वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-32, verse-3

आयुधं किं च रामस्य निहता येन राक्षसाः ।
खरश्च निहतं संख्ये दूषणस्त्रिशिरास्तथा ॥३॥

3. āyudhaṃ kiṃ ca rāmasya nihatā yena rākṣasāḥ ,
kharaśca nihataṃ saṃkhye dūṣaṇastriśirāstathā.

3. āyudham kim ca rāmasya nihitāḥ yena rākṣasāḥ
kharaḥ ca nihitam saṃkhye dūṣaṇaḥ triśirāḥ tathā

3. ca rāmasya kim āyudham yena rākṣasāḥ nihitāḥ ca
saṃkhye kharaḥ dūṣaṇaḥ tathā triśirāḥ nihitam

3. And what is Rama's weapon by which the Rākṣasas were slain? And by which Khara, Dūṣaṇa, and Triśiras were likewise killed in battle?

Words meanings summery:

• आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, instrument of war

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• च (ca) - and, also

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• निहिताः (nihitāḥ) - slain, killed

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

• खरः (kharaḥ) - Khara (a specific Rākṣasa)

• च (ca) - and, also

• निहितम् (nihitam) - slain, killed; (the act of) killing

• संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle, in enumeration

• दूषणः (dūṣaṇaḥ) - Dūṣaṇa (a specific Rākṣasa)

• त्रिशिराः (triśirāḥ) - Triśiras (a specific Rākṣasa, 'three-headed')

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

Words meanings and morphology

आयुधम् (āyudham) - weapon, instrument of war

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyudha

āyudha - weapon, implement

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name)

निहिताः (nihitāḥ) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihita

nihita - killed, slain, placed, deposited

Past Passive Participle

from ni- (prefix) + han (root) + kta suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, that

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings, often depicted as demons or ogres)

खरः (kharaḥ) - Khara (a specific Rākṣasa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khara

khara - Khara (proper name of a Rākṣasa)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निहितम् (nihitam) - slain, killed; (the act of) killing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nihita

nihita - killed, slain; (as a noun) killing, slaying

Past Passive Participle

from ni- (prefix) + han (root) + kta suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

संख्ये (saṁkhye) - in battle, in enumeration

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of saṃkhyā

saṁkhyā - battle, enumeration, number

दूषणः (dūṣaṇaḥ) - Dūṣaṇa (a specific Rākṣasa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dūṣaṇa

dūṣaṇa - Dūṣaṇa (proper name of a Rākṣasa)

त्रिशिराः (triśirāḥ) - Triśiras (a specific Rākṣasa, 'three-headed')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of triśiras

triśiras - Triśiras (proper name of a Rākṣasa), 'three-headed'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tri+śiras)

• tri – three
  indeclinable
• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, likewise

(indeclinable)

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