वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-24, verse-12

यद्दुर्बला बलवता बान्धवा रावणेन मे ।
उदितेनैव सूर्येण तारका इव नाशिताः ॥१२॥

12. yaddurbalā balavatā bāndhavā rāvaṇena me ,
uditenaiva sūryeṇa tārakā iva nāśitāḥ.

12. yat durbalā balavatā bāndhavā rāvaṇena me
uditena eva sūryeṇa tārakā iva nāśitāḥ

12. yat me durbalā bāndhavā balavatā rāvaṇena
uditena sūryeṇa tārakā iva nāśitāḥ

12. My weak relatives were destroyed by the powerful Rāvaṇa, just as stars are obliterated by the rising sun.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - that (as in, 'that this happened') (that which, because, when)

• दुर्बला (durbalā) - weak (weak, feeble)

• बलवता (balavatā) - by the powerful (Rāvaṇa) (by the powerful one, by the strong one)

• बान्धवा (bāndhavā) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

• मे (me) - my (relatives) (my, for me, to me)

• उदितेन (uditena) - by the risen (by the risen, by the ascended)

• एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

• सूर्येण (sūryeṇa) - by the sun

• तारका (tārakā) - stars

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• नाशिताः (nāśitāḥ) - destroyed, obliterated (destroyed, annihilated)

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - that (as in, 'that this happened') (that which, because, when)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, because, when

Note: Often introduces a causal or explanatory clause.

दुर्बला (durbalā) - weak (weak, feeble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless

From dus (bad) + bala (strength)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dus+bala)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

बलवता (balavatā) - by the powerful (Rāvaṇa) (by the powerful one, by the strong one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

From bala (strength) + matup suffix

Note: Agrees with 'Rāvaṇena'.

बान्धवा (bāndhavā) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen, friends)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend, connection

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

Note: Agent of the implied passive action 'nāśitāḥ'.

मे (me) - my (relatives) (my, for me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Also dative singular.

उदितेन (uditena) - by the risen (by the risen, by the ascended)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of udita

udita - risen, ascended, appeared, said

Past Passive Participle

From root i (to go) with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'sūryeṇa'.

एव (eva) - just, only (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

सूर्येण (sūryeṇa) - by the sun

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun god

Note: Agent of the implied action 'destroying stars'.

तारका (tārakā) - stars

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tārakā

tārakā - star

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

नाशिताः (nāśitāḥ) - destroyed, obliterated (destroyed, annihilated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāśita

nāśita - destroyed, annihilated, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From causative of root naś (to perish) or root nāś (to destroy).

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bāndhavāḥ'.