वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-37, verse-12

ते बाणा वज्रसंकाशाः सुघोरा रक्तभोजनाः ।
आजग्मुः सहिताः सर्वे त्रयः संनतपर्वणः ॥१२॥

12. te bāṇā vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ ,
ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ.

12. te bāṇāḥ vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorāḥ raktabhojanāḥ
ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ

12. te vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorāḥ raktabhojanāḥ
saṃnataparvaṇaḥ trayaḥ bāṇāḥ sarve sahitāḥ ājagmuḥ

12. Those three arrows, which resembled thunderbolts, were exceedingly terrifying, destined to consume blood, and with their joints bent (or poised for flight), they all flew together.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• वज्रसंकाशाः (vajrasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling a thunderbolt

• सुघोराः (sughorāḥ) - very fierce, extremely terrible

• रक्तभोजनाः (raktabhojanāḥ) - blood-eating, consuming blood

• आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - came, arrived

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, accompanied

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

• संनतपर्वणः (saṁnataparvaṇaḥ) - with bent joints/knots (of arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

वज्रसंकाशाः (vajrasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling a thunderbolt

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajrasaṃkāśa

vajrasaṁkāśa - resembling a thunderbolt

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+saṃkāśa)

• vajra – thunderbolt
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkāśa – similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

सुघोराः (sughorāḥ) - very fierce, extremely terrible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sughora

sughora - very fierce, extremely terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+ghora)

• su – good, very, well
  indeclinable
• ghora – terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)

रक्तभोजनाः (raktabhojanāḥ) - blood-eating, consuming blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raktabhojana

raktabhojana - blood-eating

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakta+bhojana)

• rakta – blood
  noun (neuter)
• bhojana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (masculine)
  action noun/agent noun
  from root bhuj
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

आजग्मुः (ājagmuḥ) - came, arrived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of āgam

Perfect Active

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, together with

Past Passive Participle

from sam-dhā

Root: dhā (class 3)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, whole

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - three

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

संनतपर्वणः (saṁnataparvaṇaḥ) - with bent joints/knots (of arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃnataparvan

saṁnataparvan - having bent knots/joints

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃnata+parvan)

• saṃnata – bent, curved
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-nam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, knot, section
  noun (neuter)

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