वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-51

वानरान्दश सप्तेति राक्षसा अभ्यपातयन् ।
राक्षसान्दशसप्तेति वानरा जघ्नुराहवे ॥५१॥

51. vānarāndaśa sapteti rākṣasā abhyapātayan ,
rākṣasāndaśasapteti vānarā jaghnurāhave.

51. vānarān daśa sapta iti rakṣasāḥ abhyapātayan
| rakṣasān daśasapta iti vānarāḥ jaghnuḥ āhave

51. rakṣasāḥ daśa sapta iti vānarān abhyapātayan
āhave vānarāḥ daśasapta iti rakṣasān jaghnuḥ

51. The Rakshasas felled Vanaras, (counting them as) ten or seven (at a time). In battle, the Vanaras struck down Rakshasas, (counting them as) seventeen (at a time).

Words meanings summery:

• वानरान् (vānarān) - the Vanara warriors (Vanaras)

• दश (daśa) - ten (as a count) (ten)

• सप्त (sapta) - seven (as a count) (seven)

• इति (iti) - marking a statement of quantity or emphasis (thus, so)

• रक्षसाः (rakṣasāḥ) - the Rakshasa warriors (Rakshasas)

• अभ्यपातयन् (abhyapātayan) - they felled (down) (they felled, caused to fall)

• रक्षसान् (rakṣasān) - the Rakshasa warriors (Rakshasas)

• दशसप्त (daśasapta) - seventeen (as a count) (seventeen)

• इति (iti) - marking a statement of quantity or emphasis (thus, so)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - the Vanara warriors (Vanaras)

• जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they struck down (they struck, killed, slew)

• आहवे (āhave) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

Words meanings and morphology

वानरान् (vānarān) - the Vanara warriors (Vanaras)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape-man (mythical race)

Derived from `vana` (forest).

दश (daśa) - ten (as a count) (ten)

(numeral)

Note: Functionally plural but morphologically indeclinable in this context.

सप्त (sapta) - seven (as a count) (seven)

(numeral)

Note: Functionally plural but morphologically indeclinable in this context.

इति (iti) - marking a statement of quantity or emphasis (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

रक्षसाः (rakṣasāḥ) - the Rakshasa warriors (Rakshasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rakṣasa

rakṣasa - demon, ogre

अभ्यपातयन् (abhyapātayan) - they felled (down) (they felled, caused to fall)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhipātaya

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice (causative)

From root `pat` (to fall), with `abhi` (upon) and causative suffix `aya`.

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

रक्षसान् (rakṣasān) - the Rakshasa warriors (Rakshasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rakṣasa

rakṣasa - demon, ogre

दशसप्त (daśasapta) - seventeen (as a count) (seventeen)

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (daśa+sapta)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• sapta – seven
  numeral

Note: Functionally plural but morphologically indeclinable.

इति (iti) - marking a statement of quantity or emphasis (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - the Vanara warriors (Vanaras)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape-man (mythical race)

जघ्नुः (jaghnuḥ) - they struck down (they struck, killed, slew)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of han

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice

From root han, class 2 (adā-di).

Root: han (class 2)

आहवे (āhave) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āhava

āhava - battle, fight, combat

From `ā-hu` (to challenge, invoke, battle).

Prefix: ā

Root: hu (class 3)