वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-1

घोरेण शरबन्धेन बद्धौ दशरथात्मजौ ।
निश्वसन्तौ यथा नागौ शयानौ रुधिरोक्षितौ ॥१॥

1. ghoreṇa śarabandhena baddhau daśarathātmajau ,
niśvasantau yathā nāgau śayānau rudhirokṣitau.

1. ghoreṇa śarabandhena baddhau daśarathātmajau
niśvasantau yathā nāgau śayānau rudhirokṣitau

1. The two sons of Daśaratha, bound by a terrible bond of arrows, lay covered in blood, sighing like two serpents.

Words meanings summery:

• घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - By a terrible (By terrible, by dreadful, by fierce)

• शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - By a bond of arrows

• बद्धौ (baddhau) - Bound (Bound, tied, fettered)

• दशरथात्मजौ (daśarathātmajau) - The two sons of Daśaratha (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (The two sons of Daśaratha)

• निश्वसन्तौ (niśvasantau) - Sighing (Sighing, breathing heavily)

• यथा (yathā) - Like (As, just as, like)

• नागौ (nāgau) - Two serpents (Two serpents, two elephants)

• शयानौ (śayānau) - Lying down (Lying down, sleeping)

• रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - Covered in blood (Sprinkled/covered with blood)

Words meanings and morphology

घोरेण (ghoreṇa) - By a terrible (By terrible, by dreadful, by fierce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful

Note: Agrees with śarabandhena.

शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - By a bond of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śarabandha

śarabandha - bond of arrows, confinement by arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+bandha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bandha – bond, tying, fetter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bandh.
  Root: bandh (class 9)

बद्धौ (baddhau) - Bound (Bound, tied, fettered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, caught

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bandh.

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with daśarathātmajau.

दशरथात्मजौ (daśarathātmajau) - The two sons of Daśaratha (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (The two sons of Daśaratha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of daśarathātmaja

daśarathātmaja - son of Daśaratha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśaratha+ātmaja)

• daśaratha – Daśaratha (proper name, king of Ayodhya, father of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, child, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ātman + ja.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

निश्वसन्तौ (niśvasantau) - Sighing (Sighing, breathing heavily)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of niśvasat

niśvasat - sighing, breathing heavily, gasping

Present Active Participle

Derived from root śvas with prefix nis.

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Agrees with daśarathātmajau.

यथा (yathā) - Like (As, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

नागौ (nāgau) - Two serpents (Two serpents, two elephants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; mountain; a people

Note: Comparison for daśarathātmajau.

शयानौ (śayānau) - Lying down (Lying down, sleeping)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śayāna

śayāna - lying, sleeping, resting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root śī.

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with daśarathātmajau.

रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - Covered in blood (Sprinkled/covered with blood)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rudhirokṣita

rudhirokṣita - sprinkled/moistened with blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rudhira+ukṣita)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, moistened, wet
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ukṣ.
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with daśarathātmajau.

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