वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-32, verse-53

वज्रप्रहारानचला यथा घोरान् विषेहिरे ।
गदाप्रहारांस्तद्वत्तौ सहेते नरराक्षसौ ॥५३॥

53. vajraprahārānacalā yathā ghorān viṣehire ,
gadāprahārāṃstadvattau sahete nararākṣasau.

53. vajraprāhārān acalāḥ yathā ghorān viṣehire
gadāprahārān tadvat tau sahete nararākṣasau

53. yathā acalāḥ ghorān vajraprāhārān viṣehire
tadvat tau nararākṣasau gadāprahārān sahete

53. Just as mountains endure terrible thunderbolt blows, similarly, those two, the human and the rākṣasa, bore the mace-blows.

Words meanings summery:

• वज्रप्राहारान् (vajraprāhārān) - thunderbolt blows, strikes of a thunderbolt

• अचलाः (acalāḥ) - mountains (literally 'immovable ones')

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

• विषेहिरे (viṣehire) - they endured, they bore

• गदाप्रहारान् (gadāprahārān) - mace-blows, strikes of maces

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that

• तौ (tau) - those two

• सहेते (sahete) - they endure, they bear

• नरराक्षसौ (nararākṣasau) - Arjuna (the human) and the rākṣasa (demon) (the man and the rākṣasa)

Words meanings and morphology

वज्रप्राहारान् (vajraprāhārān) - thunderbolt blows, strikes of a thunderbolt

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vajraprāhāra

vajraprāhāra - blow/strike of a thunderbolt

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+prahāra)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• prahāra – blow, strike, attack
  noun (masculine)
  From √hṛ with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

अचलाः (acalāḥ) - mountains (literally 'immovable ones')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of acala

acala - immovable, mountain

a (negation) + cala (moving)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable, fierce

विषेहिरे (viṣehire) - they endured, they bore

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of sah

Prefix: vi

Root: sah (class 1)

गदाप्रहारान् (gadāprahārān) - mace-blows, strikes of maces

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gadāprahāra

gadāprahāra - blow/strike of a mace

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gadā+prahāra)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• prahāra – blow, strike, attack
  noun (masculine)
  From √hṛ with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

तद्वत् (tadvat) - similarly, like that

(indeclinable)

From tad + -vat suffix

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

सहेते (sahete) - they endure, they bear

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present (Laṭ) of sah

Root: sah (class 1)

नरराक्षसौ (nararākṣasau) - Arjuna (the human) and the rākṣasa (demon) (the man and the rākṣasa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nararākṣasa

nararākṣasa - man and demon

Compound type : dvandva (nara+rākṣasa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• rākṣasa – a demon, an evil being
  noun (masculine)

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