वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-41, verse-9

तौ च मुक्तौ सुघोरेण शरबन्धेन राघवौ ।
समुत्थितौ महाभागौ विषेदुः प्रेक्ष्य राक्षसाः ॥९॥

9. tau ca muktau sughoreṇa śarabandhena rāghavau ,
samutthitau mahābhāgau viṣeduḥ prekṣya rākṣasāḥ.

9. tau ca muktau sughoreṇa śarabandhena rāghavau
samutthitau mahābhāgau viṣeduḥ prekṣya rākṣasāḥ

9. ca sughoreṇa śarabandhena muktau samutthitau
mahābhāgau tau rāghavau prekṣya rākṣasāḥ viṣeduḥ

9. And when those two great-souled sons of Raghu, freed from the very terrible arrow-bondage, stood up, the rākṣasas were filled with despair upon seeing them.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (those two)

• च (ca) - and

• मुक्तौ (muktau) - freed, released

• सुघोरेण (sughoreṇa) - by the very terrible, by the exceedingly dreadful

• शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - by the arrow-bondage, by the bond of arrows

• राघवौ (rāghavau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (the two sons of Raghu)

• समुत्थितौ (samutthitau) - risen up, stood up, emerged

• महाभागौ (mahābhāgau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (the two greatly fortunate ones, the noble ones)

• विषेदुः (viṣeduḥ) - they despaired, they grieved, they were dejected

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas, demons

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मुक्तौ (muktau) - freed, released

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mukta

mukta - freed, released, liberated

Past Passive Participle

Root: muc (class 6)

सुघोरेण (sughoreṇa) - by the very terrible, by the exceedingly dreadful

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sughora

sughora - very terrible, exceedingly dreadful

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+ghora)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fearful
  adjective

शरबन्धेन (śarabandhena) - by the arrow-bondage, by the bond of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śarabandha

śarabandha - arrow-bondage, bond of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+bandha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• bandha – bond, binding, fetter
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bandh (class 9)

राघवौ (rāghavau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (the two sons of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, son of Raghu (epithet for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)

समुत्थितौ (samutthitau) - risen up, stood up, emerged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samutthita

samutthita - risen, stood up, emerged, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

महाभागौ (mahābhāgau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (the two greatly fortunate ones, the noble ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, noble, illustrious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhāga – share, portion, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

विषेदुः (viṣeduḥ) - they despaired, they grieved, they were dejected

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of sad

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas, demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit

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