वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-96, verse-2

अर्दयन्तौ तु समरे तयोस्तौ स्यन्दनोत्तमौ ।
परस्परवधे युक्तौ घोररूपौ बभूवतुः ॥२॥

2. ardayantau tu samare tayostau syandanottamau ,
parasparavadhe yuktau ghorarūpau babhūvatuḥ.

2. ardayantau tu samare tayoḥ tau syandanottamau
parasparavadhe yuktau ghorarūpau babhūvatuḥ

2. tu samare ardayantau tayoh tau syandanottamau parasparavadhe yuktau ghorarūpau babhūvatuḥ.

2. And those two excellent chariots belonging to them, while devastating (the enemy) in battle, became terrible in appearance and focused on mutual destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्दयन्तौ (ardayantau) - afflicting, tormenting, harassing (dual)

• तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

• समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Rāma and Rāvaṇa (of those two, their (genitive dual))

• तौ (tau) - the two chariots (those two (masculine))

• स्यन्दनोत्तमौ (syandanottamau) - the two excellent chariots

• परस्परवधे (parasparavadhe) - in mutual killing/destruction

• युक्तौ (yuktau) - engaged, joined, intent (dual)

• घोररूपौ (ghorarūpau) - of terrible form/appearance (dual)

• बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - they two became, existed

Words meanings and morphology

अर्दयन्तौ (ardayantau) - afflicting, tormenting, harassing (dual)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ardayat

ardayat - afflicting, tormenting, causing pain

Present Active Participle (causative)

Present active participle of the causative stem `arday` from root `ard`

Root: ard (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `syandanottamau`.

तु (tu) - but, and, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle

समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

From `sam` (together) + `ṛ` (to go, move)

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 3)

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of Rāma and Rāvaṇa (of those two, their (genitive dual))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to Rāma and Rāvaṇa.

तौ (tau) - the two chariots (those two (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `syandanottamau` (the two excellent chariots).

स्यन्दनोत्तमौ (syandanottamau) - the two excellent chariots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of syandanottama

syandanottama - excellent chariot, best of chariots

Compound type : karmadhāraya (syandana+uttama)

• syandana – chariot, flow, stream
  noun (masculine)
  From root `syand` (to move swiftly, flow)
  Root: syand (class 1)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ud

Note: Subject of `babhūvatuḥ`.

परस्परवधे (parasparavadhe) - in mutual killing/destruction

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parasparavadha

parasparavadha - mutual killing, reciprocal destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paraspara+vadha)

• paraspara – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying, striking
  noun (masculine)
  From root `han` (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

युक्तौ (yuktau) - engaged, joined, intent (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yukta

yukta - joined, united, engaged, yoked, intent on

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root `yuj`

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with `syandanottamau`.

घोररूपौ (ghorarūpau) - of terrible form/appearance (dual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ghorarūpa

ghorarūpa - of terrible form, frightful, dreadful in appearance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghora+rūpa)

• ghora – terrible, dreadful, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape, beauty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `syandanottamau`.

बभूवतुः (babhūvatuḥ) - they two became, existed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Perfect tense

Perfect (liṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person dual

Root: bhū (class 1)