वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-66, verse-21

ताञ् शराञ् शरवर्षेण रामश्चिच्छेद नैकधा ।
निपेतुर्भुवि ते छिन्ना रुक्मपुङ्खाः सहस्रशः ॥२१॥

21. tāñ śarāñ śaravarṣeṇa rāmaściccheda naikadhā ,
nipeturbhuvi te chinnā rukmapuṅkhāḥ sahasraśaḥ.

21. tān śarān śaravarṣeṇa rāmaḥ ciccheda na ekadhā
nipetuḥ bhuvi te chinnāḥ rukmapuṅkhāḥ sahasraśaḥ

21. rāmaḥ śaravarṣeṇa tān śarān na ekadhā ciccheda
te rukmapuṅkhāḥ chinnāḥ sahasraśaḥ bhuvi nipetuḥ

21. Rāma shattered those arrows into many pieces with a barrage of his own arrows. Cut into thousands, those arrows with golden shafts then fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those

• शरान् (śarān) - The arrows shot by Khara's son. (arrows)

• शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - Rāma's counter-barrage of arrows. (by a shower of arrows, with a barrage of arrows)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he shattered

• न (na) - not

• एकधा (ekadhā) - in one way, into one piece

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - The shattered arrows fell. (they fell down)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

• ते (te) - Refers to the arrows. (those, they)

• छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - The arrows that were cut/shattered. (cut, shattered)

• रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - Describes the arrows. (having golden shafts/feathers)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'śarān'.

शरान् (śarān) - The arrows shot by Khara's son. (arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

शरवर्षेण (śaravarṣeṇa) - Rāma's counter-barrage of arrows. (by a shower of arrows, with a barrage of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, barrage of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, deluge
  noun (masculine)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu, protagonist of the Rāmāyaṇa)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he shattered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एकधा (ekadhā) - in one way, into one piece

(indeclinable)

Derived from eka (one) with the suffix -dhā (indicating manner).

Note: When combined with 'na' (na ekadhā), it means 'not in one way', i.e., 'into many pieces'.

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - The shattered arrows fell. (they fell down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

ते (te) - Refers to the arrows. (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - The arrows that were cut/shattered. (cut, shattered)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, divided, broken, shattered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root chid- (to cut).

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (the arrows).

रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - Describes the arrows. (having golden shafts/feathers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rukmapuṅkha

rukmapuṅkha - having golden shafts or feathers (of an arrow)

A bahuvrīhi compound, meaning 'whose feathers/shafts are golden'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rukma+puṅkha)

• rukma – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – feathered part of an arrow, shaft of an arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (the arrows).

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from sahasra (thousand) with the suffix -śas (indicating distribution or manner).