वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-87, verse-3

निहतानाममात्यानां रुद्धस्य नगरस्य च ।
दुःखमेषो ऽपनेष्यामि हत्वा तौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥३॥

3. nihatānāmamātyānāṃ ruddhasya nagarasya ca ,
duḥkhameṣo'paneṣyāmi hatvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau.

3. nihatānām amātyānām ruddhasya nagarasya ca
duḥkham eṣaḥ apaneṣyāmi hatvā tau rāmalakṣmaṇau

3. tau rāmalakṣmaṇau hatvā nihatānām amātyānām ca
ruddhasya nagarasya eṣaḥ duḥkham apaneṣyāmi

3. I shall remove this suffering caused by my slain ministers and the besieged city, by killing those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• निहतानाम् (nihatānām) - of the slain (of the slain, of those killed)

• अमात्यानाम् (amātyānām) - of the ministers (of the ministers, of the companions)

• रुद्धस्य (ruddhasya) - of the besieged (of the besieged, of the obstructed)

• नगरस्य (nagarasya) - of the city (of the city, of the town)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow (suffering, sorrow, pain, misery)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the speaker, Rāvaṇa) (this, that (masc. nom. sg.))

• अपनेष्यामि (apaneṣyāmi) - I shall remove (I shall remove, I shall take away)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - by killing (having killed, by killing)

• तौ (tau) - those two

• रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

निहतानाम् (nihatānām) - of the slain (of the slain, of those killed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix ni + root han (to strike, kill) + past passive participle suffix kta. Declined in genitive plural masculine/neuter.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing amātya.

अमात्यानाम् (amātyānām) - of the ministers (of the ministers, of the companions)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of amātya

amātya - minister, companion, fellow-worker

From amā (near) + tya (suffix forming nouns).

रुद्धस्य (ruddhasya) - of the besieged (of the besieged, of the obstructed)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, singular of ruddha

ruddha - besieged, obstructed, blocked, stopped

Past Passive Participle

From root rudh (to obstruct, besiege) + past passive participle suffix kta. Declined in genitive singular masculine/neuter.

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing nagara.

नगरस्य (nagarasya) - of the city (of the city, of the town)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, sorrow (suffering, sorrow, pain, misery)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, sorrow, pain, misery, uneasiness

From dus (bad) + kha (opening of an axle hole, metaphorically 'space').

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the speaker, Rāvaṇa) (this, that (masc. nom. sg.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

Masculine nominative singular of the demonstrative pronoun etad.

अपनेष्यामि (apaneṣyāmi) - I shall remove (I shall remove, I shall take away)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of apanī

Future Tense (Lṛṭ)

Prefix apa + root nī (to lead) + future tense ending syāmi (1st person singular).

Prefix: apa

Root: nī (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - by killing (having killed, by killing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root han (class 2 hanti) + absolutive suffix tvā.

Root: han (class 2)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Masculine accusative dual of the demonstrative pronoun tad.

रामलक्ष्मणौ (rāmalakṣmaṇau) - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of rāmalakṣmaṇa

rāmalakṣmaṇa - Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Dvaṃdva compound of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. Declined in masculine accusative dual.

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+lakṣmaṇa)

• rāma – Rāma (a proper noun), pleasing, charming
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother, a proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)