योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-10, verse-28

अनुयातौ तथैवैतौ राजञ्छत्रुघ्नलक्ष्मणौ ।
तादृशावेव तस्यैव प्रतिबिम्बाविव स्थितौ ॥ २८ ॥

anuyātau tathaivaitau rājañchatrughnalakṣmaṇau ,
tādṛśāveva tasyaiva pratibimbāviva sthitau 28

28. anuyātau tathā eva etau rājan śatrughnalakṣmaṇau
tādṛśau eva tasya eva pratibimbau iva sthitau

28. O King, these two, Shatrughna and Lakshmana, followed him in exactly the same manner. Indeed, they appeared just like his two reflections.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुयातौ (anuyātau) - followed, accompanied, went after

• तथा (tathā) - in the same way (thus, so, in that way)

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

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• शत्रुघ्नलक्ष्मणौ (śatrughnalakṣmaṇau) - Shatrughna and Lakshmana

• तादृशौ (tādṛśau) - just like him (such, like that, similar)

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

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Rama) (of him, of that)

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

• प्रतिबिम्बौ (pratibimbau) - two reflections, two images

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स्थितौ (sthitau) - appeared (to be) (stood, remained, appeared, existed)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुयातौ (anuyātau) - followed, accompanied, went after

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of anuyāta

anuyāta - followed, accompanied, gone after

Past Passive Participle

Derived from `anu-yā` (to follow), P.P.P. masculine nominative/accusative dual.

Prefix: anu

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used substantively or as adjective for the subjects.

तथा (tathā) - in the same way (thus, so, in that way)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etas

etas - this

Masculine nominative dual form of the demonstrative pronoun `etas`.

Note: Refers to Shatrughna and Lakshmana.

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Vocative singular form of `rājan`.

Note: Used as an address to the king.

शत्रुघ्नलक्ष्मणौ (śatrughnalakṣmaṇau) - Shatrughna and Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śatrughnalakṣmaṇa

śatrughnalakṣmaṇa - Shatrughna and Lakshmana

Compound of two proper nouns, declined in nominative dual.

Compound type : dvandva (śatrughna+lakṣmaṇa)

• śatrughna – Shatrughna (name of Rama's brother, 'slayer of foes')
  proper noun (masculine)
• lakṣmaṇa – Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Rama's two younger brothers.

तादृशौ (tādṛśau) - just like him (such, like that, similar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, like that, similar, resembling

Masculine nominative dual form.

Note: Qualifies Shatrughna and Lakshmana.

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

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of him (referring to Rama) (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine genitive singular form of the demonstrative pronoun `tad`.

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

(indeclinable)

प्रतिबिम्बौ (pratibimbau) - two reflections, two images

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of pratibimba

pratibimba - reflection, image, shadow

Masculine nominative dual form.

Prefix: prati

Root: bimb

Note: Refers to Shatrughna and Lakshmana as reflections.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स्थितौ (sthitau) - appeared (to be) (stood, remained, appeared, existed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sthita

sthita - standing, existing, situated, appeared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `sthā` (to stand), P.P.P. masculine nominative dual.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `etau` and `śatrughnalakṣmaṇau`.