वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-1, verse-18

दिष्ट्या त्वं राक्षसेन्द्रेण द्वन्द्वयुद्धमुपागतः ।
देवतानामवध्येन विजयं प्राप्तवानसि ॥१८॥

18. diṣṭyā tvaṃ rākṣasendreṇa dvandvayuddhamupāgataḥ ,
devatānāmavadhyena vijayaṃ prāptavānasi.

18. diṣṭyā tvaṃ rākṣasendreṇa dvandvayuddham upāgataḥ
devatānām avadhyena vijayaṃ prāptavān asi

18. diṣṭyā tvaṃ devatānām avadhyena rākṣasendreṇa
dvandvayuddham upāgataḥ vijayaṃ prāptavān asi

18. Fortunately, you engaged in a duel with the king of the demons (rākṣasas), who was invincible even by the gods, and you have achieved victory.

Words meanings summery:

• दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

• त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

• राक्षसेन्द्रेण (rākṣasendreṇa) - by Rāvaṇa, the king of the Rākṣasas (by the king of (rākṣasas))

• द्वन्द्वयुद्धम् (dvandvayuddham) - duel, single combat

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - approached, reached, engaged in, faced

• देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the gods

• अवध्येन (avadhyena) - by the unkillable one, by the one who cannot be slain

• विजयं (vijayaṁ) - victory, triumph

• प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - having obtained, achieved

• असि (asi) - you are

Words meanings and morphology

दिष्ट्या (diṣṭyā) - fortunately, by good luck

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of diṣṭi (luck, fortune) used as an adverb.

त्वं (tvaṁ) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

राक्षसेन्द्रेण (rākṣasendreṇa) - by Rāvaṇa, the king of the Rākṣasas (by the king of (rākṣasas))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - king of Rākṣasas, chief of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – demon, evil spirit, a class of mythical beings
  noun (masculine)
• indra – king, chief, leader
  noun (masculine)

द्वन्द्वयुद्धम् (dvandvayuddham) - duel, single combat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvandvayuddha

dvandvayuddha - duel, single combat, fight between two opponents

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvandva+yuddha)

• dvandva – pair, couple, duality, conflict
  noun (neuter)
• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle of yudh (to fight) used as a noun.
  Root: yudh (class 4)

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - approached, reached, engaged in, faced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, undertaken, engaged in

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes upa and ā.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god, goddess

Abstract noun from deva (god).

अवध्येन (avadhyena) - by the unkillable one, by the one who cannot be slain

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, inviolable, unkillable

Gerundive

From a (not) + vadhya (to be killed, gerundive of vadh).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadhya)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• vadhya – to be killed, killable, liable to be slain
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From root vadh (to kill, strike)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

विजयं (vijayaṁ) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vijaya

vijaya - victory, triumph, conquest

From vi-ji (to conquer)

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

प्राप्तवान् (prāptavān) - having obtained, achieved

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāptavat

prāptavat - having obtained, having reached, having acquired

Perfect Active Participle

From root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra, and the suffix -vat for perfect active participle.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present Active Indicative

Root as (to be), 2nd class, present stem, 2nd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

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