वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-60, verse-31

काञ्चनोरश्छदाश्चेमे पिशाचवदनाः खराः ।
भीमरूपा महाकायाः कस्य वा निहता रणे ॥३१॥

31. kāñcanoraśchadāśceme piśācavadanāḥ kharāḥ ,
bhīmarūpā mahākāyāḥ kasya vā nihatā raṇe.

31. kāñcanoraśchadāḥ ca ime piśācavadanāḥ kharāḥ
bhīmarūpāḥ mahākāyāḥ kasya vā nihatāḥ raṇe

31. ca ime kāñcanoraśchadāḥ piśācavadanāḥ bhīmarūpāḥ
mahākāyāḥ kharāḥ kasya vā raṇe nihatāḥ

31. And these gigantic, terrifying, ghoul-faced donkeys (or monstrous beings) with golden breastplates—whose are they, indeed, that have been struck down in battle?

Words meanings summery:

• काञ्चनोरश्छदाः (kāñcanoraśchadāḥ) - with golden breastplates

• च (ca) - and

• इमे (ime) - these

• पिशाचवदनाः (piśācavadanāḥ) - demon-faced, with faces like ghouls

• खराः (kharāḥ) - monstrous beings, specifically a type of demon, often depicted with donkey-like features or as servants of demons (donkeys; a class of demons)

• भीमरूपाः (bhīmarūpāḥ) - of terrible form

• महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - gigantic-bodied, large-bodied

• कस्य (kasya) - whose

• वा (vā) - used here as an emphatic particle (or, indeed (emphatic))

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, struck down

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

Words meanings and morphology

काञ्चनोरश्छदाः (kāñcanoraśchadāḥ) - with golden breastplates

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāñcanoraśchada

kāñcanoraśchada - having golden breastplates

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāñcana+uraschada)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective (neuter)
• uraschada – breastplate, armor for the chest
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इमे (ime) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

पिशाचवदनाः (piśācavadanāḥ) - demon-faced, with faces like ghouls

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of piśācavadanā

piśācavadanā - having faces like ghouls/demons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (piśāca+vadana)

• piśāca – ghoul, demon, flesh-eater
  noun (masculine)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

खराः (kharāḥ) - monstrous beings, specifically a type of demon, often depicted with donkey-like features or as servants of demons (donkeys; a class of demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khara

khara - donkey; sharp, hard, cruel; a type of demon or monstrous being

भीमरूपाः (bhīmarūpāḥ) - of terrible form

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīmarūpa

bhīmarūpa - of terrible form, frightful appearance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+rūpa)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - gigantic-bodied, large-bodied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a great body, gigantic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• kāya – body, mass
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

कस्य (kasya) - whose

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - used here as an emphatic particle (or, indeed (emphatic))

(indeclinable)

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - killed, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'kharāḥ'

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict