वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-59, verse-2

पितृव्यौ चापि संदृश्य समरे संनिषूदितौ ।
महोदरमहापार्श्वौ भ्रातरौ राक्षसर्षभौ ॥२॥

2. pitṛvyau cāpi saṃdṛśya samare saṃniṣūditau ,
mahodaramahāpārśvau bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau.

2. pitṛvyau ca api saṃdṛśya samare saṃniṣūditau
mahodaramahāpārśvau bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau

2. ca api samare saṃniṣūditau mahodaramahāpārśvau
bhrātarau rākṣasarṣabhau pitṛvyau saṃdṛśya

2. And having also clearly seen his two paternal uncles—Mahodara and Mahaparshva, who were brothers and chiefs among rakshasas—slain in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• पितृव्यौ (pitṛvyau) - two paternal uncles

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• संदृश्य (saṁdṛśya) - having clearly seen (having clearly seen, perceiving completely)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• संनिषूदितौ (saṁniṣūditau) - two slain (two slain, two killed, two destroyed)

• महोदरमहापार्श्वौ (mahodaramahāpārśvau) - Mahodara and Mahaparshva

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers (kinsmen) (two brothers)

• राक्षसर्षभौ (rākṣasarṣabhau) - two chiefs among rakshasas (two chiefs among rakshasas, two foremost rakshasas)

Words meanings and morphology

पितृव्यौ (pitṛvyau) - two paternal uncles

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pitṛvya

pitṛvya - paternal uncle (father's brother)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

संदृश्य (saṁdṛśya) - having clearly seen (having clearly seen, perceiving completely)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

indeclinable past participle from root 'dṛś' with preverb 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

संनिषूदितौ (saṁniṣūditau) - two slain (two slain, two killed, two destroyed)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, dual of saṃniṣūdita

saṁniṣūdita - slain, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

from root 'ṣūd' with preverbs 'sam-ni'

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: ṣūd (class 10)

महोदरमहापार्श्वौ (mahodaramahāpārśvau) - Mahodara and Mahaparshva

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mahodaramahāpārśva

mahodaramahāpārśva - Mahodara and Mahaparshva (names of two rakshasas)

Dvandva compound of two proper nouns

Compound type : dvandva (mahodara+mahāpārśva)

• mahodara – Mahodara (name of a rakshasa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mahāpārśva – Mahaparshva (name of a rakshasa)
  proper noun (masculine)

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - two brothers (kinsmen) (two brothers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

राक्षसर्षभौ (rākṣasarṣabhau) - two chiefs among rakshasas (two chiefs among rakshasas, two foremost rakshasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of rākṣasarṣabha

rākṣasarṣabha - chief of rakshasas, excellent rakshasa

Tatpurusha compound (rākṣasānām ṛṣabhaḥ)

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+ṛṣabha)

• rākṣasa – rakshasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

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