वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-58, verse-3

तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनिर्हर्षमुपागमत् ।
भूतघ्नीं चाकरोत्ताभ्यां रक्षां रक्षोविनाशिनीम् ॥३॥

3. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā munirharṣamupāgamat ,
bhūtaghnīṃ cākarottābhyāṃ rakṣāṃ rakṣovināśinīm.

3. teṣām tat vacanam śrutvā muniḥ harṣam upāgamat
bhūtaghnīm ca akarot tābhyām rakṣām rakṣovināśinīm

3. muniḥ teṣām tat vacanam śrutvā harṣam upāgamat ca
tābhyām bhūtaghnīm rakṣovināśinīm rakṣām akarot

3. Having heard their words, the sage became joyful. He then created for them a protection that destroys both ghosts and rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (Rama and Lakshmana) (of them, for them)

• तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the words (spoken by Rama and Lakshmana) (word, speech)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Valmiki) (sage, ascetic)

• हर्षम् (harṣam) - joy (joy, delight)

• उपागमत् (upāgamat) - attained, became (attained, approached, reached)

• भूतघ्नीम् (bhūtaghnīm) - that which destroys ghosts (ghost-destroying, spirit-slaying)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he made, he created (he did, he made)

• ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - for the two of them (Rama and Lakshmana) (to/for them (dual))

• रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - a protection (protection, guarding)

• रक्षोविनाशिनीम् (rakṣovināśinīm) - that which destroys rākṣasas (demon-destroying, rākṣasa-destroying)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (Rama and Lakshmana) (of them, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

वचनम् (vacanam) - the words (spoken by Rama and Lakshmana) (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

Derived from √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from √śru + -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Valmiki) (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, recluse

हर्षम् (harṣam) - joy (joy, delight)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, gladness

Derived from √hṛṣ

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

उपागमत् (upāgamat) - attained, became (attained, approached, reached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect third person singular

Augment 'a' + upasarga 'upa' + root 'gam' in past tense

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

भूतघ्नीम् (bhūtaghnīm) - that which destroys ghosts (ghost-destroying, spirit-slaying)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūtaghnī

bhūtaghnī - ghost-destroying, slaying spirits

From bhūta (spirit/ghost) + ghna (killer/destroyer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+ghna)

• bhūta – ghost, spirit, being, element
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ghna – killer, destroyer
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अकरोत् (akarot) - he made, he created (he did, he made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect third person singular

Augment 'a' + root 'kṛ' in past tense

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ताभ्याम् (tābhyām) - for the two of them (Rama and Lakshmana) (to/for them (dual))

(pronoun)

dual of tad

tad - that, this

रक्षाम् (rakṣām) - a protection (protection, guarding)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rakṣā

rakṣā - protection, guard, safety

From √rakṣ

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

रक्षोविनाशिनीम् (rakṣovināśinīm) - that which destroys rākṣasas (demon-destroying, rākṣasa-destroying)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rakṣovināśinī

rakṣovināśinī - demon-destroying, rākṣasa-destroying

From rakṣas (demon) + vināśin (destroying)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakṣas+vināśin)

• rakṣas – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (neuter)
• vināśin – destroying, ruinous
  adjective (masculine)
  From vi-√naś
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

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