वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-20, verse-31

बहुभिश्चैकमत्यस्यन्नेकेन च बहूञ्जनान् ।
विनियोक्ष्याम्यहं बाणान्नृवाजिगजमर्मसु ॥३१॥

31. bahubhiścaikamatyasyannekena ca bahūñjanān ,
viniyokṣyāmyahaṃ bāṇānnṛvājigajamarmasu.

31. bahubhiḥ ca ekam atyasyan ekena ca bahūn janān
viniyakṣyāmi aham bāṇān nṛvāji-gaja-marmasu

31. aham nṛvājigajamarmasu bāṇān viniyakṣyāmi ekam
bahubhiḥ ca atyasyan ekena ca bahūn janān

31. I will deploy my arrows into the vital points of men, horses, and elephants, being capable of striking down a single individual with many (arrows) and many individuals with a single (arrow).

Words meanings summery:

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - (by many arrows, or by many efforts) (by many)

• च (ca) - and

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single (person)

• अत्यस्यन् (atyasyan) - striking down, overpowering

• एकेन (ekena) - (by one arrow) (by one)

• च (ca) - and

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• जनान् (janān) - people, individuals

• विनियक्ष्यामि (viniyakṣyāmi) - I will employ, I will use, I will direct

• अहम् (aham) - I

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• नृवाजिगजमर्मसु (nṛvājigajamarmasu) - in the vital spots of men, horses, and elephants

Words meanings and morphology

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - (by many arrows, or by many efforts) (by many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Implied 'bāṇaiḥ' (by arrows).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single (person)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

Note: Refers to a single opponent.

अत्यस्यन् (atyasyan) - striking down, overpowering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atyasyat

atyasyat - striking down, overpowering, throwing down

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'as' with prefix 'ati'

Prefix: ati

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'aham'.

एकेन (ekena) - (by one arrow) (by one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

Note: Implied 'bāṇena' (by arrow).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Modifies 'janān'.

जनान् (janān) - people, individuals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, man, people, creature

विनियक्ष्यामि (viniyakṣyāmi) - I will employ, I will use, I will direct

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of viniyuj

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

नृवाजिगजमर्मसु (nṛvājigajamarmasu) - in the vital spots of men, horses, and elephants

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of nṛvājigajamarma

nṛvājigajamarma - vital spots of men, horses, and elephants

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (nṛ+vāji+gaja+marma)

• nṛ – man, male
  noun (masculine)
• vājin – horse (lit. 'swift one')
  noun (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• marman – vital spot, vulnerable point, joint
  noun (neuter)