वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-91, verse-8

दशग्रीवं जयेत्याहुरसुराः समवस्थिताः ।
देवा राममथोचुस्ते त्वं जयेति पुनः पुनः ॥८॥

8. daśagrīvaṃ jayetyāhurasurāḥ samavasthitāḥ ,
devā rāmamathocuste tvaṃ jayeti punaḥ punaḥ.

8. daśagrīvam jaya iti āhuḥ asurāḥ samavasthitāḥ
devāḥ rāmam atha ūcuḥ te tvam jaya iti punaḥ punaḥ

8. samavasthitāḥ asurāḥ daśagrīvam jaya iti āhuḥ atha
devāḥ te rāmam tvam jaya iti punaḥ punaḥ ūcuḥ

8. The assembled demons exclaimed, "Victory to Daśagrīva!" Then, in turn, the gods repeatedly told Rama, "May you be victorious!"

Words meanings summery:

• दशग्रीवम् (daśagrīvam) - to Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa) (to Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked one))

• जय (jaya) - win!, triumph!, victory to!

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they said

• असुराः (asurāḥ) - demons, anti-gods

• समवस्थिताः (samavasthitāḥ) - being assembled, standing together

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

• अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

• ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

• जय (jaya) - win!, triumph!, victory to!

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

दशग्रीवम् (daśagrīvam) - to Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa) (to Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked one))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - having ten necks (epithet of Rāvaṇa)

bahuvrihi compound of 'daśa' (ten) and 'grīva' (neck)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (daśa+grīva)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• grīva – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of the implicit 'victory to'.

जय (jaya) - win!, triumph!, victory to!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of jaya

imperative, 2nd singular

from root 'ji' (to conquer, win)

Root: ji (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

particle

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

perfect tense, 3rd plural (irregular form of vac)

irregular perfect form of the root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

असुराः (asurāḥ) - demons, anti-gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, titan, anti-god

from 'a' (not) + 'sura' (god), or from 'asu' (life-breath)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'āhuḥ'.

समवस्थिताः (samavasthitāḥ) - being assembled, standing together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samavasthita

samavasthita - assembled, standing together, being in a particular state

Past Passive Participle

from 'sam' (together) + 'ava' (down, away) + root 'sthā' (to stand)

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Used actively, qualifying 'asurāḥ'.

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'ūcuḥ'.

रामम् (rāmam) - to Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a major deity, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'told' (ūcuḥ).

अथ (atha) - then, next, moreover

(indeclinable)

particle

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

perfect tense, 3rd plural

reduplicated perfect form of the root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - the gods (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'devāḥ'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

2nd person singular pronoun

जय (jaya) - win!, triumph!, victory to!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (Loṭ) of jaya

imperative, 2nd singular

from root 'ji' (to conquer, win)

Root: ji (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

particle

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

adverb

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

adverb