वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-60, verse-40

प्रासैः शूलैः शितैर्बाणैरिन्द्रजिन्मन्त्रसंहितैः ।
विव्याध हरिशार्दूलान् सर्वांस्तान् राक्षसोत्तमः ॥४०॥

40. prāsaiḥ śūlaiḥ śitairbāṇairindrajinmantrasaṃhitaiḥ ,
vivyādha hariśārdūlān sarvāṃstān rākṣasottamaḥ.

40. prāsaiḥ śūlaiḥ śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ indrajit mantra-saṃhitaiḥ
vivyādha hari-śārdūlān sarvān tān rākṣasa-uttamaḥ

40. indrajit rākṣasa-uttamaḥ sarvān tān hari-śārdūlān
prāsaiḥ śūlaiḥ śitaiḥ mantra-saṃhitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ vivyādha

40. Indrajit, the foremost among rākṣasas, struck all those best of monkeys with spears, lances, and sharp arrows enchanted by sacred utterances (mantra).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears

• शूलैः (śūlaiḥ) - with lances, pikes

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp (arrows) (with sharp, sharpened, keen)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• इन्द्रजित् (indrajit) - Indrajit, Rāvaṇa's son and conqueror of Indra (Indrajit)

• मन्त्र-संहितैः (mantra-saṁhitaiḥ) - enchanted by sacred utterances (mantra) (referring to arrows) (endowed with sacred utterances, consecrated by sacred texts, enchanted by spells)

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - struck (them) (struck, pierced, wounded)

• हरि-शार्दूलान् (hari-śārdūlān) - the foremost of the monkeys (referring to the monkey leaders) (best of monkeys, monkey-tigers)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

• तान् (tān) - those (referring to the previously listed monkey leaders) (those)

• राक्षस-उत्तमः (rākṣasa-uttamaḥ) - the foremost of the rākṣasas (referring to Indrajit) (foremost of rākṣasas, best among demons)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāsa

prāsa - a spear, dart, javelin

शूलैः (śūlaiḥ) - with lances, pikes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śūla

śūla - a spear, pike, lance, trident

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp (arrows) (with sharp, sharpened, keen)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharpened, keen, sharp, pointed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śo' (to sharpen)

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

इन्द्रजित् (indrajit) - Indrajit, Rāvaṇa's son and conqueror of Indra (Indrajit)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indrajit

indrajit - name of Rāvaṇa's son, conqueror of Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indra+jit)

• indra – Indra, king of the gods
  proper noun (masculine)
• jit – conqueror, victor
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ji' (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

मन्त्र-संहितैः (mantra-saṁhitaiḥ) - enchanted by sacred utterances (mantra) (referring to arrows) (endowed with sacred utterances, consecrated by sacred texts, enchanted by spells)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mantra-saṃhita

mantra-saṁhita - joined with mantras, consecrated by sacred formulas, enchanted

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mantra+saṃhita)

• mantra – sacred utterance, incantation, spell, counsel
  noun (masculine)
• saṃhita – joined, united, endowed with, consecrated, placed together
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'bāṇaiḥ'.

विव्याध (vivyādha) - struck (them) (struck, pierced, wounded)

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: vyadh (class 4)

हरि-शार्दूलान् (hari-śārdūlān) - the foremost of the monkeys (referring to the monkey leaders) (best of monkeys, monkey-tigers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hari-śārdūla

hari-śārdūla - foremost of monkeys (literally 'monkey-tiger')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śārdūla)

• hari – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as the object of 'vivyādha'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all of them (all)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Qualifies 'hari-śārdūlān'.

तान् (tān) - those (referring to the previously listed monkey leaders) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Qualifies 'hari-śārdūlān'.

राक्षस-उत्तमः (rākṣasa-uttamaḥ) - the foremost of the rākṣasas (referring to Indrajit) (foremost of rākṣasas, best among demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa-uttama

rākṣasa-uttama - foremost of rākṣasas, best among demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+uttama)

• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest, chief
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'indrajit'.

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