वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-20, verse-29

खड्गधाराहता मे ऽद्य दीप्यमाना इवाद्रयः ।
पतिष्यन्ति द्विपा भूमौ मेघा इव सविद्युतः ॥२९॥

29. khaḍgadhārāhatā me'dya dīpyamānā ivādrayaḥ ,
patiṣyanti dvipā bhūmau meghā iva savidyutaḥ.

29. khaḍga-dhārā-āhatāḥ me adya dīpyamānāḥ iva adrayaḥ
patiṣyanti dvipāḥ bhūmau meghāḥ iva sa-vidyutaḥ

29. adya me khaḍga-dhārā-āhatāḥ dvipāḥ dīpyamānāḥ
adrayaḥ iva sa-vidyutaḥ meghāḥ iva bhūmau patiṣyanti

29. Today, the elephants, struck by the edge of my sword, will fall to the ground like gleaming mountains, and like clouds accompanied by lightning.

Words meanings summery:

• खड्ग-धारा-आहताः (khaḍga-dhārā-āhatāḥ) - struck by the edge of the sword

• मे (me) - my, of me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• दीप्यमानाः (dīpyamānāḥ) - shining, gleaming, brilliant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

• पतिष्यन्ति (patiṣyanti) - will fall

• द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (literally 'two-drinkers')

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

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• स-विद्युतः (sa-vidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning, lightning-filled

Words meanings and morphology

खड्ग-धारा-आहताः (khaḍga-dhārā-āhatāḥ) - struck by the edge of the sword

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaḍga-dhārā-āhata

khaḍga-dhārā-āhata - struck by the edge of a sword

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (khaḍga+dhārā+āhata)

• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)
• dhārā – edge (of a weapon), stream, current
  noun (feminine)
• āhata – struck, hit, wounded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'dvipāḥ'.

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

asmad - I

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

दीप्यमानाः (dīpyamānāḥ) - shining, gleaming, brilliant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīpyamāna

dīpyamāna - shining, blazing, splendid

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root 'dīp' (to shine) in the 4th class (dīpyate).

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'adrayaḥ'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adri

adri - mountain, rock, stone

पतिष्यन्ति (patiṣyanti) - will fall

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (literally 'two-drinkers')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipa

dvipa - elephant (one who drinks twice, i.e., with trunk and mouth)

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil, land

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

स-विद्युतः (sa-vidyutaḥ) - with lightning, accompanied by lightning, lightning-filled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-vidyut

sa-vidyut - accompanied by lightning

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+vidyut)

• saha – with, together with (prefix)
  indeclinable
• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'meghāḥ'.