वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-36, verse-12

दूषणस्य च हन्तारौ खरस्य च महाबलौ ।
सादितौ मामकैर्बाणैर्भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥१२॥

12. dūṣaṇasya ca hantārau kharasya ca mahābalau ,
sāditau māmakairbāṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau.

12. dūṣaṇasya ca hantārau kharasya ca mahābalau
sāditau māmakaiḥ bāṇaiḥ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau

12. The two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, who were mighty and the killers of both Dūṣaṇa and Khara, have been vanquished by my arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• दूषणस्य (dūṣaṇasya) - of Dūṣaṇa

• च (ca) - and, also

• हन्तारौ (hantārau) - the two killers, slayers

• खरस्य (kharasya) - of Khara

• च (ca) - and, also

• महाबलौ (mahābalau) - very mighty, of great strength (dual)

• सादितौ (sāditau) - struck down, vanquished, felled (dual)

• मामकैः (māmakaiḥ) - by my (Indrajit's) arrows (by my, by mine (instrumental plural))

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (dual)

Words meanings and morphology

दूषणस्य (dūṣaṇasya) - of Dūṣaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dūṣaṇa

dūṣaṇa - Dūṣaṇa (a rākṣasa killed by Rāma)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हन्तारौ (hantārau) - the two killers, slayers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hantṛ

hantṛ - killer, slayer

Agent noun from √han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

खरस्य (kharasya) - of Khara

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of khara

khara - Khara (a rākṣasa killed by Rāma)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महाबलौ (mahābalau) - very mighty, of great strength (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahābala

mahābala - very mighty, of great strength

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

सादितौ (sāditau) - struck down, vanquished, felled (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sādita

sādita - struck down, vanquished, felled, caused to sit down

Past Passive Participle (causative of √sad)

From causative of √sad (to sit, sink)

Root: sad (class 1)

मामकैः (māmakaiḥ) - by my (Indrajit's) arrows (by my, by mine (instrumental plural))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine (often refers to 'mine' in a possessive/identifying way)

Derived from mama (my)

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (dual)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rāma (hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)
  proper noun (masculine)

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