वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-3

शरजालाचितौ वीराव् उभौ दशरथात्मजौ ।
शरतल्पे महात्मानौ शयानौ रुधिरोक्षितौ ॥३॥

3. śarajālācitau vīrāv ubhau daśarathātmajau ,
śaratalpe mahātmānau śayānau rudhirokṣitau.

3. śarajālācitau vīrau ubhau daśarathātmajau
śaratālpe mahātmānau śayānau rudhirokṣitau

3. ubhau daśarathātmajau vīrau mahātmānau
śarajālācitau rudhirokṣitau śaratālpe śayānau

3. Both sons of Daśaratha, the two heroes, the great-souled ones, are lying on a bed of arrows, covered by a net of arrows and drenched in blood.

Words meanings summery:

• शरजालाचितौ (śarajālācitau) - covered with a network/multitude of arrows

• वीरौ (vīrau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two heroes (the two heroes)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• दशरथात्मजौ (daśarathātmajau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two sons of King Daśaratha (the two sons of Daśaratha)

• शरताल्पे (śaratālpe) - on a bed of arrows

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two great-souled ones (the two great-souled ones, the two noble ones)

• शयानौ (śayānau) - lying, reposing

• रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - bathed in blood, drenched in blood

Words meanings and morphology

शरजालाचितौ (śarajālācitau) - covered with a network/multitude of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarajālācita

śarajālācita - covered with a net/multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śarajāla+ācita)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)
• ācita – covered, filled, piled up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ci (to collect, pile) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'ubhau' and 'daśarathātmajau'.

वीरौ (vīrau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two heroes (the two heroes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man

Note: Refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Modifies 'daśarathātmajau'.

दशरथात्मजौ (daśarathātmajau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two sons of King Daśaratha (the two sons of Daśaratha)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of daśarathātmaja

daśarathātmaja - son of Daśaratha

Compound type : tatpurusha (daśaratha+ātmaja)

• daśaratha – Daśaratha (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born of oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From (ātman) 'self' + ja 'born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

शरताल्पे (śaratālpe) - on a bed of arrows

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śaratālpa

śaratālpa - bed of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+talpa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• talpa – bed, couch
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Indicates the place where they are lying.

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the two great-souled ones (the two great-souled ones, the two noble ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, illustrious

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'ubhau' and 'daśarathātmajau'.

शयानौ (śayānau) - lying, reposing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śayāna

śayāna - lying down, sleeping

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root śī (to lie down, sleep) with suffix -āna

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'ubhau' and 'daśarathātmajau'.

रुधिरोक्षितौ (rudhirokṣitau) - bathed in blood, drenched in blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rudhirokṣita

rudhirokṣita - sprinkled/bathed in blood

Compound type : tatpurusha (rudhira+ukṣita)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rudh (class 7)
• ukṣita – sprinkled, bathed, drenched
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ukṣ (to sprinkle)
  Root: ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ubhau' and 'daśarathātmajau'.

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