योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-7, verse-16

तेषां न चान्यः काकुत्स्थाद्योद्धुमुत्सहते पुमान् ।
ऋते केसरिणः क्रुद्धान्मत्तानां करिणामिव ॥ १६ ॥

teṣāṃ na cānyaḥ kākutsthādyoddhumutsahate pumān ,
ṛte kesariṇaḥ kruddhānmattānāṃ kariṇāmiva 16

16. teṣām na ca anyaḥ kākutsthāt yoddhum utsahate
pumān ṛte kesariṇaḥ kruddhān mattānām kariṇām iva

16. No other man, apart from the scion of Kakutstha (Rama), dares to fight them, just as no one but a lion would dare to fight the enraged among the intoxicated elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (demons) (of them, theirs)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

• काकुत्स्थात् (kākutsthāt) - except Rama, the scion of Kakutstha (from Kakutstha, except Kakutstha)

• योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight

• उत्सहते (utsahate) - dares, exerts oneself, is able

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, male being, person

• ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

• केसरिणः (kesariṇaḥ) - a lion (implied subject for the simile) (of a lion, from a lion, a lion)

• क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - the enraged ones (among the elephants) (enraged, angry ones)

• मत्तानाम् (mattānām) - of the intoxicated (elephants) (of intoxicated ones, of proud ones)

• करिणाम् (kariṇām) - of elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (demons) (of them, theirs)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

काकुत्स्थात् (kākutsthāt) - except Rama, the scion of Kakutstha (from Kakutstha, except Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - scion of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rama)

Note: Used here in the sense of 'except' or 'without', similar to ṛte.

योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight

(verbal derivative)

Note: Infinitive of purpose.

उत्सहते (utsahate) - dares, exerts oneself, is able

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of utsah

Derived from root sah with prefix ut.

Prefix: ut

Root: sah (class 1)

पुमान् (pumān) - man, male being, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pumans

pumans - man, male being, person

ऋते (ṛte) - except, without

(indeclinable)

केसरिणः (kesariṇaḥ) - a lion (implied subject for the simile) (of a lion, from a lion, a lion)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kesarin

kesarin - lion

Note: Used with ṛte to mean 'except a lion'.

क्रुद्धान् (kruddhān) - the enraged ones (among the elephants) (enraged, angry ones)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root krudh.

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Functions as a noun here ('the enraged ones').

मत्तानाम् (mattānām) - of the intoxicated (elephants) (of intoxicated ones, of proud ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, frenzied, proud

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root mad.

Root: mad (class 4)

करिणाम् (kariṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karin

karin - elephant (lit. 'having a trunk')

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)