वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-16

मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतं तच्छैलाग्रं व्यशीर्यत ।
सविस्फुलिङ्गं सज्वालं निपपात महीतले ॥१६॥

16. muṣṭiprahārābhihataṃ tacchailāgraṃ vyaśīryata ,
savisphuliṅgaṃ sajvālaṃ nipapāta mahītale.

16. muṣṭiprahārābhihatam tat śailāgram vyaśīryata
savisphuliṅgam sajjvālam nipapāta mahītale

16. muṣṭiprahārābhihatam tat śailāgram vyaśīryata
savisphuliṅgam sajjvālam nipapāta mahītale

16. That mountain peak, struck by the force of the fist, shattered. It fell to the ground with sparks and flames.

Words meanings summery:

• मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतम् (muṣṭiprahārābhihatam) - struck by the blow of the fist

• तत् (tat) - that

• शैलाग्रम् (śailāgram) - mountain peak, tip of a rock

• व्यशीर्यत (vyaśīryata) - was shattered, crumbled, broke into pieces

• सविस्फुलिङ्गम् (savisphuliṅgam) - with sparks, sparking

• सज्ज्वालम् (sajjvālam) - with flames, flaming

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, tumbled

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface

Words meanings and morphology

मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतम् (muṣṭiprahārābhihatam) - struck by the blow of the fist

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of muṣṭiprahārābhihata

muṣṭiprahārābhihata - struck by a fist blow

compound formed with a past passive participle

compound of muṣṭiprahāra (fist blow) and abhihata (struck), a 3rd tatpuruṣa or karmadhāraya compound leading to bahuvrīhi sense when describing something else

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muṣṭi+prahāra+abhihata)

• muṣṭi – fist
  noun (masculine)
• prahāra – blow, strike, impact
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun from pra-hṛ
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• abhihata – struck, hit
  adjective (neuter)
  past passive participle
  root han with upasarga abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śailāgram'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agrees with 'śailāgram'.

शैलाग्रम् (śailāgram) - mountain peak, tip of a rock

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śailāgra

śailāgra - mountain peak, summit of a rock

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+agra)

• śaila – rock, mountain
  noun (masculine)
  derived from śilā (rock)
• agra – tip, peak, front, top
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

व्यशीर्यत (vyaśīryata) - was shattered, crumbled, broke into pieces

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of śṝ

imperfect tense

root śṝ (to shatter) with upasarga vi, ātmanepada, 3rd person singular, imperfect passive (or intransitive active with passive sense)

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

सविस्फुलिङ्गम् (savisphuliṅgam) - with sparks, sparking

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of savisphuliṅga

savisphuliṅga - with sparks, sparking

bahuvrīhi compound with sa- (with) and visphuliṅga (spark)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+visphuliṅga)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix/indeclinable
• visphuliṅga – spark, cinder
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śailāgram' (implied subject of nipapāta).

सज्ज्वालम् (sajjvālam) - with flames, flaming

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sajjvāla

sajjvāla - with flames, fiery

bahuvrīhi compound with sa- (with) and jvāla (flame)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+jvāla)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix/indeclinable
• jvāla – flame, blaze
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śailāgram' (implied subject of nipapāta).

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, tumbled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pat

perfect tense

root pat with upasarga ni, perfect active, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'śailāgram'.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground, on the earth's surface

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, palm
  noun (neuter)