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

शतानि सप्त चाष्टौ च सहस्राणि च वानराः ।
प्रकीर्णाः शेरते भूमौ कुम्भकर्णेन पोथिताः ॥६॥

6. śatāni sapta cāṣṭau ca sahasrāṇi ca vānarāḥ ,
prakīrṇāḥ śerate bhūmau kumbhakarṇena pothitāḥ.

6. śatāni sapta ca aṣṭau ca sahasrāṇi ca vānarāḥ
prakīrṇāḥ śerate bhūmau kumbhakarṇena pothitāḥ

6. sapta śatāni ca aṣṭau sahasrāṇi ca vānarāḥ
kumbhakarṇena pothitāḥ prakīrṇāḥ bhūmau śerate

6. Seven hundred and eight thousand monkeys, scattered and struck down by (Kumbhakarṇa), lay on the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

• प्रकीर्णाः (prakīrṇāḥ) - scattered (scattered, dispersed, strewn)

• शेरते (śerate) - they lay (on the ground) (they lie, they rest, they sleep)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

• कुम्भकर्णेन (kumbhakarṇena) - by (Kumbhakarṇa) (by Kumbhakarna)

• पोथिताः (pothitāḥ) - struck down (smashed, crushed, struck down, killed)

Words meanings and morphology

शतानि (śatāni) - hundreds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śata

śata - hundred

Note: Subject of the implied verb.

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'śatāni'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Adjective modifying 'sahasrāṇi'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Subject.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

Note: The main subject, being counted.

प्रकीर्णाः (prakīrṇāḥ) - scattered (scattered, dispersed, strewn)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prakīrṇa

prakīrṇa - scattered, dispersed, spread out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra- + √kīr (to scatter, strew)

Prefix: pra

Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vānarāḥ'.

शेरते (śerate) - they lay (on the ground) (they lie, they rest, they sleep)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present Middle

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Locative of place.

कुम्भकर्णेन (kumbhakarṇena) - by (Kumbhakarṇa) (by Kumbhakarna)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (name of a giant Rākṣasa, brother of Rāvaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kumbha+karṇa)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'pothitāḥ'.

पोथिताः (pothitāḥ) - struck down (smashed, crushed, struck down, killed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pothita

pothita - smashed, crushed, struck down, beaten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √poth (to strike, crush)

Root: poth (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying 'vānarāḥ'.