वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-78

अथ दाशरथी रामो रौद्रमस्त्रं प्रयोजयन् ।
कुम्भकर्णस्य हृदये ससर्ज निशिताञ् शरान् ॥७८॥

78. atha dāśarathī rāmo raudramastraṃ prayojayan ,
kumbhakarṇasya hṛdaye sasarja niśitāñ śarān.

78. atha dāśarathi rāmaḥ raudram astram prayojayan
kumbhakarṇasya hṛdaye sasarja niśitān śarān

78. atha dāśarathi rāmaḥ raudram astram prayojayan
kumbhakarṇasya hṛdaye niśitān śarān sasarja

78. Then Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, employing a dreadful missile, released sharpened arrows into Kumbhakarṇa's heart.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - thereupon, then (then, now, thereupon)

• दाशरथि (dāśarathi) - Rāma, the son of Daśaratha (son of Daśaratha)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma, the protagonist (Rāma)

• रौद्रम् (raudram) - a dreadful (missile) (dreadful, terrible, fierce)

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - a missile (empowered by mantra) (missile, weapon)

• प्रयोजयन् (prayojayan) - while employing (the missile) (employing, using, causing to act)

• कुम्भकर्णस्य (kumbhakarṇasya) - of Kumbhakarṇa (the demon) (of Kumbhakarṇa)

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - into Kumbhakarṇa's heart (in the heart)

• ससर्ज (sasarja) - discharged (arrows) (released, discharged, threw)

• निशितान् (niśitān) - sharpened (arrows) (sharpened, keen, whetted)

• शरान् (śarān) - sharpened arrows (arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - thereupon, then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: introduces a new action

दाशरथि (dāśarathi) - Rāma, the son of Daśaratha (son of Daśaratha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dāśarathi

dāśarathi - son of Daśaratha

patronymic from Daśaratha

Note: qualifies Rāma

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma, the protagonist (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

Note: subject of sasarja

रौद्रम् (raudram) - a dreadful (missile) (dreadful, terrible, fierce)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of raudra

raudra - dreadful, terrible, fierce, violent

Note: qualifies astram

अस्त्रम् (astram) - a missile (empowered by mantra) (missile, weapon)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - missile, weapon (often divinely empowered)

Note: object of prayojayan

प्रयोजयन् (prayojayan) - while employing (the missile) (employing, using, causing to act)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayojayat

prayojayat - employing, causing to use

present active participle

causative of √yuj (to join, connect) with prefix pra, present active participle, masculine singular nominative

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: qualifies Rāma, indicating simultaneous action

कुम्भकर्णस्य (kumbhakarṇasya) - of Kumbhakarṇa (the demon) (of Kumbhakarṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarṇa (proper name of Rāvaṇa's brother)

Note: possessive, relates to hṛdaye

हृदये (hṛdaye) - into Kumbhakarṇa's heart (in the heart)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind

Note: location for the action of releasing arrows

ससर्ज (sasarja) - discharged (arrows) (released, discharged, threw)

(verb)

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

perfect third person singular

from √sṛj (class 6), third person singular perfect active

Root: sṛj (class 6)

निशितान् (niśitān) - sharpened (arrows) (sharpened, keen, whetted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen

past passive participle

from ni + √śā (to sharpen), past passive participle

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

Note: qualifies śarān

शरान् (śarān) - sharpened arrows (arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: object of sasarja