वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-2, verse-24

मम भुजबलवेगवेगितः पततु शरो ऽस्य महान्महोरसि ।
व्यपनयतु तनोश्च जीवितं पततु ततश्च महीं विघूर्णितः ॥२४॥

24. mama bhujabalavegavegitaḥ patatu śaro'sya mahānmahorasi ,
vyapanayatu tanośca jīvitaṃ patatu tataśca mahīṃ vighūrṇitaḥ.

24. mama bhujabalavegavegitaḥ patatu
śaraḥ asya mahān mahorasi |
vyapanayatu tanoḥ ca jīvitam
patatu tataḥ ca mahīm vighūrṇitaḥ

24. mama bhujabalavegavegitaḥ mahān
asya śaraḥ mahorasi patatu ca
tanoḥ jīvitam vyapanayatu ca
tataḥ vighūrṇitaḥ mahīm patatu

24. Driven by the immense power of my arm, let this great arrow fall upon his mighty chest, and let it take away the life from his body; and then, let it fall whirling to the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• भुजबलवेगवेगितः (bhujabalavegavegitaḥ) - driven by the force of the arm's strength, impelled by the speed of arm-power

• पततु (patatu) - let it fall

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

• अस्य (asya) - of Virādha (of him, his)

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• महोरसि (mahorasi) - on the mighty chest, on the great breast

• व्यपनयतु (vyapanayatu) - let it remove, let it take away

• तनोः (tanoḥ) - from the body

• च (ca) - and

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

• पततु (patatu) - let it fall

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• च (ca) - and

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth

• विघूर्णितः (vighūrṇitaḥ) - whirling, swaying, agitated

Words meanings and morphology

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

asmad - I

First person pronoun

भुजबलवेगवेगितः (bhujabalavegavegitaḥ) - driven by the force of the arm's strength, impelled by the speed of arm-power

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhujabalavegavegita

bhujabalavegavegita - impelled by the force of arm-strength

Past Passive Participle (secondary suffix)

Compound adjective: 'bhuja' (arm) + 'bala' (strength) + 'vega' (speed/force) + 'vegita' (impelled). 'Vegita' is derived from 'vega' (force, speed) meaning 'driven/impelled by'. Thus, 'driven by the velocity of arm-strength'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuja+bala+vega+vegita)

• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• vega – speed, velocity, force, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'vij' (to move swiftly)
  Root: vij (class 6)
• vegita – driven, impelled, swift, agitated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle (derived from verb form of 'vega' or root 'vij')
  Derived from root 'vij' (to move swiftly) with suffix -ita or from `vega` itself.
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ'.

पततु (patatu) - let it fall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

Imperative Mood, Active Voice, Third Person Singular

Root: pat (class 1)

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow

अस्य (asya) - of Virādha (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ'.

महोरसि (mahorasi) - on the mighty chest, on the great breast

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahoras

mahoras - mighty-chested, having a great breast

Compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'uras' (chest, breast). Used here in locative as 'on the great chest'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya/bahuvrīhi (mahā+uras)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• uras – chest, breast, heart
  noun (neuter)

व्यपनयतु (vyapanayatu) - let it remove, let it take away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vyapanay

Imperative Mood, Active Voice, Third Person Singular

Prefixes: vi+apa+ni

Root: nī (class 1)

तनोः (tanoḥ) - from the body

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, living

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, means of subsistence

Past Passive Participle (secondary usage as noun)

From root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

पततु (patatu) - let it fall

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

Imperative Mood, Active Voice, Third Person Singular

Root: pat (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, land

विघूर्णितः (vighūrṇitaḥ) - whirling, swaying, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vighūrṇita

vighūrṇita - whirling, agitated, swaying, reeling

Past Passive Participle

From 'vi' (away, apart) + root 'ghūrṇ' (to whirl, to shake)

Prefix: vi

Root: ghūrṇ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ' (implied subject of the second 'patatu').