वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-63, verse-37

निकुम्भाग्रज वीर्यं ते बाणवेगं तदद्भुतम् ।
संनतिश्च प्रभावश्च तव वा रावणस्य वा ॥३७॥

37. nikumbhāgraja vīryaṃ te bāṇavegaṃ tadadbhutam ,
saṃnatiśca prabhāvaśca tava vā rāvaṇasya vā.

37. nikumbhāgraja vīryam te bāṇavegam tat adbhutam
saṃnatiḥ ca prabhāvaḥ ca tava vā rāvaṇasya vā

37. nikumbhāgraja te vīryam tat adbhutam bāṇavegam
saṃnatiḥ ca prabhāvaḥ ca tava vā rāvaṇasya vā

37. O elder brother of Nikumbha, your valor and the amazing speed of your arrows – is this humility or majesty yours, or Ravana's?

Words meanings summery:

• निकुम्भाग्रज (nikumbhāgraja) - O elder brother of Nikumbha

• वीर्यम् (vīryam) - valor, strength, heroism

• ते (te) - your (genitive/dative singular)

• बाणवेगम् (bāṇavegam) - speed of arrows

• तत् (tat) - that, this

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

• संनतिः (saṁnatiḥ) - humility, bowing, modesty, submission

• च (ca) - and

• प्रभावः (prabhāvaḥ) - power, majesty, might, influence

• च (ca) - and

• तव (tava) - yours, of you

• वा (vā) - or

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

निकुम्भाग्रज (nikumbhāgraja) - O elder brother of Nikumbha

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nikumbhāgraja

nikumbhāgraja - elder brother of Nikumbha

Tatpuruṣa compound: Nikumbha + agraja.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nikumbha+agraja)

• nikumbha – name of a Rākṣasa
  proper noun (masculine)
• agraja – elder brother (literally 'born first')
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'agra' (foremost) + 'ja' (born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

वीर्यम् (vīryam) - valor, strength, heroism

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - valor, strength, prowess, virility

Note: Subject.

ते (te) - your (genitive/dative singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you (pronoun)

Note: Possessive pronoun referring to Kumbhakarna.

बाणवेगम् (bāṇavegam) - speed of arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṇavega

bāṇavega - speed of arrows

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'bāṇa' (arrow) + 'vega' (speed).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+vega)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Subject, parallel to 'vīryam'.

तत् (tat) - that, this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to 'vīryam' and 'bāṇavegam'.

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - amazing, wonderful, marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - amazing, wonderful, marvelous, astonishing

Note: Modifies 'tat'.

संनतिः (saṁnatiḥ) - humility, bowing, modesty, submission

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃnati

saṁnati - bowing, humility, reverence, submission

Derived from root nam (to bow) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Subject.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रभावः (prabhāvaḥ) - power, majesty, might, influence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, might, majesty, dignity, influence

Derived from root bhū (to be) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject, parallel to 'saṃnatiḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - yours, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Refers to Kumbhakarna.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper noun)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)