वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-7

ननु त्वमिषुभिः क्रुद्धो भिन्द्याः कालान्तकावपि ।
मन्दरस्यापि शृङ्गाणि किं पुनर्लक्ष्मणं रणे ॥७॥

7. nanu tvamiṣubhiḥ kruddho bhindyāḥ kālāntakāvapi ,
mandarasyāpi śṛṅgāṇi kiṃ punarlakṣmaṇaṃ raṇe.

7. nanu tvam iṣubhiḥ kruddhaḥ bhindyāḥ kālāntakau api
mandarasya api śṛṅgāṇi kim punaḥ lakṣmaṇam raṇe

7. nanu kruddhaḥ tvam iṣubhiḥ kālāntakau api mandarasya
api śṛṅgāṇi bhindyāḥ punaḥ raṇe lakṣmaṇam kim

7. Surely, you, when enraged, with your arrows, could pierce even Kāla (the god of death) and Antaka, and even the peaks of Mount Mandara; what then of Lakshmana in battle?

Words meanings summery:

• ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, is it not?

• त्वम् (tvam) - Indrajit (you)

• इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

• भिन्द्याः (bhindyāḥ) - you would pierce/shatter

• कालान्तकौ (kālāntakau) - Kāla and Antaka (two names/aspects of the god of death)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• मन्दरस्य (mandarasya) - of Mandara (mountain)

• अपि (api) - even, also

• शृङ्गाणि (śṛṅgāṇi) - peaks, horns

• किम् (kim) - what then (to say of), how much less (what? why?)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - used with 'kim' for rhetorical effect ('how much more/less') (again, moreover, but)

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

Words meanings and morphology

ननु (nanu) - surely, indeed, is it not?

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - Indrajit (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

इषुभिः (iṣubhiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of iṣu

iṣu - arrow, dart

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, wrathful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root krudh with suffix -ta

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'tvam'.

भिन्द्याः (bhindyāḥ) - you would pierce/shatter

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi-liṅ) of bhid

Optative Mood

Vidhi-liṅ-lakāra, 2nd person singular, active voice

Root: bhid (class 7)

कालान्तकौ (kālāntakau) - Kāla and Antaka (two names/aspects of the god of death)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of kālāntaka

kālāntaka - Kāla (god of time/death) and Antaka (destroyer, an epithet of Yama)

Compound type : dvandva (kāla+antaka)

• kāla – time, destiny, god of death (Yama)
  noun (masculine)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, death, Yama
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 10)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

मन्दरस्य (mandarasya) - of Mandara (mountain)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara (name of a mythical mountain used as a churning rod in Samudra manthan)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

शृङ्गाणि (śṛṅgāṇi) - peaks, horns

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit, crest

किम् (kim) - what then (to say of), how much less (what? why?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'punar' to mean 'how much more/less'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - used with 'kim' for rhetorical effect ('how much more/less') (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (brother of Rama)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, fight, combat

Root: raṇ (class 1)

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