वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-12, verse-9

येन सप्त महासाला गिरिर्भूमिश्च दारिताः ।
बाणेनैकेन काकुत्स्थ स्थाता ते को रणाग्रतः ॥९॥

9. yena sapta mahāsālā girirbhūmiśca dāritāḥ ,
bāṇenaikena kākutstha sthātā te ko raṇāgrataḥ.

9. yena sapta mahāsālāḥ giriḥ bhūmiḥ ca dāritāḥ
bāṇena ekena kākutstha sthātā te kaḥ raṇāgrataḥ

9. kākutstha yena ekena bāṇena sapta mahāsālāḥ
giriḥ ca bhūmiḥ dāritāḥ te raṇāgrataḥ kaḥ sthātā

9. O scion of Kakutstha (kākutstha), since by you (Rāma) seven great śāla trees, a mountain, and the earth were pierced by a single arrow, who indeed could stand before you at the forefront of battle?

Words meanings summery:

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

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• महासालाः (mahāsālāḥ) - great śāla trees

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

• च (ca) - and

• दारिताः (dāritāḥ) - pierced, split, torn

• बाणेन (bāṇena) - by an arrow, with an arrow

• एकेन (ekena) - by one, with one

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O scion of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rāma) (O scion of Kakutstha)

• स्थाता (sthātā) - who will stand (as an opponent) (will stand, a stander)

• ते (te) - against you (Rāma) (of you, against you)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• रणाग्रतः (raṇāgrataḥ) - at the forefront of battle

Words meanings and morphology

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

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

महासालाः (mahāsālāḥ) - great śāla trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāsāla

mahāsāla - great śāla tree

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+sāla)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• sāla – śāla tree (Shorea robusta)
  noun (masculine)

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - earth, ground, land

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil, land

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दारिताः (dāritāḥ) - pierced, split, torn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dārita

dārita - torn, rent, split, pierced

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root 'dṝ'

Root: dṝ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with mahāsālāḥ, giriḥ, bhūmiḥ (treated as a collective plural subject)

बाणेन (bāṇena) - by an arrow, with an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

एकेन (ekena) - by one, with one

(numeral)

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O scion of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rāma) (O scion of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, an epithet for Rāma

Derived from the ancestor Kakutstha

स्थाता (sthātā) - who will stand (as an opponent) (will stand, a stander)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthātṛ

sthātṛ - one who stands, driver (of a chariot), future active participle (will stand)

Agent Noun / Future Active Participle

Derived from root sthā- with suffix -tṛ (Nominative singular masculine)

Root: sthā (class 1)

ते (te) - against you (Rāma) (of you, against you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular)

Note: Used here with a sense of opposition, 'against you'

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

रणाग्रतः (raṇāgrataḥ) - at the forefront of battle

(indeclinable)

Compound formed from 'raṇa' (battle) and 'agrataḥ' (in front of)

Compound type : tatpurusha (raṇa+agrataḥ)

• raṇa – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)
• agrataḥ – in front of, before
  indeclinable
  Derived from 'agra' (front) with the suffix '-tas'