वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-60, verse-23

स तत्राग्निं समास्तीर्य शरपत्रैः सतोमरैः ।
छागस्य सर्वकृष्णस्य गलं जग्राह जीवतः ॥२३॥

23. sa tatrāgniṃ samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ ,
chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galaṃ jagrāha jīvataḥ.

23. saḥ tatra agnim samāstīrya śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ
chāgasya sarvakṛṣṇasya galam jagrāha jīvataḥ

23. saḥ tatra śarapatraiḥ satomaraiḥ agnim samāstīrya
jīvataḥ sarvakṛṣṇasya chāgasya galam jagrāha

23. There, having strewn arrow-feathers and spears around the fire, he seized the throat of a living, all-black goat for the ritual offering.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

• तत्र (tatra) - at the site of the ritual (there, in that place)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - the ritual fire (fire)

• समास्तीर्य (samāstīrya) - having spread or strewn the items around the fire (having spread, having strewn around)

• शरपत्रैः (śarapatraiḥ) - with arrow-feathers used in the ritual (with arrow-feathers)

• सतोमरैः (satomaraiḥ) - with spears, used in the ritual preparations (with spears, together with spears)

• छागस्य (chāgasya) - of the goat that was offered (of a goat)

• सर्वकृष्णस्य (sarvakṛṣṇasya) - of the goat that was entirely black (of the all-black, of the completely black)

• गलम् (galam) - the throat of the goat, which was seized for ritual killing (throat, neck)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - Rāvaṇa seized the throat (he seized, he grasped)

• जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of the living goat (of the living (one))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (referring to Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - at the site of the ritual (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

अग्निम् (agnim) - the ritual fire (fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Root: ag (class 1)

Note: Direct object of samāstīrya

समास्तीर्य (samāstīrya) - having spread or strewn the items around the fire (having spread, having strewn around)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (indeclinable past participle)

Derived from sam + ā + stṛ (to strew, spread)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: stṛ (class 5)

शरपत्रैः (śarapatraiḥ) - with arrow-feathers used in the ritual (with arrow-feathers)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śarapatra

śarapatra - arrow-feather, leaf of a reed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+patra)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• patra – feather, leaf, wing
  noun (neuter)

सतोमरैः (satomaraiḥ) - with spears, used in the ritual preparations (with spears, together with spears)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of satomara

satomara - with spears

Bahuvrihi compound 'sa' (with) + 'tomara' (spear)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+tomara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix 'sa' indicating accompaniment
• tomara – spear, javelin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śarapatraiḥ

छागस्य (chāgasya) - of the goat that was offered (of a goat)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of chāga

chāga - goat

Note: Governs galam

सर्वकृष्णस्य (sarvakṛṣṇasya) - of the goat that was entirely black (of the all-black, of the completely black)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvakṛṣṇa

sarvakṛṣṇa - all black, completely dark

Karmadhāraya compound: sarva (all) + kṛṣṇa (black)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+kṛṣṇa)

• sarva – all, every, complete
  adjective (masculine)
• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Qualifies chāgasya

गलम् (galam) - the throat of the goat, which was seized for ritual killing (throat, neck)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gala

gala - throat, neck

Note: Direct object of jagrāha

जग्राह (jagrāha) - Rāvaṇa seized the throat (he seized, he grasped)

(verb)

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

Perf. Active 3rd sg.

Perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular, root grah (class 9)

Root: grah (class 9)

जीवतः (jīvataḥ) - of the living goat (of the living (one))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live), used as an adjective

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies chāgasya

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