandhena tāv ubhau raṇamūrdhani ,
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa na śekaturudīkṣitum.

16. baddhau tu śarabandhena tau ubhau raṇamūrdhani
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa na śekatuḥ udīkṣitum

16. tu raṇamūrdhani śarabandhena baddhau tau
ubhau nimeṣāntaramātreṇa udīkṣitum na śekatuḥ

16. Indeed, both of them, bound by a net of arrows on the battlefield, were unable to look around even for just a blink of an eye.

Words meanings summery:

• बद्धौ (baddhau) - bound, tied, fettered

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - by the bond of arrows, by a net of arrows

• तौ (tau) - those two

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• रणमूर्धनि (raṇamūrdhani) - on the battlefield, at the forefront of battle

• निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - in just the interval of a blink, in a moment

• न (na) - not

• शेकतुः (śekatuḥ) - they were able

• उदीक्षितुम् (udīkṣitum) - to look up, to see, to perceive

Words meanings and morphology

बद्धौ (baddhau) - bound, tied, fettered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered

Past Passive Participle

from root bandh (बन्ध्) 'to bind'

Root: bandh (class 9)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - by the bond of arrows, by a net of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śarabandha

śarabandha - bond of arrows, net of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+bandha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bandha – bond, tying, imprisonment
  noun (masculine)
  from root bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 9)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

रणमूर्धनि (raṇamūrdhani) - on the battlefield, at the forefront of battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇamūrdhan

raṇamūrdhan - forefront of battle, battlefield

Compound type : tatpurusha (raṇa+mūrdhan)

• raṇa – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
• mūrdhan – head, top, forefront
  noun (masculine)

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - in just the interval of a blink, in a moment

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nimeṣāntaramātra

nimeṣāntaramātra - just the interval of a blink

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nimeṣa+antara+mātra)

• nimeṣa – a wink, a blink of an eye
  noun (masculine)
  from root miṣ 'to wink'
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miṣ (class 4)
• antara – interval, space, difference
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – measure, quantity, only, just
  adjective (neuter)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शेकतुः (śekatuḥ) - they were able

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of śak

Root: śak (class 5)

उदीक्षितुम् (udīkṣitum) - to look up, to see, to perceive

(infinitive)

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