वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-59, verse-88

तावन्योन्यं विनिर्दह्य पेततुर्धरणीतले ।
निरर्चिषौ भस्मकृतौ न भ्राजेते शरोत्तमौ ॥८८॥

88. tāvanyonyaṃ vinirdahya petaturdharaṇītale ,
nirarciṣau bhasmakṛtau na bhrājete śarottamau.

88. tau anyonyam vinirdahya petatuḥ dharaṇītale
nirarciṣau bhasmakṛtau na bhrājete śarottamau

88. tau śarottamau anyonyam vinirdahya nirarciṣau
bhasmakṛtau dharaṇītale petatuḥ na bhrājete

88. Having completely consumed each other, those two excellent arrows, now flameless and reduced to ashes, fell to the ground and did not shine.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

• विनिर्दह्य (vinirdahya) - having completely burned/consumed

• पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they fell

• धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• निरर्चिषौ (nirarciṣau) - flameless, without rays/splendor

• भस्मकृतौ (bhasmakṛtau) - reduced to ashes, made into ashes

• न (na) - not

• भ्राजेते (bhrājete) - they did not shine (in the past, implied by context) (they shine, they glitter)

• शरोत्तमौ (śarottamau) - excellent arrows, best arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other, mutually

(indeclinable)

विनिर्दह्य (vinirdahya) - having completely burned/consumed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dah with prefixes vi and nir.

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: dah (class 1)

पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - earth's surface, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, ground, plain
  noun (neuter)

निरर्चिषौ (nirarciṣau) - flameless, without rays/splendor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nirarcis

nirarcis - devoid of flame, light, or splendor

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+arcis)

• nis – out, forth, without
  prefix
• arcis – flame, light, ray, splendor
  noun (neuter)

भस्मकृतौ (bhasmakṛtau) - reduced to ashes, made into ashes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhasmakṛta

bhasmakṛta - reduced to ashes, turned into ashes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhasman+kṛta)

• bhasman – ashes
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – made, done, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

भ्राजेते (bhrājete) - they did not shine (in the past, implied by context) (they shine, they glitter)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of bhrāj

Root: bhrāj (class 1)

Note: Used here in the past tense sense due to context with 'na' and perfect tense verb 'petatuḥ'.

शरोत्तमौ (śarottamau) - excellent arrows, best arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of śarottama

śarottama - excellent arrow, best arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śara+uttama)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)