वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-32, verse-8

हन्यमानं तु तत् सैन्यं पश्यामि शरवृष्टिभिः ।
इन्द्रेणैवोत्तमं सस्यमाहतं त्वश्मवृष्टिभिः ॥८॥

8. hanyamānaṃ tu tat sainyaṃ paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ,
indreṇaivottamaṃ sasyamāhataṃ tvaśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ.

8. hanyamānam tu tat sainyam paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
indreṇa eva uttamam sasyam āhatam tu aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ

8. aham tu tat sainyam śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ hanyamānam paśyāmi,
indreṇa aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ uttamam sasyam āhatam iva.

8. I see that army being struck down by showers of arrows, indeed, just as an excellent crop is destroyed by Indra with hailstorms (aśmavṛṣṭi).

Words meanings summery:

• हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being struck, being killed, being smitten

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• तत् (tat) - that

• सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host, military

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• शरवृष्टिभिः (śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by arrow-rain

• इन्द्रेण (indreṇa) - by Indra

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly, only

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

• सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, produce

• आहतम् (āhatam) - struck down, destroyed, wounded

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• अश्मवृष्टिभिः (aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ) - by showers of stones, by hailstorms

Words meanings and morphology

हन्यमानम् (hanyamānam) - being struck, being killed, being smitten

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hanyamāna

hanyamāna - being struck, being killed, being smitten, being beaten

Present Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, such

Note: Modifying 'sainyam'

सैन्यम् (sainyam) - army, host, military

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sainya

sainya - army, host, military, troop

Derived from senā (army)

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present active indicative

Root dṛś, 1st class (bhvādi), but with substitute 'paśya' in present tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शरवृष्टिभिः (śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by arrow-rain

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śaravṛṣṭi

śaravṛṣṭi - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+vṛṣṭi)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower, downpour
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrument of action 'hanyamānam'

इन्द्रेण (indreṇa) - by Indra

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of a Vedic deity, king of the gods)

Root: id (class 6)

Note: Agent of destruction in the comparison

एव (eva) - indeed, just, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, best, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - excellent, best, supreme, highest, chief

Superlative of ud (up)

Note: Modifying 'sasyam'

सस्यम् (sasyam) - crop, grain, produce

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sasya

sasya - crop, grain, produce, corn

From root sas (to produce) or śas (to cut)

Root: sas (class 1)

Note: Object being struck in the comparison

आहतम् (āhatam) - struck down, destroyed, wounded

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āhata

āhata - struck down, destroyed, wounded, smitten, hurt

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifying 'sasyam'

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

अश्मवृष्टिभिः (aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ) - by showers of stones, by hailstorms

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of aśmavṛṣṭi

aśmavṛṣṭi - shower of stones, hailstorm, rain of stones

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (aśman+vṛṣṭi)

• aśman – stone, rock, thunderbolt
  noun (masculine)
  The base form 'aśman' declines with 'aśma-' in compounds and some cases.
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower, downpour
  noun (feminine)
  From root vṛṣ (to rain)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Instrument of action 'āhatam'