वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-42, verse-14

विवर्णवदना भूयो विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः ।
मूढाः शोणितगन्धेन निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥१४॥

14. vivarṇavadanā bhūyo viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ ,
mūḍhāḥ śoṇitagandhena nipeturdharaṇītale.

14. vivarṇavadanāḥ bhūyaḥ viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ
mūḍhāḥ śoṇitagandhena nipetuḥ dharaṇītale

14. bhūyaḥ vivarṇavadanāḥ viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ
śoṇitagandhena mūḍhāḥ dharaṇītale nipetuḥ

14. Their faces discolored and their hair scattered, bewildered by the smell of blood, they fell onto the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• विवर्णवदनाः (vivarṇavadanāḥ) - having discolored faces, pale-faced

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः (viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ) - with scattered hair

• मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - bewildered, senseless, confused

• शोणितगन्धेन (śoṇitagandhena) - by the smell of blood

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

• धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

विवर्णवदनाः (vivarṇavadanāḥ) - having discolored faces, pale-faced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vivarṇavadana

vivarṇavadana - one whose face is discolored

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vivarṇa+vadana)

• vivarṇa – discolored, pale, without color
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
  Root: varṇ (class 10)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः (viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ) - with scattered hair

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viprakīrṇaśiroruha

viprakīrṇaśiroruha - one whose hair is scattered, disheveled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viprakīrṇa+śiroruha)

• viprakīrṇa – scattered, dispersed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi-pra-√kṛ
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: kṛ (class 6)
• śiroruha – hair (literally 'growing on the head')
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: śiras
  Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas.

मूढाः (mūḍhāḥ) - bewildered, senseless, confused

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūḍha

mūḍha - bewildered, confused, foolish, senseless

Past Passive Participle

from √muh

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas.

शोणितगन्धेन (śoṇitagandhena) - by the smell of blood

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoṇitagandha

śoṇitagandha - smell of blood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoṇita+gandha)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śoṇ (class 1)
• gandha – smell, odor
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gandh (class 10)

Note: Cause of their bewilderment.

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ni-pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The verb for the Rākṣasas.

धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - ground, surface of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• tala – surface, palm, sole
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tal (class 1)

Note: Location of falling.