वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-67, verse-16

अद्य हत्वाहवे यौ तौ मिथ्या प्रव्रजितौ वने ।
जयं पित्रे प्रदास्यामि रावणाय रणाधिकम् ॥१६॥

16. adya hatvāhave yau tau mithyā pravrajitau vane ,
jayaṃ pitre pradāsyāmi rāvaṇāya raṇādhikam.

16. adya hatvā āhave yau tau mithyā pravrajitau
vane jayam pitre pradāsyāmi rāvaṇāya raṇādhikam

16. adya āhave mithyā pravrajitau yau tau vane
hatvā pitre rāvaṇāya raṇādhikam jayam pradāsyāmi

16. Today, having killed in battle those two who are falsely living as ascetics in the forest, I will grant my father Rāvaṇa a victory superior in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat

• यौ (yau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (who (dual))

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

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - implying their ascetic life in the forest is not genuine or justified (falsely, wrongly, incorrectly)

• प्रव्रजितौ (pravrajitau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa who are in exile (those two who have gone forth, renounced, become ascetics)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• जयम् (jayam) - the victory achieved by killing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (victory, triumph)

• पित्रे (pitre) - to Rāvaṇa, the speaker's father (to the father)

• प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give, I will grant

• रावणाय (rāvaṇāya) - to Rāvaṇa

• रणाधिकम् (raṇādhikam) - a victory that is great or superior in terms of battle (superior in battle, more than battle)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

absolutives (gerunds)

derived from root √han (to strike, kill) with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, combat, war

Prefix: ā

Root: hu (class 3)

यौ (yau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (who (dual))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Corresponds to tau.

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

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Corresponds to yau.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - implying their ascetic life in the forest is not genuine or justified (falsely, wrongly, incorrectly)

(indeclinable)

प्रव्रजितौ (pravrajitau) - referring to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa who are in exile (those two who have gone forth, renounced, become ascetics)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pravrajita

pravrajita - gone forth, expatriated, exiled, a wandering ascetic

Past Passive Participle

from pra-√vraj (to go forth, depart)

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'yau tau'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

जयम् (jayam) - the victory achieved by killing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (victory, triumph)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

from √ji (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of pradāsyāmi.

पित्रे (pitre) - to Rāvaṇa, the speaker's father (to the father)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Recipient of the victory.

प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give, I will grant

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pradā

Future Tense, first person singular

from pra-√dā (to give, grant)

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

रावणाय (rāvaṇāya) - to Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name, king of Laṅkā)

Note: Refers to the speaker's father, Rāvaṇa.

रणाधिकम् (raṇādhikam) - a victory that is great or superior in terms of battle (superior in battle, more than battle)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raṇādhika

raṇādhika - superior in battle, excelling in battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+adhika)

• raṇa – battle, fight, war
  noun (masculine)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• adhika – superior, exceeding, much, more
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi

Note: Matches 'jayam' in gender, number, and case.

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