वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-36, verse-4

निश्चेष्टौ मन्दनिःश्वासौ शोणितौघपरिप्लुतौ ।
शरजालाचितौ स्तब्धौ शयानौ शरतल्पयोः ॥४॥

4. niśceṣṭau mandaniḥśvāsau śoṇitaughapariplutau ,
śarajālācitau stabdhau śayānau śaratalpayoḥ.

4. niśceṣṭāu manda niḥśvāsāu śoṇitaugha pariplutāu
śarajālācitāu stabdhāu śayānāu śaratalpayoḥ

4. śaratalpayoḥ śayānāu,
niśceṣṭāu,
manda niḥśvāsāu,
śoṇitaugha pariplutāu,
śarajālācitāu,
stabdhāu (āsataḥ)

4. Lying on beds of arrows, they were motionless, breathing faintly, drenched in streams of blood, covered by a network of arrows, and rigid.

Words meanings summery:

• निश्चेष्टाउ (niśceṣṭāu) - motionless, inactive, inert

• मन्द (manda) - faint, slow, weak

• निःश्वासाउ (niḥśvāsāu) - faint breaths (when combined with manda) (breaths, exhalations)

• शोणितौघपरिप्लुताउ (śoṇitaughapariplutāu) - drenched in streams of blood

• शरजालाचिताउ (śarajālācitāu) - covered with a network of arrows

• स्तब्धाउ (stabdhāu) - stiff, rigid, paralyzed

• शयानाउ (śayānāu) - lying down, resting

• शरतल्पयोः (śaratalpayoḥ) - on beds of arrows

Words meanings and morphology

निश्चेष्टाउ (niśceṣṭāu) - motionless, inactive, inert

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of niśceṣṭa

niśceṣṭa - motionless, inactive, inert

Compound: niḥ (without) + ceṣṭa (effort, movement)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+ceṣṭa)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• ceṣṭa – effort, movement, action
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying Rama and Lakshmana.

मन्द (manda) - faint, slow, weak

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manda

manda - slow, dull, faint, weak

Note: First part of a descriptive compound 'manda-niḥśvāsāu'.

निःश्वासाउ (niḥśvāsāu) - faint breaths (when combined with manda) (breaths, exhalations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of niḥśvāsa

niḥśvāsa - breath, exhalation

From prefix nis (out) + śvāsa (breathing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nis+śvāsa)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
• śvāsa – breathing, breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: As part of the compound 'mandaniḥśvāsāu', meaning 'faint-breathed'.

शोणितौघपरिप्लुताउ (śoṇitaughapariplutāu) - drenched in streams of blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śoṇitaughaparipluta

śoṇitaughaparipluta - drenched by a flood of blood

Compound: śoṇita (blood) + ogha (stream) + paripluta (drenched)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoṇita+ogha+paripluta)

• śoṇita – blood; red
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – stream, flood, torrent
  noun (masculine)
• paripluta – drenched, bathed, flooded, submerged
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root plu (to float, to swim) with prefix pari (around, completely)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying Rama and Lakshmana.

शरजालाचिताउ (śarajālācitāu) - covered with a network of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarajālācita

śarajālācita - covered, entangled, or filled with a network of arrows

Compound: śara (arrow) + jāla (net) + ācita (covered)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+jāla+ācita)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, web, network
  noun (neuter)
• ācita – covered, filled, piled up, strewed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ci (to gather, pile) with prefix ā (towards, completely)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Adjective modifying Rama and Lakshmana.

स्तब्धाउ (stabdhāu) - stiff, rigid, paralyzed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of stabdha

stabdha - stiff, rigid, paralyzed, immovable

Past Passive Participle

From root stabh (to prop, to make firm)

Root: stabh (class 9)

Note: Adjective modifying Rama and Lakshmana.

शयानाउ (śayānāu) - lying down, resting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śayāna

śayāna - lying, sleeping, resting

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

From root śī (to lie, to sleep)

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Participle modifying Rama and Lakshmana.

शरतल्पयोः (śaratalpayoḥ) - on beds of arrows

(noun)

Locative, masculine, dual of śaratalpa

śaratalpa - bed of arrows

Compound: śara (arrow) + talpa (bed)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+talpa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• talpa – bed, couch, couch for a dead body
  noun (masculine)

Note: Denotes the location.