वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-20, verse-28

खड्गनिष्पेषनिष्पिष्टैर्गहना दुश्चरा च मे ।
हस्त्यश्वनरहस्तोरुशिरोभिर्भविता मही ॥२८॥

28. khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭairgahanā duścarā ca me ,
hastyaśvanarahastoruśirobhirbhavitā mahī.

28. khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭaiḥ gahanā duścarā ca me
hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śirobhiḥ bhavitā mahī

28. me mahī khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭaiḥ
hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śirobhiḥ ca gahanā duścarā bhavitā

28. The earth will become impassable and difficult to traverse for me, dense with the hands, thighs, and heads of elephants, horses, and men, all crushed by the powerful blows of my sword.

Words meanings summery:

• खड्ग-निष्पेष-निष्पिष्टैः (khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭaiḥ) - by those crushed by the striking/grinding of swords, by swords' crushing blows

• गहना (gahanā) - dense, thick, impenetrable, profound

• दुश्चरा (duścarā) - difficult to traverse, difficult to walk through

• च (ca) - and

• मे (me) - my, for me

• हस्ति-अश्व-नर-हस्त-उरु-शिरोभिः (hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śirobhiḥ) - by the hands, thighs, and heads of elephants, horses, and men

• भविता (bhavitā) - will become, will be

• मही (mahī) - earth, ground, land

Words meanings and morphology

खड्ग-निष्पेष-निष्पिष्टैः (khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭaiḥ) - by those crushed by the striking/grinding of swords, by swords' crushing blows

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭa

khaḍga-niṣpeṣa-niṣpiṣṭa - crushed by sword-blows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaḍga+niṣpeṣa+niṣpiṣṭa)

• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)
• niṣpeṣa – crushing, grinding, pounding, powerful blow
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root 'piṣ' with prefix 'nis'.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: piṣ (class 7)
• niṣpiṣṭa – crushed, ground, pounded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'piṣ' with prefix 'nis'.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: piṣ (class 7)

Note: Describes the limbs (hands, thighs, heads).

गहना (gahanā) - dense, thick, impenetrable, profound

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gahana

gahana - deep, dense, impenetrable, profound

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

दुश्चरा (duścarā) - difficult to traverse, difficult to walk through

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duścara

duścara - difficult to go, difficult to traverse

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (dus+cara)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill (prefix)
  indeclinable
• cara – moving, going, to be traversed
  adjective
  noun of agency/action
  Derived from the root 'car' (to move, to go).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mahī'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, for me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

asmad - I

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

हस्ति-अश्व-नर-हस्त-उरु-शिरोभिः (hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śirobhiḥ) - by the hands, thighs, and heads of elephants, horses, and men

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śiras

hasti-aśva-nara-hasta-uru-śiras - hands, thighs, and heads of elephants, horses, and men

Compound type : dvandva/tatpuruṣa (hastin+aśva+nara+hasta+uru+śiras)

• hastin – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand, arm
  noun (masculine)
• uru – thigh
  noun (masculine)
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

भविता (bhavitā) - will become, will be

(nominal form)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - to be, to become, to exist

Periphrastic Future (kartari)

Future active participle / agent noun, used to form the periphrastic future.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here with a nominative subject to indicate future tense.

मही (mahī) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land, ground