वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-114, verse-20

ततो रामो धनुष्पाणिर्धावन्तमनुधावति ।
स तं जघान धावन्तं शरेणानतपर्वणा ॥२०॥

20. tato rāmo dhanuṣpāṇirdhāvantamanudhāvati ,
sa taṃ jaghāna dhāvantaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā.

20. tataḥ rāmaḥ dhanuṣpāṇiḥ dhāvantam anudhavati
saḥ tam jaghāna dhāvantam śareṇa ānataparvaṇā

20. Then Rāma, with bow in hand, pursued the running deer. He struck that running deer with an arrow having well-formed joints.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• धनुष्पाणिः (dhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - holding a bow in hand, bow-armed

• धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - the running deer (the running one, running)

• अनुधवति (anudhavati) - he runs after, he pursues

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

• तम् (tam) - the running deer (him, that (masculine accusative))

• जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed, he slew

• धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - the running deer (the running one, running)

• शरेण (śareṇa) - by an arrow, with an arrow

• आनतपर्वणा (ānataparvaṇā) - with well-formed joints, with bent nodes (of an arrow)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

धनुष्पाणिः (dhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - holding a bow in hand, bow-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanuṣpāṇi

dhanuṣpāṇi - having a bow in hand, armed with a bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhanus+pāṇi)

• dhanus – bow, arc
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - the running deer (the running one, running)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, fleeing, hastening

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √dhāv (class 1 P. 'to run').

Root: dhāv (class 1)

अनुधवति (anudhavati) - he runs after, he pursues

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √dhāv

Present indicative 3rd person singular of root √dhāv (class 1 P. 'to run') with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

तम् (tam) - the running deer (him, that (masculine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

जघान (jaghāna) - he struck, he killed, he slew

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √han

Perfect (liṭ) 3rd person singular of root √han (class 2 P. 'to strike, kill').

Root: han (class 2)

धावन्तम् (dhāvantam) - the running deer (the running one, running)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhāvat

dhāvat - running, fleeing, hastening

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root √dhāv (class 1 P. 'to run').

Root: dhāv (class 1)

शरेण (śareṇa) - by an arrow, with an arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed, shaft

आनतपर्वणा (ānataparvaṇā) - with well-formed joints, with bent nodes (of an arrow)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ānataparvan

ānataparvan - having curved nodes/joints (describing an arrow); well-jointed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ānata+parvan)

• ānata – bent, curved, humbled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root √nam (to bend) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, node, knot, limb, section
  noun (neuter)

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