वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-14

भिन्नाञ्जनचयश्यामो विस्फार्य विपुलं धनुः ।
भूयो भूयः शरान् घोरान् विससर्ज महामृधे ॥१४॥

14. bhinnāñjanacayaśyāmo visphārya vipulaṃ dhanuḥ ,
bhūyo bhūyaḥ śarān ghorān visasarja mahāmṛdhe.

14. bhinnāñjanacayaśyāmaḥ visphārya vipulam dhanuḥ
bhūyaḥ bhūyaḥ śarān ghorān visasrja mahāmṛdhe

14. Dark-skinned like a heap of crushed collyrium, having stretched his massive bow, he repeatedly discharged terrible arrows in the great battle.

Words meanings summery:

• भिन्नाञ्जनचयश्यामः (bhinnāñjanacayaśyāmaḥ) - dark as a heap of crushed collyrium (kajal)

• विस्फार्य (visphārya) - having stretched, having twanged (a bow)

• विपुलम् (vipulam) - massive, great, broad

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• विससर्ज (visasarja) - (he) discharged (arrows) (he discharged, he released, he created)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle, in the great conflict

Words meanings and morphology

भिन्नाञ्जनचयश्यामः (bhinnāñjanacayaśyāmaḥ) - dark as a heap of crushed collyrium (kajal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnāñjanacayaśyāma

bhinnāñjanacayaśyāma - dark like a heap of broken collyrium

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally "he whose darkness is like a heap of broken collyrium", or Tatpuruṣa describing color. Compound of bhinna (broken), añjana (collyrium), caya (heap), śyāma (dark).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bhinna+añjana+caya+śyāma)

• bhinna – broken, split, crushed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhid' (to break) with kta suffix.
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• añjana – collyrium, black pigment
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'añj' (to anoint) with 'lyuṭ' suffix.
  Root: añj (class 7)
• caya – heap, pile, collection
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ci' (to gather) with 'ac' suffix.
  Root: ci (class 5)
• śyāma – dark, black, dark-blue
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'śyai' (to be dark).
  Root: śyai (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implicit subject (the Rākṣasa).

विस्फार्य (visphārya) - having stretched, having twanged (a bow)

(gerund)

विपुलम् (vipulam) - massive, great, broad

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vipula

vipula - broad, wide, large, extensive, massive

Note: Agrees with 'dhanuḥ'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

S-stem noun.

Root: dhanv (class 1)

Note: Object of 'visphārya'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Comparative of 'bahu'.

Note: Adverb modifying 'visasarja'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Comparative of 'bahu'.

Note: Adverb modifying 'visasarja'.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, dart

Root: śṛ (class 9)

Note: Object of 'visasarja'.

घोरान् (ghorān) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful

Root: ghṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarān'.

विससर्ज (visasarja) - (he) discharged (arrows) (he discharged, he released, he created)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of visṛj

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active

Reduplicated perfect form of 'vi-sṛj' (to cast, release).

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Subject is implicit (the Rākṣasa).

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle, in the great conflict

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāmṛdh

mahāmṛdh - great battle, great conflict

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'mṛdh' (battle).

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛdh)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
  From 'mahat' (great).
• mṛdh – battle, conflict
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'mṛdh' (to strive, contend).
  Root: mṛdh (class 1)

Note: Locative of place/time.

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