वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-106, verse-16

विपुलां विततां चैव युक्तपाशां तरस्विनाम् ।
भूमौ बाणैर्विनिष्कृत्तां पतितां ज्यामिवायुधात् ॥१६॥

16. vipulāṃ vitatāṃ caiva yuktapāśāṃ tarasvinām ,
bhūmau bāṇairviniṣkṛttāṃ patitāṃ jyāmivāyudhāt.

16. vipulām vitatām ca eva yuktapāśām tarasvinām
bhūmau bāṇaiḥ viniṣkṛttām patitām jyām iva āyudhāt

16. vipulām vitatām ca eva yuktapāśām tarasvinām
bāṇaiḥ viniṣkṛttām bhūmau patitām āyudhāt jyām iva

16. Extensive and stretched, with its loops attached, belonging to powerful warriors, fallen on the ground, severed by arrows, just like a bowstring from a weapon.

Words meanings summery:

• विपुलाम् (vipulām) - extensive, vast, large

• वितताम् (vitatām) - stretched, spread out, extended

• च (ca) - and

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

• युक्तपाशाम् (yuktapāśām) - having attached loops/ends

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of powerful warriors (of the swift, of the powerful, of the strong ones)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• विनिष्कृत्ताम् (viniṣkṛttām) - cut off, severed, detached

• पतिताम् (patitām) - fallen, dropped

• ज्याम् (jyām) - bowstring

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आयुधात् (āyudhāt) - from a weapon, from a bow

Words meanings and morphology

विपुलाम् (vipulām) - extensive, vast, large

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipula

vipula - extensive, large, vast, broad, abundant

वितताम् (vitatām) - stretched, spread out, extended

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vitata

vitata - stretched, spread out, extended, vast, wide

Past Passive Participle

From √tan with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: tan (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

युक्तपाशाम् (yuktapāśām) - having attached loops/ends

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yuktapāśa

yuktapāśa - having attached loops/ends

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yukta+pāśa)

• yukta – joined, united, yoked, attached, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √yuj
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• pāśa – rope, cord, snare, noose, fetter, loop
  noun (masculine)

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of powerful warriors (of the swift, of the powerful, of the strong ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - swift, quick, energetic, powerful, brave

From taras (speed, force)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

विनिष्कृत्ताम् (viniṣkṛttām) - cut off, severed, detached

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viniṣkṛtta

viniṣkṛtta - cut off, severed, detached

Past Passive Participle

From √kṛt with vi-ni

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

पतिताम् (patitām) - fallen, dropped

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, dropped

Past Passive Participle

From √pat

Root: pat (class 1)

ज्याम् (jyām) - bowstring

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jyā

jyā - bowstring, earth

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आयुधात् (āyudhāt) - from a weapon, from a bow

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement, tool

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