वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-64, verse-3

हेमपट्टपरिक्षिप्तं वज्रविद्रुमभूषितम् ।
यमदण्डोपमं भीमं रक्षसां भयनाशनम् ॥३॥

3. hemapaṭṭaparikṣiptaṃ vajravidrumabhūṣitam ,
yamadaṇḍopamaṃ bhīmaṃ rakṣasāṃ bhayanāśanam.

3. hemapaṭṭaparikṣiptam vajravidrumabhūṣitam
yamadaṇḍopamam bhīmam rakṣasām bhayanaśanam

3. It was covered with gold plates and adorned with diamonds and corals. Resembling Yama's staff, it was formidable and dispelled fear for the Rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• हेमपट्टपरिक्षिप्तम् (hemapaṭṭaparikṣiptam) - covered with golden plates, overlaid with gold bands

• वज्रविद्रुमभूषितम् (vajravidrumabhūṣitam) - adorned with diamonds and corals

• यमदण्डोपमम् (yamadaṇḍopamam) - resembling Yama's staff, like the staff of the god of death

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrifying, formidable, dreadful

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, for the Rākṣasas

• भयनशनम् (bhayanaśanam) - destroyer of fear, dispeller of terror

Words meanings and morphology

हेमपट्टपरिक्षिप्तम् (hemapaṭṭaparikṣiptam) - covered with golden plates, overlaid with gold bands

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hemapaṭṭaparikṣipta

hemapaṭṭaparikṣipta - covered with golden plates, overlaid with gold bands

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'pari-kṣip' (to throw around, cover) with 'hemapaṭṭa' (gold plate) as a component.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hema+paṭṭa+parikṣipta)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• paṭṭa – plate, band, strip
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• parikṣipta – covered, surrounded, thrown around
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'pari-kṣip'.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Used as an adjective describing the weapon.

वज्रविद्रुमभूषितम् (vajravidrumabhūṣitam) - adorned with diamonds and corals

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vajravidrumabhūṣita

vajravidrumabhūṣita - adorned with diamonds and corals

Past Passive Participle

From 'bhūṣita' (adorned), combined with 'vajra-vidruma' (diamonds and corals).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajra+vidruma+bhūṣita)

• vajra – diamond, thunderbolt
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• vidruma – coral
  noun (masculine)
• bhūṣita – adorned, decorated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhūṣ' (to adorn).
  Root: bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Adjective describing the weapon.

यमदण्डोपमम् (yamadaṇḍopamam) - resembling Yama's staff, like the staff of the god of death

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yamadaṇḍopama

yamadaṇḍopama - resembling Yama's staff

Compound: 'Yama' (god of death) + 'daṇḍa' (staff) + 'upama' (resembling).

Compound type : şaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa, then karmadhāraya (yama+daṇḍa+upama)

• yama – Yama (god of death), twin
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: yam (class 1)
• daṇḍa – staff, stick, rod, punishment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: daṇḍ (class 10)
• upama – resembling, similar to, simile
  adjective
  From 'upa' (near) + 'mā' (to measure, compare).
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Adjective describing the weapon.

भीमम् (bhīmam) - terrifying, formidable, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrifying, formidable, dreadful

From root 'bhī' (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Adjective describing the weapon.

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas, for the Rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa (demon), evil spirit

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Possessive or dative relation to 'bhayanaśanam'.

भयनशनम् (bhayanaśanam) - destroyer of fear, dispeller of terror

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhayanaśana

bhayanaśana - destroyer of fear, dispeller of terror

Compound: 'bhaya' (fear) + 'naśana' (destroying). From root 'naś' (to perish, destroy).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhaya+naśana)

• bhaya – fear, dread, danger
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'bhī' (to fear).
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• naśana – destroying, perishing, causing to disappear
  adjective/noun
  Derived from root 'naś' with suffix '-ana'.
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Adjective describing the weapon.