वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-18

तौ संप्रचलितौ वीरौ मर्मभेदेन कर्शितौ ।
निपेततुर्महेष्वासौ जगत्यां जगतीपती ॥१८॥

18. tau saṃpracalitau vīrau marmabhedena karśitau ,
nipetaturmaheṣvāsau jagatyāṃ jagatīpatī.

18. tau sampravicalitau vīrau marmabhedena karśitau
nipetatuḥ maheṣvāsau jagatyām jagatīpatī

18. marmabhedena karśitau sampravicalitau tau
vīrau maheṣvāsau jagatīpatī jagatyām nipetatuḥ

18. Those two greatly shaken heroes, weakened by the piercing of their vital spots, those great archers and lords of the earth, fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• सम्प्रविचलितौ (sampravicalitau) - greatly agitated, greatly shaken

• वीरौ (vīrau) - two heroes, brave ones

• मर्मभेदेन (marmabhedena) - by the piercing of vital spots

• कर्शितौ (karśitau) - weakened, emaciated, distressed

• निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they fell down

• महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - two great archers

• जगत्याम् (jagatyām) - on the earth

• जगतीपती (jagatīpatī) - two lords of the earth, rulers

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

सम्प्रविचलितौ (sampravicalitau) - greatly agitated, greatly shaken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sampravicalita

sampravicalita - greatly agitated, much disturbed, trembling

Past Passive Participle

from root cal 'to move' with prefixes sam, pra, vi

Prefixes: sam+pra+vi

Root: cal (class 1)

वीरौ (vīrau) - two heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave

मर्मभेदेन (marmabhedena) - by the piercing of vital spots

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of marmabheda

marmabheda - piercing of vital spots

Compound type : tatpurusha (marman+bheda)

• marman – a vital spot, vulnerable point
  noun (neuter)
• bheda – piercing, breaking, splitting
  noun (masculine)
  from root bhid 'to split, break'
  Root: bhid (class 7)

कर्शितौ (karśitau) - weakened, emaciated, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of karśita

karśita - weakened, emaciated, distressed, reduced

Past Passive Participle (causative)

from root kṛś 'to become thin, emaciated' in causative karśayati

Root: kṛś (class 1)

निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they fell down

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महेष्वासौ (maheṣvāsau) - two great archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, one with a great bow

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+īṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• īṣvāsa – bow
  noun (masculine)
  compound of iṣu 'arrow' and āsa 'throwing/weapon', referring to a bow as the 'thrower of arrows'

जगत्याम् (jagatyām) - on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jagatī

jagatī - the earth, world

जगतीपती (jagatīpatī) - two lords of the earth, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jagatīpati

jagatīpati - lord of the earth, king, ruler

Compound type : tatpurusha (jagatī+pati)

• jagatī – the earth, world
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

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