वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-22, verse-8

शिरो मायामयं गृह्य राघवस्य निशाचर ।
मां त्वं समुपतिष्ठस्व महच्च सशरं धनुः ॥८॥

8. śiro māyāmayaṃ gṛhya rāghavasya niśācara ,
māṃ tvaṃ samupatiṣṭhasva mahacca saśaraṃ dhanuḥ.

8. śiraḥ māyāmayam gṛhya rāghavasya niśācara mām
tvam samupatiṣṭhasva mahat ca saśaram dhanuḥ

8. niśācara tvam rāghavasya māyāmayam śiraḥ ca
mahat saśaram dhanuḥ gṛhya mām samupatiṣṭhasva

8. You, O night-roaming demon, take an illusory head of Rāghava and a great bow with arrows, and then present yourself before me.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• मायामयम् (māyāmayam) - illusory, made of illusion, magical

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken, seizing

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

• निशाचर (niśācara) - O Vidyujjihva, the demon who roams at night (O night-ranger, O demon)

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• समुपतिष्ठस्व (samupatiṣṭhasva) - present yourself, stand before

• महत् (mahat) - great, large

• च (ca) - and

• सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrows

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

Words meanings and morphology

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

`s`-stem noun.

Note: Object of `gṛhya`.

मायामयम् (māyāmayam) - illusory, made of illusion, magical

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māyāmaya

māyāmaya - consisting of or made of illusion (māyā), illusory, magical

`māyā` (illusion) + `maya` (made of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (māyā+maya)

• māyā – illusion, magic, supernatural power (māyā)
  noun (feminine)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix/adjective (neuter)
  Suffix -maya/-mayī/-mayam

Note: Modifies `śiraḥ`.

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having taken, seizing

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Absolutive form of root `grah` (9th class), with `ya` suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

From `raghu` + `aṇ` suffix.

Note: Possessive, 'of Rāma'.

निशाचर (niśācara) - O Vidyujjihva, the demon who roams at night (O night-ranger, O demon)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-ranger, demon, Rākṣasa

`niśā` (night) + `cara` (one who moves/roams).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, roaming, one who moves
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  root `car` + `a` suffix
  Root: car (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Object of `samupatiṣṭhasva`.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Subject of the implied imperative.

समुपतिष्ठस्व (samupatiṣṭhasva) - present yourself, stand before

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of samupatiṣṭh

imperative (loṭ)

`sam` (with) + `upa` (near) + `ati` (over) + root `sthā` (to stand). Middle voice, 2nd person singular imperative.

Prefixes: sam+upa+ati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Command to Vidyujjihva.

महत् (mahat) - great, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, strong, important

present active participle

Irregular stem for 'great'. Also a participle from root `mah` (to be great).

Root: mah (class 10)

Note: Modifies `dhanuḥ`.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'head' and 'bow'.

सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saśara

saśara - with arrows, furnished with arrows

`sa` (with) + `śara` (arrow).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable (prefix)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  root `śṛ` (to hurt) + `a` suffix
  Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: Modifies `dhanuḥ`.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

`s`-stem noun.

Root: dhan

Note: Object of `gṛhya`.