वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-14, verse-20

द्रवन्ति च मृगाः शीघ्रं भग्ना इव रणे हयाः ।
पतन्ति च खगा भूमौ क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः ॥२०॥

20. dravanti ca mṛgāḥ śīghraṃ bhagnā iva raṇe hayāḥ ,
patanti ca khagā bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ.

20. dravanti ca mṛgāḥ śīghram bhagnāḥ iva raṇe hayāḥ
patanti ca khagāḥ bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ iva grahāḥ

20. ca mṛgāḥ śīghram raṇe bhagnāḥ hayāḥ iva dravanti
ca khagāḥ bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ grahāḥ iva patanti

20. And the deer quickly flee, like horses defeated in battle. And birds fall to the ground, like planets whose accumulated merit is exhausted.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रवन्ति (dravanti) - they run, they flee, they flow

• च (ca) - and, also

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, defeated, shattered

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war, on the battlefield

• हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they descend, they alight

• च (ca) - and, also

• खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds (literally 'sky-goers')

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, to the earth

• क्षीणपुण्याः (kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ) - whose merit is exhausted, whose virtuous deeds are depleted

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• ग्रहाः (grahāḥ) - planets, celestial bodies

Words meanings and morphology

द्रवन्ति (dravanti) - they run, they flee, they flow

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dru

Root: dru (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, gazelle

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, defeated, shattered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated, frustrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

हयाः (hayāḥ) - horses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they descend, they alight

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

खगाः (khagāḥ) - birds (literally 'sky-goers')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of khaga

khaga - bird, arrow, god, planet

Compound type : Upapada Tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, residing in
  adjective
  Kṛt suffix -ga
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, to the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

क्षीणपुण्याः (kṣīṇapuṇyāḥ) - whose merit is exhausted, whose virtuous deeds are depleted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣīṇapuṇya

kṣīṇapuṇya - whose merit is exhausted

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+puṇya)

• kṣīṇa – exhausted, diminished, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṣi (to diminish, destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, auspiciousness
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

ग्रहाः (grahāḥ) - planets, celestial bodies

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of graha

graha - planet, seizing, grasping