वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-28

अद्य तूर्यशतैर्भीमं धनुरुत्थाप्यतां महत् ।
रामलक्ष्मणयोरेव वधाय परमाहवे ॥२८॥

28. adya tūryaśatairbhīmaṃ dhanurutthāpyatāṃ mahat ,
rāmalakṣmaṇayoreva vadhāya paramāhave.

28. adya tūryaśataiḥ bhīmam dhanuḥ utthāpyatām
mahat rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ eva vadhāya paramāhave

28. adya paramāhave rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ vadhāya eva
bhīmam mahat dhanuḥ tūryaśataiḥ utthāpyatām

28. Today, in the great battle (paramāhave), let the formidable, mighty bow be raised with hundreds of trumpets, specifically for the purpose of killing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तूर्यशतैः (tūryaśataiḥ) - with hundreds of musical instruments, by hundreds of trumpets

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - formidable, terrible, dreadful

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• उत्थाप्यताम् (utthāpyatām) - let it be raised, let it be lifted

• महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, large

• रामलक्ष्मणयोः (rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ) - of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

• एव (eva) - specifically, indeed for (indeed, only, certainly)

• वधाय (vadhāya) - for the purpose of killing (for killing, for slaughter)

• परमाहवे (paramāhave) - in the great battle, in the supreme conflict

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

तूर्यशतैः (tūryaśataiḥ) - with hundreds of musical instruments, by hundreds of trumpets

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of tūryaśata

tūryaśata - hundreds of musical instruments, a hundred trumpets

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tūrya+śata)

• tūrya – a musical instrument, a trumpet, a drum
  noun (neuter)
• śata – a hundred, a multitude
  noun (neuter)

भीमम् (bhīmam) - formidable, terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīma

bhīma - formidable, terrible, dreadful, awful

Derived from root 'bhī' (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Agrees with dhanuḥ (neuter, accusative, singular).

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

उत्थाप्यताम् (utthāpyatām) - let it be raised, let it be lifted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of utthāpaya

Causative from root sthā

Root sthā (to stand) + causative suffix -āpaya.

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large, important

Present active participle from root mah (to grow), or adjective

Adjective form of mahant.

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dhanuḥ (neuter, nominative, singular).

रामलक्ष्मणयोः (rāmalakṣmaṇayoḥ) - of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rāma (a proper name, son of Daśaratha)
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (a proper name, brother of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: The genitive dual ending.

एव (eva) - specifically, indeed for (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

particle

Note: Emphatic particle.

वधाय (vadhāya) - for the purpose of killing (for killing, for slaughter)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, destruction

From root han (to strike, to kill) with 'va' prefix/root change.

Root: han (class 2)

परमाहवे (paramāhave) - in the great battle, in the supreme conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of paramāhava

paramāhava - great battle, supreme conflict

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+āhava)

• parama – supreme, highest, ultimate, great
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• āhava – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'hve' (to call) with 'ā' prefix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hve (class 1)

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