वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-49, verse-8

अथ क्रोधाद्दशग्रीवो जग्राह दशमार्गणान् ।
मृत्युदण्डनिभान् घोराञ् शत्रुमर्दनकाङ्क्षया ॥८॥

8. atha krodhāddaśagrīvo jagrāha daśamārgaṇān ,
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorāñ śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā.

8. atha krodhāt daśagrīvaḥ jagrāha daśamārgaṇān
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorān śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā

8. atha daśagrīvaḥ krodhāt śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā
mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān ghorān daśamārgaṇān jagrāha

8. Then, consumed by anger, Daśagrīva seized ten terrible arrows, which resembled the rod of death itself, driven by the desire to destroy his enemy.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - out of anger, consumed by anger (from anger, due to anger)

• दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Daśagrīva (Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked one))

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized (seized, took, grasped)

• दशमार्गणान् (daśamārgaṇān) - ten arrows

• मृत्युदण्डनिभान् (mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān) - resembling the rod of death

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fierce)

• शत्रुमर्दनकाङ्क्षया (śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā) - driven by the desire to destroy his enemy (with the desire to crush the enemy)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - out of anger, consumed by anger (from anger, due to anger)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

From √krudh (to be angry).

Root: krudh (class 4)

दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Daśagrīva (Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked one))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - Daśagrīva, 'the ten-necked one', an epithet of Rāvaṇa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+grīva)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• grīva – neck
  noun (feminine)

जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized (seized, took, grasped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √grah

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

From root √grah, class 9 (grahṇāti), but here perfect (liṭ) formation.

Root: grah (class 9)

दशमार्गणान् (daśamārgaṇān) - ten arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of daśamārgaṇa

daśamārgaṇa - ten arrows

Compound of 'daśa' (ten) and 'mārgaṇa' (arrow).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (daśa+mārgaṇa)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• mārgaṇa – arrow; seeker, beggar
  noun (masculine)
  From √mṛg (to seek, hunt) + ana suffix.
  Root: mṛg (class 2)

मृत्युदण्डनिभान् (mṛtyudaṇḍanibhān) - resembling the rod of death

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛtyudaṇḍanibha

mṛtyudaṇḍanibha - resembling the rod of death

Compound of 'mṛtyudaṇḍa' (rod of death) and 'nibha' (resembling).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛtyu+daṇḍa+nibha)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  From √mṛ (to die) + tyu suffix.
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective

Note: Modifies `mārgaṇān`.

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, fierce)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, fierce, awful

Note: Modifies `mārgaṇān`.

शत्रुमर्दनकाङ्क्षया (śatrumardanakāṅkṣayā) - driven by the desire to destroy his enemy (with the desire to crush the enemy)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śatrumardanakāṅkṣā

śatrumardanakāṅkṣā - desire to crush/destroy an enemy

Compound of 'śatru' (enemy), 'mardana' (crushing), and 'kāṅkṣā' (desire).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+mardana+kāṅkṣā)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• mardana – crushing, destroying, tormenting
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from verbal root
  From √mṛd (to crush) + ana suffix.
  Root: mṛd (class 9)
• kāṅkṣā – desire, wish, longing
  noun (feminine)
  From √kāṅkṣ (to desire).
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)