वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-76, verse-12

दृष्ट्वैव चासुरश्रेष्ठं देवास्त्रासमुपागमन् ।
कथमेनं वधिष्यामः कथं न स्यात् पराजयः ॥१२॥

12. dṛṣṭvaiva cāsuraśreṣṭhaṃ devāstrāsamupāgaman ,
kathamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmaḥ kathaṃ na syāt parājayaḥ.

12. dṛṣṭvā eva ca asuraśreṣṭham devāḥ trāsam upāgaman
katham enam vadhiṣyāmaḥ katham na syāt parājayaḥ

12. And immediately upon seeing that pre-eminent demon, the gods were struck with terror, [thinking]: 'How shall we kill him? How can we avoid defeat?'

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• एव (eva) - immediately, as soon as (just, indeed, even)

• च (ca) - and

• असुरश्रेष्ठम् (asuraśreṣṭham) - Vṛtra, the supreme demon (the best of demons, pre-eminent demon)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

• त्रासम् (trāsam) - fear, terror

• उपागमन् (upāgaman) - they were filled with, they felt (they approached, attained, felt)

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• एनम् (enam) - that demon (Vṛtra) (him, this)

• वधिष्यामः (vadhiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall kill

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• न (na) - not, no

• स्यात् (syāt) - may there be, let it be

• पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat, loss

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

absolutive (gerund) form of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - immediately, as soon as (just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

असुरश्रेष्ठम् (asuraśreṣṭham) - Vṛtra, the supreme demon (the best of demons, pre-eminent demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asuraśreṣṭha

asuraśreṣṭha - best of demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (asura+śreṣṭha)

• asura – demon, evil spirit
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

त्रासम् (trāsam) - fear, terror

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trāsa

trāsa - fear, terror, alarm

उपागमन् (upāgaman) - they were filled with, they felt (they approached, attained, felt)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of upāgam

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - that demon (Vṛtra) (him, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that, he, she, it

वधिष्यामः (vadhiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall kill

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vadh

future stem from root vadh/han

Root: han (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may there be, let it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पराजयः (parājayaḥ) - defeat, loss

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parājaya

parājaya - defeat, subjugation, loss

derived from verb parā-ji (to defeat)