वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-97

तेषामशीतिसाहस्रं शूलमुद्गरपाणिनाम् ।
मया तस्मिन् वनोद्देशे परिघेण निषूदितम् ॥९७॥

97. teṣāmaśītisāhasraṃ śūlamudgarapāṇinām ,
mayā tasmin vanoddeśe parigheṇa niṣūditam.

97. teṣām aśītisāhasram śūlamudgarapāṇinām
mayā tasmin vanoddeśe parigheṇa niṣūditam

97. mayā tasmin vanoddeśe śūlamudgarapāṇinām
teṣām aśītisāhasram parigheṇa niṣūditam

97. Eighty thousand of them, who held spears and maces in their hands, were slain by me in that forest region with an iron club.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• अशीतिसाहस्रम् (aśītisāhasram) - eighty thousand

• शूलमुद्गरपाणिनाम् (śūlamudgarapāṇinām) - of those having spears and maces in hand

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• वनोद्देशे (vanoddeśe) - in the forest region

• परिघेण (parigheṇa) - with an iron club, with a bar

• निषूदितम् (niṣūditam) - was slain, was killed

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Kiṅkara rākṣasas mentioned previously.

अशीतिसाहस्रम् (aśītisāhasram) - eighty thousand

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśītisāhasra

aśītisāhasra - eighty thousand

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aśīti+sāhasra)

• aśīti – eighty
  noun (feminine)
• sāhasra – thousand, consisting of a thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of `niṣūditam`.

शूलमुद्गरपाणिनाम् (śūlamudgarapāṇinām) - of those having spears and maces in hand

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śūlamudgarapāṇin

śūlamudgarapāṇin - holding spears and maces in hand

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūla+mudgara+pāṇin)

• śūla – spear, pike
  noun (neuter)
• mudgara – mace, hammer
  noun (masculine)
• pāṇin – having in hand, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from `pāṇi` (hand) with suffix -in.

Note: Agrees with `teṣām`.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of the passive verb `niṣūditam`.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with `vanoddeśe`.

वनोद्देशे (vanoddeśe) - in the forest region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vanoddeśa

vanoddeśa - forest region, forest part

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+uddeśa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• uddeśa – pointing out, indicating, part, region, place
  noun (masculine)
  From `ud-diś` (to point out).
  Prefix: ud
  Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Location where the slaying took place.

परिघेण (parigheṇa) - with an iron club, with a bar

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parigha

parigha - iron bar, bolt, mace, club

Prefix: pari

Root: han

Note: Instrument of slaying.

निषूदितम् (niṣūditam) - was slain, was killed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣūdita

niṣūdita - killed, destroyed, slain

past passive participle

From `ni-ṣūd` (to kill, destroy).

Prefix: ni

Root: ṣūd (class 1)

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