वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-67, verse-20

इमौ ताविति संचिन्त्य सज्यं कृत्वा च कार्मुकम् ।
संततानेषुधाराभिः पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान् ॥२०॥

20. imau tāviti saṃcintya sajyaṃ kṛtvā ca kārmukam ,
saṃtatāneṣudhārābhiḥ parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān.

20. imau tau iti saṃcintya sajyam kṛtvā ca kārmukam
saṃtatāneṣudhārābhiḥ parjanyaḥ iva vṛṣṭimān

20. Considering, 'These are the two,' and having strung his bow, he unleashed torrents of arrows, just like a rain cloud pouring down rain.

Words meanings summery:

• इमौ (imau) - these two

• तौ (tau) - those two

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having thought, having pondered

• सज्यम् (sajyam) - strung (with a bowstring)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• च (ca) - and

• कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow, weapon

• संततानेषुधाराभिः (saṁtatāneṣudhārābhiḥ) - with continuous streams of arrows

• पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain cloud, god of rain

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - having rain, raining

Words meanings and morphology

इमौ (imau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of idam

idam - this, these

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

संचिन्त्य (saṁcintya) - having thought, having pondered

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from root 'cint' with prefix 'sam' and suffix '-ya'

Prefix: sam

Root: cint (class 1)

सज्यम् (sajyam) - strung (with a bowstring)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sajya

sajya - with a bowstring, strung

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+jya)

• sa – with, together with, possessing
  indeclinable
• jya – bowstring
  noun (feminine)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Gerund/Absolutive

Derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix '-tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow, weapon

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārmuka

kārmuka - bow, made of kārṣmarī wood

संततानेषुधाराभिः (saṁtatāneṣudhārābhiḥ) - with continuous streams of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of saṃtatāneṣudhārā

saṁtatāneṣudhārā - continuous stream of arrows

Compound noun describing streams of arrows that are continuous

Compound type : karmadhāraya-tatpuruṣa (saṃtata+iṣu+dhārā)

• saṃtata – continuous, unbroken, stretched
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'tan' with prefix 'sam'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tan (class 8)
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• dhārā – stream, current, flow
  noun (feminine)

पर्जन्यः (parjanyaḥ) - rain cloud, god of rain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parjanya

parjanya - rain cloud, the god of rain

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वृष्टिमान् (vṛṣṭimān) - having rain, raining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛṣṭimat

vṛṣṭimat - possessing rain, rainy, abundant in rain

Derived from 'vṛṣṭi' (rain) with possessive suffix '-mat'

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