वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-57, verse-55

छिन्नवर्मतनुत्राणा राक्षसा वानरैर्हताः ।
रुधिरं प्रस्रुतास्तत्र रससारमिव द्रुमाः ॥५५॥

55. chinnavarmatanutrāṇā rākṣasā vānarairhatāḥ ,
rudhiraṃ prasrutāstatra rasasāramiva drumāḥ.

55. chinnavarmatanutrāṇāḥ rākṣasāḥ vānaraiḥ hatāḥ
rudhiram prasrutāḥ tatra rasasāram iva drumāḥ

55. vānaraiḥ chinnavarmatanutrāṇāḥ rākṣasāḥ hatāḥ
tatra rudhiram drumāḥ rasasāram iva prasrutāḥ

55. The *rākṣasas*, whose armors and body coverings were shattered, were slain by the monkeys. They lay there, gushing blood like trees gushing sap.

Words meanings summery:

• छिन्नवर्मतनुत्राणाः (chinnavarmatanutrāṇāḥ) - whose armors and body coverings were shattered (referring to the *rākṣasas*) (whose armors and body coverings were cut/shattered)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons

• वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• प्रस्रुताः (prasrutāḥ) - gushing blood (referring to the *rākṣasas*) (gushed forth, flowed out)

• तत्र (tatra) - there

• रससारम् (rasasāram) - sap (sap, vital fluid, essence of juice)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्नवर्मतनुत्राणाः (chinnavarmatanutrāṇāḥ) - whose armors and body coverings were shattered (referring to the *rākṣasas*) (whose armors and body coverings were cut/shattered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinnavarmatanutrāṇa

chinnavarmatanutrāṇa - whose armors and body coverings are cut/shattered

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (chinna+varman+tanutrāṇa)

• chinna – cut, torn, shattered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root chid, 'to cut'
  Root: chid (class 7)
• varman – armor, shield
  noun (neuter)
• tanutrāṇa – body covering, armor, shield
  noun (neuter)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, a class of mythological beings, *rākṣasa*

वानरैः (vānaraiḥ) - by monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han, 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

प्रस्रुताः (prasrutāḥ) - gushing blood (referring to the *rākṣasas*) (gushed forth, flowed out)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prasruta

prasruta - flowed forth, gushed, sprung out

Past Passive Participle

From root sru, 'to flow', with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasāḥ'

तत्र (tatra) - there

(indeclinable)

रससारम् (rasasāram) - sap (sap, vital fluid, essence of juice)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rasasāra

rasasāra - sap, vital fluid, essence of juice

Compound type : Tatpurusha (rasa+sāra)

• rasa – juice, fluid, essence, taste
  noun (masculine)
• sāra – essence, core, strength, sap
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree