वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-51, verse-22

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण विना भ्रातरमाहवे ।
राक्षसा निहता येन सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ॥२२॥

22. nimeṣāntaramātreṇa vinā bhrātaramāhave ,
rākṣasā nihatā yena sahasrāṇi caturdaśa.

22. nimeṣāntaramātreṇa vinā bhrātaram āhave |
rākṣasāḥ nihatāḥ yena sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

22. yena bhrātaram vinā āhave caturdaśa
sahasrāṇi rākṣasāḥ nimeṣāntaramātreṇa nihatāḥ

22. By whom, in battle, without his brother's aid, fourteen thousand Rākṣasas were slain in a mere moment.

Words meanings summery:

• निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - in a very short time (in the space of an eye-blink, in just a moment)

• विना (vinā) - without the aid/presence of (without, except)

• भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - his brother (Lakṣmaṇa) (brother)

• आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the Rākṣasas (of Janasthāna) (Rākṣasas, demons)

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - were slain (slain, killed, destroyed)

• येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

Words meanings and morphology

निमेषान्तरमात्रेण (nimeṣāntaramātreṇa) - in a very short time (in the space of an eye-blink, in just a moment)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nimeṣāntaramātra

nimeṣāntaramātra - the space of an eye-blink, just a moment

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nimeṣa+antara+mātra)

• nimeṣa – eye-blink
  noun (masculine)
• antara – space, interval, difference
  noun (neuter)
• mātra – only, mere, amount, measure
  adjective

विना (vinā) - without the aid/presence of (without, except)

(indeclinable)

भ्रातरम् (bhrātaram) - his brother (Lakṣmaṇa) (brother)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

आहवे (āhave) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, combat, war

From ā-hve (root √hu, to call, challenge)

Prefix: ā

Root: hve (class 1)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the Rākṣasas (of Janasthāna) (Rākṣasas, demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - belonging to a Rākṣasa, a Rākṣasa, a demon

From rakṣas + aṇ

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - were slain (slain, killed, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From ni + √han (to strike, kill)

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Adjectival use, acting as predicate.

येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to Rāma.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

Note: Here used as the object of 'slain', so accusative.

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvigu (catur+daśa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

Note: Adjectival to sahasrāṇi.