वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-46, verse-34

एवमेव प्रहस्तस्य शरवर्षं दुरासदम् ।
निमीलिताक्षः सहसा नीलः सेहे सुदारुणम् ॥३४॥

34. evameva prahastasya śaravarṣaṃ durāsadam ,
nimīlitākṣaḥ sahasā nīlaḥ sehe sudāruṇam.

34. evam eva prahastasya śaravarṣam durāsadam
nimiilitākṣaḥ sahasā niilaḥ sehe sudāruṇam

34. In the same way, Nīla, closing his eyes, suddenly endured Prahasta's very dreadful, unyielding shower of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• प्रहस्तस्य (prahastasya) - of Prahasta

• शरवर्षम् (śaravarṣam) - shower of arrows

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unyielding, formidable

• निमिइलिताक्षः (nimiilitākṣaḥ) - with closed eyes

• सहसा (sahasā) - unfortunately, forcefully, quickly

• निइलः (niilaḥ) - Nīla

• सेहे (sehe) - endured, bore

• सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very dreadful, very terrible

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

प्रहस्तस्य (prahastasya) - of Prahasta

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prahasta

prahasta - Prahasta (name of a Rākṣasa general)

शरवर्षम् (śaravarṣam) - shower of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, hail of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `sehe`.

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unyielding, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, invincible

Derived from 'dur-' (difficult) + 'ā-sada' (approaching, from √sad).

Prefixes: dur+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `śaravarṣam`.

निमिइलिताक्षः (nimiilitākṣaḥ) - with closed eyes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimiilitākṣa

nimiilitākṣa - one whose eyes are closed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nimiilita+akṣa)

• nimiilita – closed, winked
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √miil (to wink, to close eyes) with prefix 'ni-'.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: miil (class 1)
• akṣa – eye, axis, dice
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies Nīlaḥ.

सहसा (sahasā) - unfortunately, forcefully, quickly

(indeclinable)

Instrumental singular of `sahas` (force) used adverbially.

निइलः (niilaḥ) - Nīla

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niila

niila - Nīla (name of a Vanara chief)

Note: Subject of `sehe`.

सेहे (sehe) - endured, bore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of √sah

Imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person singular, middle voice of root √sah.

Root: sah (class 1)

सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - very dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very terrible, very dreadful, extremely cruel

Derived from 'su-' (very) + 'dāruṇa' (terrible).

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, cruel
  adjective (neuter)