वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-90, verse-16

भरतस्यात्मजौ वीरौ तक्षः पुष्कल एव च ।
मातुलेन सुगुप्तौ तौ धर्मेण च समाहितौ ॥१६॥

16. bharatasyātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkala eva ca ,
mātulena suguptau tau dharmeṇa ca samāhitau.

16. bharatasya ātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkalaḥ eva
ca mātulena suguptau tau dharmeṇa ca samāhitau

16. Those two heroic sons of Bharata, Takṣa and Puṣkala, are well-protected by their maternal uncle and are firmly established in natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• भरतस्य (bharatasya) - of Bharata

• आत्मजौ (ātmajau) - two sons (two sons, two children (born of self))

• वीरौ (vīrau) - two heroic (sons) (two heroic ones, two heroes)

• तक्षः (takṣaḥ) - Takṣa (Takṣa (proper name))

• पुष्कलः (puṣkalaḥ) - Puṣkala (Puṣkala (proper name), abundant, full)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• च (ca) - and, also

• मातुलेन (mātulena) - by their maternal uncle (Yudhājit, Bharata's maternal uncle) (by the maternal uncle)

• सुगुप्तौ (suguptau) - well-protected (two well-protected ones)

• तौ (tau) - those two (sons) (those two)

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by righteousness, by duty)

• च (ca) - and, also

• समाहितौ (samāhitau) - firmly established (in dharma) (two firmly established, two composed, two attentive)

Words meanings and morphology

भरतस्य (bharatasya) - of Bharata

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of a king/prince), supporter, bearing

आत्मजौ (ātmajau) - two sons (two sons, two children (born of self))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, child (born of self)

Compound of ātman (self) and ja (born).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix
  From root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

वीरौ (vīrau) - two heroic (sons) (two heroic ones, two heroes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, powerful, warrior

Note: Agrees with 'ātmajau'.

तक्षः (takṣaḥ) - Takṣa (Takṣa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of takṣa

takṣa - carpenter, fashioner; (proper name) Takṣa

पुष्कलः (puṣkalaḥ) - Puṣkala (Puṣkala (proper name), abundant, full)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puṣkala

puṣkala - abundant, excellent, full; (proper name) Puṣkala

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मातुलेन (mātulena) - by their maternal uncle (Yudhājit, Bharata's maternal uncle) (by the maternal uncle)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mātula

mātula - maternal uncle

सुगुप्तौ (suguptau) - well-protected (two well-protected ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sugupta

sugupta - well-protected, well-guarded

Past Passive Participle

Compound of su (well, good) and gupta (protected). From root 'gup' (to protect).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+gupta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• gupta – protected, hidden, secret
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gup' (to protect, to hide).
  Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmajau' (implied).

तौ (tau) - those two (sons) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by righteousness, by duty)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, custom

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समाहितौ (samāhitau) - firmly established (in dharma) (two firmly established, two composed, two attentive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of samāhita

samāhita - composed, attentive, concentrated, fixed, firmly established

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place, to put) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'ātmajau' (implied).