वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-35, verse-24

स वीरशयने शिश्ये विज्यमादाय कार्मुकम् ।
भिन्नमुष्टिपरीणाहं त्रिणतं रुक्मभूषितम् ॥२४॥

24. sa vīraśayane śiśye vijyamādāya kārmukam ,
bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāhaṃ triṇataṃ rukmabhūṣitam.

24. sa vīraśayane śiśye vijyam ādāya kārmukam
bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāham triṇatam rukmabhūṣitam

24. He lay down on the hero's bed (battlefield), with his bow — unstrung, its grip shattered, thrice-bent, and adorned with gold.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (referring to a male protagonist) (he, that)

• वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the battlefield (metaphorically, a hero's deathbed) (on a hero's bed)

• शिश्ये (śiśye) - he lay down

• विज्यम् (vijyam) - (bow) unstrung (unstrung, without a bowstring)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, holding

• कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow

• भिन्नमुष्टिपरीणाहम् (bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāham) - (bow) with a shattered handgrip (whose grip's circumference was broken/shattered)

• त्रिणतम् (triṇatam) - (bow) thrice-bent (a specific design or state) (thrice bent, deeply bent)

• रुक्मभूषितम् (rukmabhūṣitam) - (bow) adorned with gold (adorned with gold)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (referring to a male protagonist) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of `sah`.

वीरशयने (vīraśayane) - on the battlefield (metaphorically, a hero's deathbed) (on a hero's bed)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vīraśayana

vīraśayana - hero's bed, battlefield, lying down of a hero

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vīra+śayana)

• vīra – hero, brave man
  noun (masculine)
• śayana – bed, couch, lying down
  noun (neuter)
  From root √śī (to lie down) + ana (suffix).
  Root: śī (class 2)

शिश्ये (śiśye) - he lay down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of śī

perfect middle (liṭ)

From root √śī (class 2).

Root: śī (class 2)

विज्यम् (vijyam) - (bow) unstrung (unstrung, without a bowstring)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vijya

vijya - unstrung (bow), without a bowstring

Compound 'vi' (without) + 'jyā' (bowstring).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+jyā)

• vi – without, separation
  indeclinable
• jyā – bowstring
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with `kārmukam`.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, holding

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √dā (class 3) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārmuka

kārmuka - bow, made of karmuka wood

Derived from karmuka (a type of tree).

भिन्नमुष्टिपरीणाहम् (bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāham) - (bow) with a shattered handgrip (whose grip's circumference was broken/shattered)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāha

bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāha - having a broken grip-circumference (referring to a bow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+muṣṭi+parīṇāha)

• bhinna – broken, split, shattered
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root √bhid (to break, split).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• muṣṭi – fist, handgrip
  noun (masculine)
• parīṇāha – circumference, extent, girth
  noun (masculine)
  From √nah (to bind) with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: nah (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `kārmukam`.

त्रिणतम् (triṇatam) - (bow) thrice-bent (a specific design or state) (thrice bent, deeply bent)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of triṇata

triṇata - thrice bent, very much bent, a particular shape of a bow

past passive participle

From root √nam (to bend) with prefix tri- (three).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tri+nata)

• tri – three
  numeral
• nata – bent, bowed, inclined
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root √nam (to bend).
  Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `kārmukam`.

रुक्मभूषितम् (rukmabhūṣitam) - (bow) adorned with gold (adorned with gold)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rukmabhūṣita

rukmabhūṣita - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

past passive participle

Tatpuruṣa compound: rukma (gold) + bhūṣita (adorned, from √bhūṣ).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rukma+bhūṣita)

• rukma – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
  From √ruc (to shine).
  Root: ruc (class 1)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root √bhūṣ (to adorn).
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with `kārmukam`.

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