वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-81, verse-24

ते तु रामसहस्राणि रणे पश्यन्ति राक्षसाः ।
पुनः पश्यन्ति काकुत्स्थमेकमेव महाहवे ॥२४॥

24. te tu rāmasahasrāṇi raṇe paśyanti rākṣasāḥ ,
punaḥ paśyanti kākutsthamekameva mahāhave.

24. te tu rāmasahasrāṇi raṇe paśyanti rākṣasāḥ
punaḥ paśyanti kākutstham ekam eva mahā-āhave

24. te rākṣasāḥ tu raṇe rāmasahasrāṇi paśyanti
punaḥ mahā-āhave ekam eva kākutstham paśyanti

24. But those Rākṣasas see thousands of Rāmas in battle; then again, in the great conflict, they see Kakutstha (Rāma) as only one.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the Rākṣasas (demons) (they, them)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• रामसहस्राणि (rāmasahasrāṇi) - many illusory forms of Rāma (thousands of Rāmas)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict, in war

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - Rākṣasas (demons)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover, on the other hand

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rāma (as descendant of Kakutstha) (Kakutstha, descendant of Kakutstha)

• एकम् (ekam) - Rāma as only one (not thousands) (one, single, unique)

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• महा-आहवे (mahā-āhave) - in the great battle, in the great conflict

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the Rākṣasas (demons) (they, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas implicitly.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

रामसहस्राणि (rāmasahasrāṇi) - many illusory forms of Rāma (thousands of Rāmas)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rāmasahasra

rāmasahasra - a thousand Rāmas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+sahasra)

• rāma – Rama (name of a prominent deity and epic hero)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'paśyanti'.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

Root: raṇ (class 1)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd plural

Root dṛś (class 1, P), uses paśya- stem in present tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - Rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa, demon, a class of malevolent beings

Note: Subject of 'paśyanti'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more, moreover, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rāma (as descendant of Kakutstha) (Kakutstha, descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet of Rāma

Note: Object of 'paśyanti'.

एकम् (ekam) - Rāma as only one (not thousands) (one, single, unique)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, unique, sole

Note: Modifies 'kākutstham'.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

महा-आहवे (mahā-āhave) - in the great battle, in the great conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+āhava)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)
• āhava – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hu (class 3)