वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-36, verse-1

ततो द्यां पृथिवीं चैव वीक्षमाणा वनौकसः ।
ददृशुः संततौ बाणैर्भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥१॥

1. tato dyāṃ pṛthivīṃ caiva vīkṣamāṇā vanaukasaḥ ,
dadṛśuḥ saṃtatau bāṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau.

1. tataḥ dyām pṛthivīm ca eva vīkṣamāṇāḥ vanaukasaḥ
dadṛśuḥ saṃtatāu bāṇaiḥ bhrātarāu rāmalakṣmaṇāu

1. tataḥ vanaukasaḥ dyām pṛthivīm ca eva vīkṣamāṇāḥ
bāṇaiḥ saṃtatāu rāmalakṣmaṇāu bhrātarāu dadṛśuḥ

1. Then, the forest dwellers, scanning both the sky and the earth, saw the two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana, completely covered with arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• द्याम् (dyām) - the sky, heaven

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• वीक्षमाणाः (vīkṣamāṇāḥ) - looking, observing, scanning

• वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest dwellers, monkeys

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• संतताउ (saṁtatāu) - covered, spread over, pierced

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• भ्रातराउ (bhrātarāu) - the two brothers

• रामलक्ष्मणाउ (rāmalakṣmaṇāu) - Rama and Lakshmana

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

द्याम् (dyām) - the sky, heaven

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, the Earth goddess

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

वीक्षमाणाः (vīkṣamāṇāḥ) - looking, observing, scanning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīkṣamāṇa

vīkṣamāṇa - looking, seeing, observing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From √īkṣ (to see) with prefix vi (diverse, apart)

Prefix: vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

वनौकसः (vanaukasaḥ) - forest dwellers, monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest dweller, monkey

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+okas)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, house, home
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound of vana (forest) and okas (dwelling).

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect Active Third Plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

संतताउ (saṁtatāu) - covered, spread over, pierced

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, dual of saṃtata

saṁtata - covered, stretched out, spread over, continuous

Past Passive Participle

From root tan (to stretch) with prefix sam (together, completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with bhrātarāu.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

भ्रातराउ (bhrātarāu) - the two brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणाउ (rāmalakṣmaṇāu) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (brother of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana.