महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-274, verse-19

स रामाय महाघोरं विससर्ज निशाचरः ।
शूलमिन्द्राशनिप्रख्यं ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम् ॥१९॥

19. sa rāmāya mahāghoraṁ visasarja niśācaraḥ ,
śūlamindrāśaniprakhyaṁ brahmadaṇḍamivodyatam.

19. sa rāmāya mahāghoram visasarja niśācaraḥ śūlam
indrāśaniprakhyam brahmadaṇḍam iva udyatam

19. That night-roamer (Rāvaṇa) hurled a very terrible spear towards Rāma, one that resembled Indra's thunderbolt and was like Brahmā's raised staff.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma, for Rāma

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - a very terrible (spear) (very terrible, greatly dreadful)

• विससर्ज (visasarja) - hurled, discharged, released

• निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the night-roamer (night-roamer, demon)

• शूलम् (śūlam) - spear, pike, dart

• इन्द्राशनिप्रख्यम् (indrāśaniprakhyam) - (a spear) resembling Indra's thunderbolt (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

• ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - Brahmā's staff

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• उद्यतम् (udyatam) - (like a) raised (staff) (raised, uplifted, prepared)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma, for Rāma

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper noun, name of the hero)

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - a very terrible (spear) (very terrible, greatly dreadful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, greatly dreadful, exceedingly frightful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, frightful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam'.

विससर्ज (visasarja) - hurled, discharged, released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of sṛj

Perfect, third person singular

Reduplicated perfect form from root sṛj (to hurl) with upasarga vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the night-roamer (night-roamer, demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-roamer, night-walker, demon

Compound niśā (night) + cara (mover).

Compound type : tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, walking; one who moves/walks
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from √car
  From root car (to move, wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

शूलम् (śūlam) - spear, pike, dart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūla

śūla - a spear, pike, dart; stake, trident

इन्द्राशनिप्रख्यम् (indrāśaniprakhyam) - (a spear) resembling Indra's thunderbolt (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of indrāśaniprakhya

indrāśaniprakhya - resembling Indra's thunderbolt

Compound: Indra (god) + aśani (thunderbolt) + prakhya (resembling).

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra+aśani+prakhya)

• indra – Indra (proper noun, king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (neuter)
  From pra-√khyā 'to be seen, appear'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam'.

ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - Brahmā's staff

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmadaṇḍa

brahmadaṇḍa - Brahmā's staff, the rod of Brahmā (a mythical weapon of immense power)

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+daṇḍa)

• brahman – Brahmā (proper noun, the creator god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, stick, punishment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam' and 'indrāśaniprakhyam' in meaning and case.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

उद्यतम् (udyatam) - (like a) raised (staff) (raised, uplifted, prepared)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - raised, uplifted, ready, prepared

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root yam (to raise, hold) with upasarga ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmadaṇḍam'.