वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-36, verse-16

तेन मुक्तस्ततो बाणः शितः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ।
तेनाहं ताडितः क्षिप्तः समुद्रे शतयोजने ॥१६॥

16. tena muktastato bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ,
tenāhaṃ tāḍitaḥ kṣiptaḥ samudre śatayojane.

16. tena muktaḥ tataḥ bāṇaḥ śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
| tena aham tāḍitaḥ kṣiptaḥ samudre śatayojane

16. tataḥ tena śitaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ bāṇaḥ muktaḥ
tena aham tāḍitaḥ śatayojane samudre kṣiptaḥ

16. Then, a sharp, foe-destroying arrow was released by him. Struck by that, I was hurled into the ocean, a hundred yojanas distant.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released, freed, discharged

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• बाणः (bāṇaḥ) - arrow

• शितः (śitaḥ) - sharpened, keen, sharp

• शत्रुनिबर्हणः (śatrunibarhaṇaḥ) - foe-destroying, killer of enemies

• तेन (tena) - by that (arrow)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

• क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, cast, hurled

• समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean, into the sea

• शतयोजने (śatayojane) - at a hundred yojanas (away)

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - released, freed, discharged

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, liberated, discharged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √muc (to release, free).

Root: muc (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

From tad + tas suffix.

बाणः (bāṇaḥ) - arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

शितः (śitaḥ) - sharpened, keen, sharp

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śita

śita - sharpened, keen, pointed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śo (to sharpen).

Root: śo (class 4)

शत्रुनिबर्हणः (śatrunibarhaṇaḥ) - foe-destroying, killer of enemies

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatrunibarhaṇa

śatrunibarhaṇa - destroying enemies, destroyer of foes

Compound of śatru (enemy) and nibarhaṇa (destroying).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+nibarhaṇa)

• śatru – enemy, foe, rival
  noun (masculine)
• nibarhaṇa – destroying, killing, crushing
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √bṛh (to tear, injure) with prefix ni.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bṛh (class 1)

तेन (tena) - by that (arrow)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit, wounded

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, beaten, hit

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √tāḍ (to strike).

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - thrown, cast, hurled

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, hurled, sent

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṣip (to throw, cast).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

समुद्रे (samudre) - in the ocean, into the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

From sam-ud-√rā (to flow together).

शतयोजने (śatayojane) - at a hundred yojanas (away)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śatayojana

śatayojana - a distance of a hundred yojanas

Compound of śata (hundred) and yojana (a measure of distance).

Compound type : dvigu (śata+yojana)

• śata – hundred
  noun/numeral (neuter)
• yojana – yojana (a measure of distance), joining, harnessing
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  From root √yuj (to join).
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Refers to distance in the ocean.

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