वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-106, verse-17

सहसा युद्धशौण्डेन हयारोहेण वाहिताम् ।
निक्षिप्तभाण्डामुत्सृष्टां किशोरीमिव दुर्बलाम् ॥१७॥

17. sahasā yuddhaśauṇḍena hayāroheṇa vāhitām ,
nikṣiptabhāṇḍāmutsṛṣṭāṃ kiśorīmiva durbalām.

17. sahasā yuddhaśauṇḍena hayāroheṇa vāhitām
nikṣiptabhāṇḍām utsṛṣṭām kiśorīm iva durbalām

17. yuddhaśauṇḍena hayāroheṇa sahasā vāhitām
nikṣiptabhāṇḍām utsṛṣṭām durbalām kiśorīm iva

17. Suddenly driven by a warrior skilled in battle, a horseman, having dropped its burden and then abandoned, like a weak, young mare.

Words meanings summery:

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, violently

• युद्धशौण्डेन (yuddhaśauṇḍena) - by one skilled in battle, by a warrior

• हयारोहेण (hayāroheṇa) - by a horseman

• वाहिताम् (vāhitām) - driven, carried, pulled

• निक्षिप्तभाण्डाम् (nikṣiptabhāṇḍām) - having dropped its burden, with burden cast down

• उत्सृष्टाम् (utsṛṣṭām) - abandoned, left, given up

• किशोरीम् (kiśorīm) - young mare

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• दुर्बलाम् (durbalām) - weak, feeble

Words meanings and morphology

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, violently

(indeclinable)

युद्धशौण्डेन (yuddhaśauṇḍena) - by one skilled in battle, by a warrior

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yuddhaśauṇḍa

yuddhaśauṇḍa - skilled in battle, valorous in war

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuddha+śauṇḍa)

• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• śauṇḍa – addicted to, fond of, skilled in, intoxicated
  adjective (masculine)

हयारोहेण (hayāroheṇa) - by a horseman

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hayāroha

hayāroha - horseman, rider

From haya (horse) + āroha (mounting)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haya+āroha)

• haya – horse
  noun (masculine)
• āroha – mounting, ascending, rider
  noun (masculine)
  From √ruh with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ruh (class 1)

वाहिताम् (vāhitām) - driven, carried, pulled

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāhita

vāhita - driven, carried, conveyed, pulled

Past Passive Participle (Causative)

Causative of √vah (to carry, flow)

Root: vah (class 1)

निक्षिप्तभाण्डाम् (nikṣiptabhāṇḍām) - having dropped its burden, with burden cast down

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nikṣiptabhāṇḍa

nikṣiptabhāṇḍa - having its burden/goods dropped/cast down

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nikṣipta+bhāṇḍa)

• nikṣipta – thrown down, cast off, dropped, placed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṣip with ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṣip (class 6)
• bhāṇḍa – vessel, goods, wares, burden, capital
  noun (neuter)

उत्सृष्टाम् (utsṛṣṭām) - abandoned, left, given up

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of utsṛṣṭa

utsṛṣṭa - abandoned, released, given up, let loose

Past Passive Participle

From √sṛj with ut

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

किशोरीम् (kiśorīm) - young mare

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kiśorī

kiśorī - young mare, filly

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

दुर्बलाम् (durbalām) - weak, feeble

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, infirm, powerless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+bala)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

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