वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-32, verse-9

रक्षसां भीमवीर्याणां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ।
निहतानि शरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तेनैकेन पदातिना ॥९॥

9. rakṣasāṃ bhīmavīryāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa ,
nihatāni śaraistīkṣṇaistenaikena padātinā.

9. rakṣasām bhīmavīryāṇām sahasrāṇi caturdaśa
nihatāni śaraiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ tena ekena padātinā

9. bhīmavīryāṇām rakṣasām caturdaśa sahasrāṇi,
tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ,
tena ekena padātinā nihatāni.

9. Fourteen thousand Rākṣasas of terrible prowess were slain by that single foot-soldier with sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

• भीमवीर्याणाम् (bhīmavīryāṇām) - of dreadful valor, of terrible prowess

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• निहतानि (nihatāni) - killed, slain, destroyed

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp, by fierce

• तेन (tena) - by Rāma (by him, by that one)

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

• पदातिना (padātinā) - by Rāma, who is on foot (by the foot-soldier, by one on foot)

Words meanings and morphology

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, demon, evil spirit, monster

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Part of 'fourteen thousands of Rākṣasas'

भीमवीर्याणाम् (bhīmavīryāṇām) - of dreadful valor, of terrible prowess

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhīmavīrya

bhīmavīrya - having dreadful valor, of terrible prowess, formidable in strength

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+vīrya)

• bhīma – dreadful, terrible, formidable, awful
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• vīrya – valor, prowess, strength, heroism
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vīr (class 10)

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand, a thousand, innumerable

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'nihatāni'

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (catur+daśan)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśan – ten
  numeral

Note: Adjective to 'sahasrāṇi'

निहतानि (nihatāni) - killed, slain, destroyed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, destroyed, struck down, smitten

Past Passive Participle

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

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective to 'sahasrāṇi'

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, shaft

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Instrument of action 'nihatāni'

तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp, by fierce

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, fierce, strong, pungent

From root tij (to be sharp, to sharpen)

Root: tij (class 1)

Note: Qualifying 'śaraiḥ'

तेन (tena) - by Rāma (by him, by that one)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, he/she/it

Note: Agent of action 'nihatāni'

एकेन (ekena) - by one, by a single

(numeral)

Note: Qualifying 'padātinā'

पदातिना (padātinā) - by Rāma, who is on foot (by the foot-soldier, by one on foot)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of padātin

padātin - foot-soldier, infantryman, one on foot, pedestrian

From pad (foot) + atin (suffix for one who goes)

Root: at (class 1)