वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-42, verse-7

शरनिर्भिन्नगात्रास्ते शूलनिर्भिन्नदेहिनः ।
जगृहुस्ते द्रुमांस्तत्र शिलाश्च हरियूथपाः ॥७॥

7. śaranirbhinnagātrāste śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ ,
jagṛhuste drumāṃstatra śilāśca hariyūthapāḥ.

7. śaranirbhinnagātrāḥ te śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ
jagṛhuḥ te drumān tatra śilāḥ ca hariyūthapāḥ

7. śaranirbhinnagātrāḥ śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ te
hariyūthapāḥ tatra drumān ca śilāḥ jagṛhuḥ

7. Even though their bodies were pierced by arrows and their forms penetrated by spears, those monkey chiefs (hariyūthapāḥ) nonetheless seized trees and stones there.

Words meanings summery:

• शरनिर्भिन्नगात्राः (śaranirbhinnagātrāḥ) - whose bodies were pierced by arrows, having arrow-pierced limbs

• ते (te) - those (hariyūthapāḥ) (they, those)

• शूलनिर्भिन्नदेहिनः (śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ) - whose bodies were pierced by spears, having spear-pierced forms

• जगृहुः (jagṛhuḥ) - they seized, they grasped, they took

• ते (te) - they, those

• द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

• च (ca) - and, also

• हरियूथपाः (hariyūthapāḥ) - monkey chiefs, leaders of the monkey troops

Words meanings and morphology

शरनिर्भिन्नगात्राः (śaranirbhinnagātrāḥ) - whose bodies were pierced by arrows, having arrow-pierced limbs

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śaranirbhinnagātra

śaranirbhinnagātra - having a body pierced by arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+nirbhinna+gātra)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• nirbhinna – pierced, rent asunder, broken
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'bhid' (to split, break) with prefix 'nir'.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'hariyūthapāḥ'.

ते (te) - those (hariyūthapāḥ) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: Emphasizes 'hariyūthapāḥ'.

शूलनिर्भिन्नदेहिनः (śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ) - whose bodies were pierced by spears, having spear-pierced forms

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūlanirbhinnadehin

śūlanirbhinnadehin - having a body pierced by spears/tridents

Formed by 'śūla' (spear) + 'nirbhinna' (pierced) + '-dehin' (body-having).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śūla+nirbhinna+dehin)

• śūla – spear, pike, trident
  noun (masculine)
• nirbhinna – pierced, rent asunder, broken
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Derived from root 'bhid' (to split, break) with prefix 'nir'.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• dehin – bodied, having a body, embodied (being)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'deha' (body) with possessive suffix '-in'.

Note: Agrees with 'hariyūthapāḥ'.

जगृहुः (jagṛhuḥ) - they seized, they grasped, they took

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of grah

perfect active indicative

Root 'grah', perfect tense.

Root: grah (class 9)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: This 'te' acts as the subject, referring to 'hariyūthapāḥ'.

द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree

Note: Object of 'jagṛhuḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad'.

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - stones, rocks

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

Note: Object of 'jagṛhuḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

हरियूथपाः (hariyūthapāḥ) - monkey chiefs, leaders of the monkey troops

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hariyūthapa

hariyūthapa - chief of the monkey troop, monkey general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+yūthapa)

• hari – monkey, tawny, lion
  noun (masculine)
• yūthapa – chief of a troop, leader of a herd
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'jagṛhuḥ'.

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