वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-48, verse-45

अन्ये च बलिनस्तस्य कूटमुद्गरपाणयः ।
मूर्ध्नि वक्षसि गात्रेषु पातयन् कूटमुद्गरान् ॥४५॥

45. anye ca balinastasya kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ ,
mūrdhni vakṣasi gātreṣu pātayan kūṭamudgarān.

45. anye ca balinaḥ tasya kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ
mūrdhni vakṣasi gātreṣu pātayan kūṭamudgarān

45. anye ca balinaḥ kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ tasya
mūrdhni vakṣasi gātreṣu kūṭamudgarān pātayan

45. And other strong ones, wielding heavy iron hammers, struck him on the head, chest, and limbs with those hammers.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्ये (anye) - other powerful attendants or warriors (others, some)

• च (ca) - and

• बलिनः (balinaḥ) - strong ones, mighty ones

• तस्य (tasya) - of Kumbhakarna (his, of him)

• कूटमुद्गरपाणयः (kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ) - having hammers in their hands, wielding heavy iron hammers

• मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on Kumbhakarna's head (on the head)

• वक्षसि (vakṣasi) - on Kumbhakarna's chest (on the chest)

• गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on Kumbhakarna's limbs (on the limbs, on the body parts)

• पातयन् (pātayan) - striking with (hammers) (causing to fall, striking (with, causing to be dropped))

• कूटमुद्गरान् (kūṭamudgarān) - heavy iron hammers

Words meanings and morphology

अन्ये (anye) - other powerful attendants or warriors (others, some)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Subject for 'pātayan'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects this action to the previous verse's actions.

बलिनः (balinaḥ) - strong ones, mighty ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balin

balin - strong, mighty, powerful

Derived from bala (strength) with suffix -in.

तस्य (tasya) - of Kumbhakarna (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, 'his' head/chest/limbs.

कूटमुद्गरपाणयः (kūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ) - having hammers in their hands, wielding heavy iron hammers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kūṭamudgarapāṇi

kūṭamudgarapāṇi - having a kūṭamudgara in hand

Bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'one who has a kūṭamudgara in their hand (pāṇi)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kūṭamudgara+pāṇi)

• kūṭamudgara – heavy iron hammer, iron club with a conical head
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of kūṭa (horn, peak, iron) and mudgara (hammer).
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as predicate to 'anye balinaḥ'.

मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) - on Kumbhakarna's head (on the head)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, skull, top

वक्षसि (vakṣasi) - on Kumbhakarna's chest (on the chest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vakṣas

vakṣas - chest, breast

गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on Kumbhakarna's limbs (on the limbs, on the body parts)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, body part

From root gam (to go) or from gā (to sing). Often related to parts of the body.

Root: gam (class 1)

पातयन् (pātayan) - striking with (hammers) (causing to fall, striking (with, causing to be dropped))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pātayat

pātayat - causing to fall, striking down, throwing

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From causative stem of root pat (to fall) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The actual action performed by the 'anye balinaḥ'.

कूटमुद्गरान् (kūṭamudgarān) - heavy iron hammers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kūṭamudgara

kūṭamudgara - heavy iron hammer, iron club with a conical head

Compound of kūṭa (horn, peak, iron) and mudgara (hammer).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kūṭa+mudgara)

• kūṭa – horn, peak, iron, weapon
  noun (masculine)
• mudgara – hammer, mallet, club
  noun (masculine)
  From root mudg (to strike)
  Root: mudg (class 10)

Note: Object of 'pātayan'.

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