वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-13

सुकेशतनयैर्देवत्रिभिस्त्रेताग्निसंनिभैः ।
आक्रम्य वरदानेन स्थानान्यपहृतानि नः ॥१३॥

13. sukeśatanayairdevatribhistretāgnisaṃnibhaiḥ ,
ākramya varadānena sthānānyapahṛtāni naḥ.

13. sukeśatanayaiḥ deva tribhiḥ tretāgnisannibhaiḥ
ākramya varadānena sthānāni apahṛtāni naḥ

13. deva sukeśatanayaiḥ tribhiḥ tretāgnisannibhaiḥ
varadānena ākramya naḥ sthānāni apahṛtāni

13. O god, our dwelling places have been forcibly seized by the three sons of Sukesha, who resemble the three sacred fires (Tretāgni), through the power of a boon.

Words meanings summery:

• सुकेशतनयैः (sukeśatanayaiḥ) - by the sons of Sukesha

• देव (deva) - O god

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• त्रेताग्निसन्निभैः (tretāgnisannibhaiḥ) - resembling the three sacred fires (Tretāgni)

• आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having forcibly seized, having attacked

• वरदानेन (varadānena) - by a boon, through the granting of a boon

• स्थानानि (sthānāni) - places, dwellings

• अपहृतानि (apahṛtāni) - seized, carried away, stolen

• नः (naḥ) - our, to us, by us

Words meanings and morphology

सुकेशतनयैः (sukeśatanayaiḥ) - by the sons of Sukesha

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sukeśatanaya

sukeśatanaya - son of Sukesha

Compound: sukeśa (proper noun) + tanaya (son)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukeśa+tanaya)

• sukeśa – Sukesha (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• tanaya – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  From root tan (to extend, produce)
  Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agent of the action.

देव (deva) - O god

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Addressed to the god.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'sukeśatanayaiḥ'.

त्रेताग्निसन्निभैः (tretāgnisannibhaiḥ) - resembling the three sacred fires (Tretāgni)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tretāgnisannibha

tretāgnisannibha - resembling the Tretāgni (three sacred fires)

Compound: 'tretāgni' (three sacred fires) + 'sannibha' (resembling)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tretāgni+sannibha)

• tretāgni – the three sacred fires (Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, Dakṣiṇāgni)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'tretā' (triad) and 'agni' (fire)
• sannibha – resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam-nibhā (to resemble)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nibhā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sukeśatanayaiḥ'.

आक्रम्य (ākramya) - having forcibly seized, having attacked

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with prefix 'ā-' and root 'kram'

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Modifies the action of 'apahṛtāni'.

वरदानेन (varadānena) - by a boon, through the granting of a boon

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of varadāna

varadāna - granting of a boon, a boon

Compound: 'vara' (boon) + 'dāna' (giving, granting)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vara+dāna)

• vara – boon, blessing, choice
  noun (masculine)
  From root vṛ (to choose)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• dāna – giving, granting, gift
  noun (neuter)
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Instrument by which places were seized.

स्थानानि (sthānāni) - places, dwellings

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, dwelling, abode

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'apahṛtāni'.

अपहृतानि (apahṛtāni) - seized, carried away, stolen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of apahṛta

apahṛta - carried off, taken away, stolen, seized

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'apa-' and root 'hṛ'

Prefix: apa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'sthānāni'.

नः (naḥ) - our, to us, by us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Indicates possession: 'our places'.