वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-26

तेन मामद्य संयुक्तं रथस्थमिह संयुगे ।
प्रतीयात् को ऽद्य मामाजौ साक्षादपि पुरंदरः ॥२६॥

26. tena māmadya saṃyuktaṃ rathasthamiha saṃyuge ,
pratīyāt ko'dya māmājau sākṣādapi puraṃdaraḥ.

26. tena mām adya saṃyuktam rathastham iha saṃyuge
pratīyāt kaḥ adya mām ājau sākṣāt api purandaraḥ

26. tena saṃyuktam rathastham mām iha saṃyuge adya
kaḥ purandaraḥ api sākṣāt adya ājau mām pratīyāt

26. With that armor equipping me today, and standing in my chariot here in this battle, who indeed could confront me in combat today, even if it were Indra himself?

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - with that (armor) (by that, with that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - equipped (joined, united, endowed with, equipped)

• रथस्थम् (rathastham) - standing in a chariot

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in union)

• प्रतीयात् (pratīyāt) - might confront (may go against, may confront, may understand)

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• माम् (mām) - me

• आजौ (ājau) - in combat (in battle, in combat)

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - in person, himself (directly, visibly, in person)

• अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

• पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra (Indra, destroyer of cities)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - with that (armor) (by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to 'kavacam' (armor).

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Object of 'pratīyāt'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

संयुक्तम् (saṁyuktam) - equipped (joined, united, endowed with, equipped)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃyukta

saṁyukta - joined, united, equipped

Past Passive Participle

From sam-yuj 'to join, unite'

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.

रथस्थम् (rathastham) - standing in a chariot

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rathastha

rathastha - standing in a chariot

Compound: ratha (chariot) + stha (standing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+stha)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram
• stha – standing, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā 'to stand'
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)

(indeclinable)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in union)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, union

From sam-yuj 'to join, fight'

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

प्रतीयात् (pratīyāt) - might confront (may go against, may confront, may understand)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prati-i

Prefix: prati

Root: i (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of 'pratīyāt'.

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Object of 'pratīyāt'.

आजौ (ājau) - in combat (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āji

āji - battle, combat, contest

From ā-aj 'to drive, to fight'

Prefix: ā

Root: aj (class 1)

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - in person, himself (directly, visibly, in person)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'sākṣāt' to emphasize 'even if it were'.

पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra (Indra, destroyer of cities)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purandara

purandara - destroyer of cities (an epithet of Indra)

Compound: puram (city) + dara (destroyer)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (puram+dara)

• puram – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pṛ
• dara – tearing, breaking, destroying
  noun (masculine)
  From root dṛ 'to tear, split'
  Root: dṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject (implicitly 'he' of 'pratīyāt').

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