वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-12

तौ तु रावणसंदिष्टौ भ्रातरौ शुकसारणौ ।
व्योमान्तरचरौ वीरौ प्रस्थितौ पश्चिमोन्मुखौ ॥१२॥

12. tau tu rāvaṇasaṃdiṣṭau bhrātarau śukasāraṇau ,
vyomāntaracarau vīrau prasthitau paścimonmukhau.

12. tau tu rāvaṇasandiṣṭau bhrātarau śukasāraṇau
vyomāntaracarau vīrau prasthitau paścimonmukhau

12. tu rāvaṇasandiṣṭau vyomāntaracarau vīrau tau
bhrātarau śukasāraṇau paścimonmukhau prasthitau

12. Indeed, those two valiant brothers, Śuka and Sāraṇa, sent by Rāvaṇa, who move through the sky, set out facing west.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• रावणसन्दिष्टौ (rāvaṇasandiṣṭau) - sent by Rāvaṇa

• भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers

• शुकसारणौ (śukasāraṇau) - Śuka and Sāraṇa

• व्योमान्तरचरौ (vyomāntaracarau) - moving in the sky/intermediate space

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, valiant ones

• प्रस्थितौ (prasthitau) - set out, departed

• पश्चिमोन्मुखौ (paścimonmukhau) - facing west

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

रावणसन्दिष्टौ (rāvaṇasandiṣṭau) - sent by Rāvaṇa

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāvaṇasandiṣṭa

rāvaṇasandiṣṭa - sent by Rāvaṇa

compound of Rāvaṇa and sandiṣṭa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+sandiṣṭa)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sandiṣṭa – sent, dispatched, ordered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam- √diś (to point out, order)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: diś (class 6)

भ्रातरौ (bhrātarau) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

शुकसारणौ (śukasāraṇau) - Śuka and Sāraṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śukasāraṇa

śukasāraṇa - Śuka and Sāraṇa (names of two Rākṣasas)

dvandva compound of Śuka and Sāraṇa

Compound type : dvandva (śuka+sāraṇa)

• śuka – parrot; Śuka (name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sāraṇa – driver, guide; Sāraṇa (name)
  proper noun (masculine)

व्योमान्तरचरौ (vyomāntaracarau) - moving in the sky/intermediate space

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vyomāntaracara

vyomāntaracara - moving in the sky or atmosphere

compound of vyoman and antara-cara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyoman+antara+cara)

• vyoman – sky, atmosphere, space
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, intermediate space
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going
  adjective (masculine)
  from √car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, valiant ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, valiant, brave

प्रस्थितौ (prasthitau) - set out, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prasthita

prasthita - set out, departed, gone forth

Past Passive Participle

from pra- √sthā (to stand, go)

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

पश्चिमोन्मुखौ (paścimonmukhau) - facing west

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of paścimonmukha

paścimonmukha - facing west

compound of paścima and unmukha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paścima+unmukha)

• paścima – west, western
  adjective
• unmukha – facing, having the face turned towards
  adjective (masculine)
  from ud-mukha
  Prefix: ud

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