वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-23, verse-5

सधूमाश्च शराः सर्वे मम युद्धाभिनन्दिनः ।
रुक्मपृष्ठानि चापानि विवेष्टन्ते च लक्ष्मण ॥५॥

5. sadhūmāśca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ ,
rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa.

5. sadhūmāḥ ca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ
rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa

5. lakṣmaṇa mama sarve sadhūmāḥ ca yuddhābhinandinaḥ
śarāḥ ca rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante

5. O Lakṣmaṇa, all my arrows (śarāḥ) are smoky and eager for battle, and my gold-backed bows are twisting.

Words meanings summery:

• सधूमाः (sadhūmāḥ) - smoky, with smoke

• च (ca) - and

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• मम (mama) - my

• युद्धाभिनन्दिनः (yuddhābhinandinaḥ) - delighting in battle, eager for war

• रुक्मपृष्ठानि (rukmapṛṣṭhāni) - with golden backs, gold-backed

• चापानि (cāpāni) - bows

• विवेष्टन्ते (viveṣṭante) - are twisting, are writhing, are coiling

• च (ca) - and

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

सधूमाः (sadhūmāḥ) - smoky, with smoke

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadhūma

sadhūma - smoky, accompanied by smoke

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dhūma)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

मम (mama) - my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

युद्धाभिनन्दिनः (yuddhābhinandinaḥ) - delighting in battle, eager for war

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuddhābhinandin

yuddhābhinandin - one who delights in battle, eager for war

Compound of yuddha and abhinandin (agent noun from abhi-nand)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuddha+abhinandin)

• yuddha – battle, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• abhinandin – delighting in, praising
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun derived from root nand with prefix abhi-
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: nand (class 1)

रुक्मपृष्ठानि (rukmapṛṣṭhāni) - with golden backs, gold-backed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of rukmapṛṣṭha

rukmapṛṣṭha - having a golden back/surface

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rukma+pṛṣṭha)

• rukma – gold
  noun (neuter)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)

चापानि (cāpāni) - bows

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of cāpa

cāpa - bow

विवेष्टन्ते (viveṣṭante) - are twisting, are writhing, are coiling

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of veṣṭ

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (proper name, brother of Rama)

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