वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-60, verse-33

स शूलनिस्त्रिंश परश्वधानि व्याविध्य दीप्तानलसंनिभानि ।
सविस्फुलिङ्गोज्ज्वलपावकानि ववर्ष तीव्रं प्लवगेन्द्रसैन्ये ॥३३॥

33. sa śūlanistriṃśa paraśvadhāni vyāvidhya dīptānalasaṃnibhāni ,
savisphuliṅgojjvalapāvakāni vavarṣa tīvraṃ plavagendrasainye.

33. sa śūlanistriṃśa paraśvadhāni vyāvidhya dīptānalasaṃnibhāni
savisphuliṅgojjavapāvakāni vavarṣa tīvraṃ plavagendrasainye

33. Brandishing his spears, swords, and axes, which resembled intensely blazing fires and glittered with sparks, he rained them down fiercely upon the army of the monkey chiefs.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (referring to Indrajit, implied) (he, that)

• शूलनिस्त्रिंश (śūlanistriṁśa) - weapons like spears and swords (spears and swords)

• परश्वधानि (paraśvadhāni) - axes, battle-axes

• व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - brandishing, whirling (having brandished, having whirled)

• दीप्तानलसंनिभानि (dīptānalasaṁnibhāni) - resembling blazing fire

• सविस्फुलिङ्गोज्जवपावकानि (savisphuliṅgojjavapāvakāni) - glittering with sparks and brilliant flames (with sparks and blazing fires, sparkling and blazing like fire)

• ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - he showered, he rained

• तीव्रं (tīvraṁ) - fiercely, intensely (fiercely, intensely, sharp)

• प्लवगेन्द्रसैन्ये (plavagendrasainye) - upon the army of monkey chiefs

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (referring to Indrajit, implied) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शूलनिस्त्रिंश (śūlanistriṁśa) - weapons like spears and swords (spears and swords)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śūlanistriṃśa

śūlanistriṁśa - spear and sword

Compound type : dvandva (śūla+nistriṃśa)

• śūla – spear, trident
  noun (masculine)
• nistriṃśa – sword
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used here in neuter plural, implying 'weapon types'.

परश्वधानि (paraśvadhāni) - axes, battle-axes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of paraśvadha

paraśvadha - axe, battle-axe

Note: Often masculine, but can be neuter (e.g., in compounds or certain contexts).

व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - brandishing, whirling (having brandished, having whirled)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive form from root VIDH with prefixes VI and Ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vidh (class 6)

दीप्तानलसंनिभानि (dīptānalasaṁnibhāni) - resembling blazing fire

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dīptānalasaṃnibha

dīptānalasaṁnibha - resembling blazing fire

Compound type : tatpurusha (dīpta+anala+saṃnibha)

• dīpta – blazing, burning, shining
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root DĪP
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• anala – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• saṃnibha – resembling, similar to
  adjective

Note: Qualifies the weapons.

सविस्फुलिङ्गोज्जवपावकानि (savisphuliṅgojjavapāvakāni) - glittering with sparks and brilliant flames (with sparks and blazing fires, sparkling and blazing like fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of savisphuliṅgojjavapāvaka

savisphuliṅgojjavapāvaka - with sparks and blazing fires

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+visphuliṅga+ujjvala+pāvaka)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• visphuliṅga – spark, cinder
  noun (masculine)
• ujjvala – blazing, bright, radiant
  adjective
  Prefix: ud
  Root: jval (class 1)
• pāvaka – fire, pure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the weapons.

ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - he showered, he rained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vṛṣ

perfect (liṭ)

reduplicated perfect form

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

तीव्रं (tīvraṁ) - fiercely, intensely (fiercely, intensely, sharp)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

प्लवगेन्द्रसैन्ये (plavagendrasainye) - upon the army of monkey chiefs

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of plavagendrasainya

plavagendrasainya - army of monkey chiefs

Compound type : tatpurusha (plavaga+indra+sainya)

• plavaga – monkey (lit. 'goer by jumping')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• indra – chief, lord, best
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, troop
  noun (neuter)

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