वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-19, verse-12

क्षिप्तान् वृक्षान् समाविध्य विपुलाश्च शिलास्तथा ।
वाली वज्रसमैर्बाणैर्वज्रेणेव निपातितः ॥१२॥

12. kṣiptān vṛkṣān samāvidhya vipulāśca śilāstathā ,
vālī vajrasamairbāṇairvajreṇeva nipātitaḥ.

12. kṣiptān vṛkṣān samāvidhya vipulāḥ ca śilāḥ tathā
vālī vajrasamaiḥ bāṇaiḥ vajreṇa iva nipātitaḥ

12. vālī kṣiptān vṛkṣān ca tathā vipulāḥ śilāḥ
samāvidhya vajrasamaiḥ bāṇaiḥ vajreṇa iva nipātitaḥ

12. Though he had struck through the hurled trees and similarly the massive rocks, Vāli was struck down by arrows resembling thunderbolts, as if by a thunderbolt (vajra) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षिप्तान् (kṣiptān) - thrown, hurled, flung

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

• समाविध्य (samāvidhya) - Refers to Vāli's powerful action of striking through or assailing trees and rocks. (having struck through, having pierced, having assailed)

• विपुलाः (vipulāḥ) - vast, huge, extensive

• च (ca) - and

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

• वाली (vālī) - Vāli (proper name)

• वज्रसमैः (vajrasamaiḥ) - like thunderbolts

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - by a thunderbolt

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - struck down, felled, killed

Words meanings and morphology

क्षिप्तान् (kṣiptān) - thrown, hurled, flung

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, hurled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṣip (to throw) with suffix -ta.

Root: kṣip (class 6)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

समाविध्य (samāvidhya) - Refers to Vāli's powerful action of striking through or assailing trees and rocks. (having struck through, having pierced, having assailed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root vyadh (to pierce) with upasargas sam and ā, and suffix -ya (after sam, vi, ā etc.).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vyadh (class 4)

विपुलाः (vipulāḥ) - vast, huge, extensive

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vipula

vipula - large, extensive, wide, abundant

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly, also

(indeclinable)

वाली (vālī) - Vāli (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vāli (the monkey king)

वज्रसमैः (vajrasamaiḥ) - like thunderbolts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vajrasama

vajrasama - equal to a thunderbolt, like a thunderbolt

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vajra+sama)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (neuter)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `bāṇaiḥ`.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - by a thunderbolt

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt, diamond

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

निपातितः (nipātitaḥ) - struck down, felled, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nipātita

nipātita - felled, struck down, thrown down

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall) with upasarga ni, in causative sense (pātita), then past passive participle.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `vālī`.

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