वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-25, verse-17

ते रुक्मपुङ्खा विशिखाः सधूमा इव पावकाः ।
निजघ्नुस्तानि रक्षांसि वज्रा इव महाद्रुमान् ॥१७॥

17. te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ ,
nijaghnustāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān.

17. te rukmapuṅkhāḥ viśikhāḥ sadhūmāḥ iva pāvakāḥ
nijaghnūḥ tāni rakṣāṃsi vajrāḥ iva mahādrumān

17. te rukmapuṅkhāḥ viśikhāḥ sadhūmāḥ iva pāvakāḥ
tāni rakṣāṃsi nijaghnūḥ vajrāḥ iva mahādrumān

17. Those gold-feathered arrows, like smokey fires, struck down those rakṣasas, just as thunderbolts fell upon great trees.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (arrows) (those)

• रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - gold-feathered (gold-feathered, having golden shafts)

• विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows (arrows, darts)

• सधूमाः (sadhūmāḥ) - smoky (with smoke, smoky)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires (fires, purifying agents)

• निजघ्नूः (nijaghnūḥ) - they struck down (they killed, they struck down)

• तानि (tāni) - those

• रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - rakṣasas (demons) (rakṣasas (demons), protections)

• वज्राः (vajrāḥ) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

• महाद्रुमान् (mahādrumān) - great trees

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (arrows) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse and explicitly in this one.

रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - gold-feathered (gold-feathered, having golden shafts)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rukmapuṅkha

rukmapuṅkha - gold-feathered

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rukma+puṅkha)

• rukma – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – feather (of an arrow), shaft end of an arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with viśikhāḥ

विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows (arrows, darts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśikha

viśikha - arrow, dart (lit. 'without a point' or 'pointless' but refers to an arrow)

सधूमाः (sadhūmāḥ) - smoky (with smoke, smoky)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sadhūma

sadhūma - with smoke, smoky, fuming

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+dhūma)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dhūma – smoke, vapor
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with viśikhāḥ and pāvakāḥ

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires (fires, purifying agents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifying, bright

Derived from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Used in simile, 'like fires'.

निजघ्नूः (nijaghnūḥ) - they struck down (they killed, they struck down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ni-han

Perfect Active 3rd Plural

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with rakṣāṃsi

रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - rakṣasas (demons) (rakṣasas (demons), protections)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit, monster; protection

वज्राः (vajrāḥ) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt (Indra's weapon), diamond

Note: Used in simile, 'like thunderbolts'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

महाद्रुमान् (mahādrumān) - great trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahādruma

mahādruma - great tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+druma)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)