वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-17

ततो विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गौ शरशल्याचिताव् उभौ ।
ध्वजाविव महेन्द्रस्य रज्जुमुक्तौ प्रकम्पितौ ॥१७॥

17. tato vibhinnasarvāṅgau śaraśalyācitāv ubhau ,
dhvajāviva mahendrasya rajjumuktau prakampitau.

17. tataḥ vibhinnasarvāṅgau śaraśalyācitau ubhau
dhvajau iva mahendrasya rajjumuktau prakampitau

17. tataḥ vibhinnasarvāṅgau śaraśalyācitau ubhau
mahendrasya rज्जुमुक्तौ ध्वजौ इव प्रकम्पितौ

17. Then, with all their limbs pierced and covered with arrow-shafts, both of them trembled like two banners of great Indra, released from their ropes.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गौ (vibhinnasarvāṅgau) - with all limbs pierced/shattered

• शरशल्याचितौ (śaraśalyācitau) - covered with arrow-shafts/points

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• ध्वजौ (dhvajau) - two banners

• इव (iva) - like, as

• महेन्द्रस्य (mahendrasya) - of great Indra, of Mahendra

• रज्जुमुक्तौ (rajjumuktau) - released from ropes, unfastened

• प्रकम्पितौ (prakampitau) - trembling, shaken violently

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गौ (vibhinnasarvāṅgau) - with all limbs pierced/shattered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vibhinnasarvāṅga

vibhinnasarvāṅga - having all limbs pierced or shattered

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vibhinn+sarvāṅga)

• vibhinn – pierced, shattered, broken apart
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhid 'to split, break' with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• sarvāṅga – all limbs/parts
  noun (neuter)

शरशल्याचितौ (śaraśalyācitau) - covered with arrow-shafts/points

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śaraśalyācita

śaraśalyācita - covered with arrow-shafts/points

Compound type : tatpurusha (śaraśalya+ācita)

• śaraśalya – arrow-shaft/point (collective)
  noun (neuter)
• ācita – covered, filled, heaped up
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root ci 'to gather' with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ci (class 5)

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

ध्वजौ (dhvajau) - two banners

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhvaja

dhvaja - banner, standard, flag

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

महेन्द्रस्य (mahendrasya) - of great Indra, of Mahendra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - the great Indra, a title for Indra; a proper name

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+indra)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• indra – Indra (name of a deity)
  proper noun (masculine)

रज्जुमुक्तौ (rajjumuktau) - released from ropes, unfastened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rajjumukta

rajjumukta - released from ropes, untied

Compound type : tatpurusha (rajju+mukta)

• rajju – rope, cord
  noun (feminine)
• mukta – released, freed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root muc 'to release'
  Root: muc (class 6)

प्रकम्पितौ (prakampitau) - trembling, shaken violently

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prakampita

prakampita - trembling, shaken, agitated

Past Passive Participle

from root kamp 'to tremble' with prefix pra, often in causative sense

Prefix: pra

Root: kamp (class 1)

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