वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-25, verse-1

तद्द्रुमाणां शिलानां च वर्षं प्राणहरं महत् ।
प्रतिजग्राह धर्मात्मा राघवस्तीक्ष्णसायकैः ॥१॥

1. taddrumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat ,
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavastīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ.

1. tat drumāṇām śilānām ca varṣam prāṇaharam mahat
pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavaḥ tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ

1. dharmātmā rāghavaḥ tat prāṇaharam mahat drumāṇām
śilānām ca varṣam tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ pratijagrāha

1. The virtuous Raghava (Rama) received and countered that great, life-taking shower of trees and stones with his sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• द्रुमाणाम् (drumāṇām) - of trees

• शिलानाम् (śilānām) - of stones, rocks

• च (ca) - and

• वर्षम् (varṣam) - shower, rain, downpour

• प्राणहरम् (prāṇaharam) - life-taking, deadly, destroying lives

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, caught, countered

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - the virtuous Rama (the virtuous one, one whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is virtue)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Raghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama)

• तीक्ष्णसायकैः (tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ) - with sharp arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

द्रुमाणाम् (drumāṇām) - of trees

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree

Root: dru (class 1)

शिलानाम् (śilānām) - of stones, rocks

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock, slab

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वर्षम् (varṣam) - shower, rain, downpour

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - rain, shower, year

From root vṛṣ 'to rain'

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

प्राणहरम् (prāṇaharam) - life-taking, deadly, destroying lives

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāṇahara

prāṇahara - taking life, deadly, destroying

Compound of prāṇa 'life' and hara 'taking, carrying'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāṇa+hara)

• prāṇa – breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)
• hara – taking, carrying, removing, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root hṛ 'to carry, take, seize'
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty

Present active participle of root mah 'to be great'

Root: mah (class 1)

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, caught, countered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of grah

Perfect

Root grah (Grahādi class), with prefix prati. Reduplicated perfect (liṭ)

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - the virtuous Rama (the virtuous one, one whose intrinsic nature (dharma) is virtue)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - virtuous, righteous, pious, having the intrinsic nature (dharma) of righteousness

Compound of dharma 'natural law/virtue' and ātman 'self/soul'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Refers to Raghava.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Raghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, epithet of Rama

Derived from Raghu + aṇ (patronymic suffix)

तीक्ष्णसायकैः (tīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ) - with sharp arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇasāyaka

tīkṣṇasāyaka - sharp arrow

Compound of tīkṣṇa 'sharp' and sāyaka 'arrow'.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tīkṣṇa+sāyaka)

• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, strong, fiery
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: tij (class 2)
• sāyaka – arrow, dart, missile
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From root si 'to bind' or sā 'to sharpen' + -aka
  Root: si (class 4)