वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-41, verse-5

तौ तु बद्धौ शरैस्तीष्क्णैर्भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
अयं च सुमहान्नादः शङ्कां जनयतीव मे ॥५॥

5. tau tu baddhau śaraistīṣkṇairbhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau ,
ayaṃ ca sumahānnādaḥ śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me.

5. tau tu baddhau śaraiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
ayam ca sumahān nādaḥ śaṅkām janayati iva me

5. tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ baddhau
tu ayam ca sumahān nādaḥ me śaṅkām iva janayati

5. Indeed, those two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana, are bound by sharp arrows. And this immense roar seems to cause me apprehension.

Words meanings summery:

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

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• बद्धौ (baddhau) - bound (bound, tied, restrained)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows (by arrows, by reeds)

• तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp (by sharp, by keen, by fierce)

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers (Rama and Lakshmana) (the two brothers)

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

• अयम् (ayam) - this (roar) (this (masculine singular))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सुमहान् (sumahān) - immense (very great, immense)

• नादः (nādaḥ) - roar (sound, roar, cry)

• शङ्काम् (śaṅkām) - apprehension (doubt, apprehension, fear)

• जनयति (janayati) - causes (causes, produces, generates)

• इव (iva) - seems to, as if (as if, like, as it were)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

बद्धौ (baddhau) - bound (bound, tied, restrained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fastened, captured, restrained

Past Passive Participle

From √bandh (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows (by arrows, by reeds)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, dart

Root: śṛ

तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp (by sharp, by keen, by fierce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, fierce, severe, hot

From √tij (to be sharp, to whet).

Root: tij

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - the two brothers (Rama and Lakshmana) (the two brothers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rama and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rama and Lakshmana (the two brothers)

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rama (a principal deity of Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Vishnu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (brother of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - this (roar) (this (masculine singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, these

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

सुमहान् (sumahān) - immense (very great, immense)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, mighty, magnificent

From su- (good, well, very) + mahat (great).

नादः (nādaḥ) - roar (sound, roar, cry)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāda

nāda - sound, roar, cry, noise

From √nad (to sound, roar).

Root: nad (class 1)

शङ्काम् (śaṅkām) - apprehension (doubt, apprehension, fear)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śaṅkā

śaṅkā - doubt, apprehension, fear, suspicion

From √śaṅk (to doubt, fear).

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

जनयति (janayati) - causes (causes, produces, generates)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jan

Present 3rd singular active

Causative stem from √jan (to be born).

Root: jan (class 4)

इव (iva) - seems to, as if (as if, like, as it were)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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