वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-41

ताव् उत्थाप्य महावीर्यौ गरुडो वासवोपमौ ।
उभौ तौ सस्वजे हृष्टौ रामश्चैनमुवाच ह ॥४१॥

41. tāv utthāpya mahāvīryau garuḍo vāsavopamau ,
ubhau tau sasvaje hṛṣṭau rāmaścainamuvāca ha.

41. tau utthāpya mahāvīryau garuḍaḥ vāsavopamau
ubhau tau sasvaje hṛṣṭau rāmaḥ ca enam uvāca ha

41. garuḍaḥ vāsavopamau mahāvīryau tau utthāpya
ubhau tau hṛṣṭau sasvaje ca rāmaḥ enam uvāca ha

41. Garuḍa, having lifted up those two exceedingly valorous heroes, who were like Indra, embraced both of them while they were joyful. And Rama then spoke to him.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (those two)

• उत्थाप्य (utthāpya) - having raised up, having caused to stand up

• महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - exceedingly valorous (Rama and Lakshmana) (exceedingly powerful, greatly valorous)

• गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (mythical bird, vehicle of Vishnu)

• वासवोपमौ (vāsavopamau) - comparable to Indra (referring to Rama and Lakshmana) (comparable to Indra)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (Rama and Lakshmana) (both)

• तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (as objects of embrace) (those two)

• सस्वजे (sasvaje) - embraced

• हृष्टौ (hṛṣṭau) - joyful (Rama and Lakshmana) (delighted, joyful, pleased)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a prince of Ayodhya, incarnation of Vishnu)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - him (Garuḍa) (him)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उत्थाप्य (utthāpya) - having raised up, having caused to stand up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the causative stem of ut-√sthā with the suffix -ya.

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

महावीर्यौ (mahāvīryau) - exceedingly valorous (Rama and Lakshmana) (exceedingly powerful, greatly valorous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mahāvīrya

mahāvīrya - having great power/valor, extremely heroic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+vīrya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vīrya – prowess, valor, strength
  noun (neuter)

गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (mythical bird, vehicle of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa (mythical bird, king of birds, vehicle of Vishnu)

वासवोपमौ (vāsavopamau) - comparable to Indra (referring to Rama and Lakshmana) (comparable to Indra)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vāsavopama

vāsavopama - comparable to Vāsava (Indra), like Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāsava+upama)

• vāsava – Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison, similar, comparable
  adjective (masculine)

उभौ (ubhau) - both (Rama and Lakshmana) (both)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (as objects of embrace) (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सस्वजे (sasvaje) - embraced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of svaj

Perfect tense

Root: svaj (class 1)

हृष्टौ (hṛṣṭau) - joyful (Rama and Lakshmana) (delighted, joyful, pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, joyful, pleased, excited

Past Passive Participle

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a prince of Ayodhya, incarnation of Vishnu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (Garuḍa) (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, he, him

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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