वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्
vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam
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book-7, chapter-32, verse-52
रुद्रकालाविव क्रुद्धौ तौ तथा राक्षसार्जुनौ ।
परस्परं गदाभ्यां तौ ताडयामासतुर्भृशम् ॥५२॥
परस्परं गदाभ्यां तौ ताडयामासतुर्भृशम् ॥५२॥
52. rudrakālāviva kruddhau tau tathā rākṣasārjunau ,
parasparaṃ gadābhyāṃ tau tāḍayāmāsaturbhṛśam.
parasparaṃ gadābhyāṃ tau tāḍayāmāsaturbhṛśam.
52.
rudrakālau iva kruddhau tau tathā rākṣasārjunau
parasparam gadābhyām tau tāḍayāmāsatuḥ bhṛśam
parasparam gadābhyām tau tāḍayāmāsatuḥ bhṛśam
52.
tau rākṣasārjunau kruddhau rudrakālau iva tathā
tau parasparam gadābhyām bhṛśam tāḍayāmāsatuḥ
tau parasparam gadābhyām bhṛśam tāḍayāmāsatuḥ
52.
Enraged like Rudra and Kāla (Death), those two, the rākṣasa and Arjuna, similarly struck each other vehemently with their maces.
Words meanings summery:
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- रुद्रकालौ (rudrakālau) - Rudra, the fierce god, and Kāla, the personification of Death (Rudra and Kāla)
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - enraged, angry, furious
- तौ (tau) - those two
- तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
- राक्षसार्जुनौ (rākṣasārjunau) - the rākṣasa and Arjuna
- परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually
- गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - with maces, by means of maces
- तौ (tau) - those two
- ताडयामासतुः (tāḍayāmāsatuḥ) - they struck, they beat
- भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, vehemently, intensely, severely
Words meanings and morphology
रुद्रकालौ (rudrakālau) - Rudra, the fierce god, and Kāla, the personification of Death (Rudra and Kāla)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of rudrakāla
rudrakāla - Rudra and Kāla
Compound type : dvandva (rudra+kāla)
- rudra – Rudra, the roarer, a Vedic deity, epithet of Shiva
proper noun (masculine) - kāla – time, death, black
noun (masculine)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
क्रुद्धौ (kruddhau) - enraged, angry, furious
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of kruddha
kruddha - enraged, angry, furious
Past Passive Participle
From √krudh (to be angry)
Root: krudh (class 4)
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, so
(indeclinable)
राक्षसार्जुनौ (rākṣasārjunau) - the rākṣasa and Arjuna
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of rākṣasārjuna
rākṣasārjuna - a rākṣasa and Arjuna
Compound type : dvandva (rākṣasa+arjuna)
- rākṣasa – a demon, an evil being
noun (masculine) - arjuna – Arjuna (a Pandava prince), white, silvery
proper noun (masculine)
परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially.
गदाभ्याम् (gadābhyām) - with maces, by means of maces
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, dual of gadā
gadā - mace, club
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
ताडयामासतुः (tāḍayāmāsatuḥ) - they struck, they beat
(verb)
3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of tāḍayāmāsa
Periphrastic perfect of the causative of √taḍ (to strike)
Root: taḍ (class 10)
भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, vehemently, intensely, severely
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially.