वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-14, verse-9

ये तु ते राक्षसेन्द्रस्य सचिवा घोरविक्रमः ।
ते सहस्रं सहस्राणामेकैकं समयोधयन् ॥९॥

9. ye tu te rākṣasendrasya sacivā ghoravikramaḥ ,
te sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāmekaikaṃ samayodhayan.

9. ye tu te rākṣasendrasya sacivāḥ ghoravikramāḥ
te sahasram sahasrāṇām ekaikam samayodhayan

9. Indeed, those ministers of the king of the Rākṣasas, who possessed terrible valor, each one of them fought against thousands upon thousands (of enemies).

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• ते (te) - those (those, they)

• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of the Rākṣasas (of the lord of Rākṣasas, of the chief Rākṣasa)

• सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers (ministers, companions, associates)

• घोरविक्रमाः (ghoravikramāḥ) - who possessed terrible valor (of terrible valor, possessing dreadful prowess)

• ते (te) - they (the ministers) (those, they)

• सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

• सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

• एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one (each one, one by one)

• समयोधयन् (samayodhayan) - they fought against (they fought, they caused to fight)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (who, which, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of the Rākṣasas (of the lord of Rākṣasas, of the chief Rākṣasa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - king/chief of Rākṣasas

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'rākṣasa' (Rākṣasa) + 'indra' (chief/king)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – a demon, a malevolent being
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, king (often a suffix for best/chief)
  noun (masculine)

सचिवाः (sacivāḥ) - ministers (ministers, companions, associates)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saciva

saciva - minister, companion, associate

घोरविक्रमाः (ghoravikramāḥ) - who possessed terrible valor (of terrible valor, possessing dreadful prowess)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghoravikrama

ghoravikrama - of terrible valor, dreadful in prowess

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ghora+vikrama)

• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fearful
  adjective (masculine)
• vikrama – valor, prowess, heroism, power
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kram' (to step) with prefix 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kram (class 1)

ते (te) - they (the ministers) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand

(numeral)

सहस्राणाम् (sahasrāṇām) - of thousands

(numeral)

एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one (each one, one by one)

(distributive numeral)

Note: Used adverbially here

समयोधयन् (samayodhayan) - they fought against (they fought, they caused to fight)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of samayudh

Causative of root 'yudh' (to fight) with prefix 'sam'

Prefix: sam

Root: yudh (class 4)

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