वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-29, verse-3

एषा बाणविनिर्भिन्ना गदा भूमितलं गता ।
अभिधानप्रगल्भस्य तव प्रत्ययघातिनी ॥३॥

3. eṣā bāṇavinirbhinnā gadā bhūmitalaṃ gatā ,
abhidhānapragalbhasya tava pratyayaghātinī.

3. eṣā bāṇavinirbhinnā gadā bhūmitalam gatā
abhidhānapragalbhasya tava pratyayaghātinī

3. eṣā gadā bāṇavinirbhinnā bhūmitalam gatā
tava abhidhānapragalbhasya pratyayaghātinī

3. This mace, shattered by arrows, has fallen to the ground. It is the destroyer of confidence for you, who are so boastful in your speech.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

• बाणविनिर्भिन्ना (bāṇavinirbhinnā) - shattered by arrows, pierced by arrows

• गदा (gadā) - mace, club

• भूमितलम् (bhūmitalam) - ground surface, surface of the earth

• गता (gatā) - gone, fallen

• अभिधानप्रगल्भस्य (abhidhānapragalbhasya) - of one who is bold/boastful in speech/name

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• प्रत्ययघातिनी (pratyayaghātinī) - destroyer of confidence, killer of belief

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Qualifies 'gadā'.

बाणविनिर्भिन्ना (bāṇavinirbhinnā) - shattered by arrows, pierced by arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bāṇavinirbhinna

bāṇavinirbhinna - pierced/shattered by arrows

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound of 'bāṇa' (arrow) and 'vinirbhinna' (shattered).

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (bāṇa+vinirbhinna)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vinirbhinna – pierced, shattered, broken open
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root bhid (to break, pierce) with prefixes vi and nir.
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'gadā'.

गदा (gadā) - mace, club

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - a mace, club

Note: Subject of the sentence.

भूमितलम् (bhūmitalam) - ground surface, surface of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūmitala

bhūmitala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhūmi+tala)

• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, flat land, palm of hand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion for 'gatā'.

गता (gatā) - gone, fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, attained, fallen

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'gadā'.

अभिधानप्रगल्भस्य (abhidhānapragalbhasya) - of one who is bold/boastful in speech/name

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of abhidhānapragalbha

abhidhānapragalbha - bold in speech, boastful of name/title

Compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (abhidhāna+pragalbha)

• abhidhāna – speech, name, appellation, utterance
  noun (neuter)
  From abhi + dhā.
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• pragalbha – bold, confident, arrogant, eloquent
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra + galbh.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: galbh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tava'.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Possessive.

प्रत्ययघातिनी (pratyayaghātinī) - destroyer of confidence, killer of belief

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratyayaghātin

pratyayaghātin - destroying confidence, proving unreliable

Agent noun from ghātin.

Compound of 'pratyaya' (confidence) and 'ghātin' (destroyer).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pratyaya+ghātin)

• pratyaya – conviction, belief, confidence, notion
  noun (masculine)
  From prati + i.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: i (class 2)
• ghātin – killer, slayer, destructive
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root han (to strike, kill) with suffix -in.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'gadā'.