वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-15

शयानः शरतल्पे ऽस्मिन् स्वशोणितपरिप्लुतः ।
शरजालैश्चितो भाति भास्करो ऽस्तमिव व्रजन् ॥१५॥

15. śayānaḥ śaratalpe'smin svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ ,
śarajālaiścito bhāti bhāskaro'stamiva vrajan.

15. śayānaḥ śaratālpe asmin svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ
śarajālaiḥ citaḥ bhāti bhāskaraḥ astam iva vrajan

15. asmin śaratālpe śayānaḥ,
svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ,
śarajālaiḥ citaḥ (saḥ) bhāskaraḥ astam iva vrajan bhāti.

15. Lying on this bed of arrows, bathed in his own blood and covered by a network of arrows, he appears like the sun going to set.

Words meanings summery:

• शयानः (śayānaḥ) - lying, resting

• शरताल्पे (śaratālpe) - on a bed of arrows

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - on this

• स्वशोणितपरिप्लुतः (svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ) - bathed in his own blood, covered in his own blood

• शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - by a network of arrows (by nets/multitudes of arrows)

• चितः (citaḥ) - covered, filled, piled up

• भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

• भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun, sun-maker

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, going to rest

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, proceeding

Words meanings and morphology

शयानः (śayānaḥ) - lying, resting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śī

śī - to lie down, to rest

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root √śī (to lie down)

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Qualifies implied 'he' (Lakṣmaṇa).

शरताल्पे (śaratālpe) - on a bed of arrows

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śaratālpa

śaratālpa - bed of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+talpa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• talpa – bed, couch
  noun (masculine)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - on this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Qualifies 'śaratālpe'.

स्वशोणितपरिप्लुतः (svaśoṇitapariplutaḥ) - bathed in his own blood, covered in his own blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svaśoṇitaparipluta

svaśoṇitaparipluta - bathed/covered in one's own blood

Compound: sva-śoṇita (own blood) + paripluta (bathed/covered in)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa / upapada (sva+śoṇita+paripluta)

• sva – own
  pronoun
• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
• paripluta – bathed, immersed, covered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √plu (to float, to overflow) with prefix pari-
  Prefix: pari
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Qualifies implied 'he' (Lakṣmaṇa).

शरजालैः (śarajālaiḥ) - by a network of arrows (by nets/multitudes of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - net/multitude of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agent of 'citaḥ'.

चितः (citaḥ) - covered, filled, piled up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cita

cita - covered, filled, piled up

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √ci (to pile, gather, cover)

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies implied 'he' (Lakṣmaṇa).

भाति (bhāti) - shines, appears, looks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun, sun-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun-maker

Compound of 'bhās' (light) and 'kara' (making)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster
  noun (neuter)
• kara – maker, doing
  adjective
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Part of the simile: "like the sun...".

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, going to rest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of sun), home, end

Note: Object of 'vrajan'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates simile.

व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, proceeding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vraj

vraj - to go, proceed

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √vraj (to go)

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhāskaraḥ'.