वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-67, verse-28

तौ हन्यमानौ नाराचैर्धाराभिरिव पर्वतौ ।
हेमपुङ्खान्नरव्याघ्रौ तिग्मान्मुमुचतुः शरान् ॥२८॥

28. tau hanyamānau nārācairdhārābhiriva parvatau ,
hemapuṅkhānnaravyāghrau tigmānmumucatuḥ śarān.

28. tau hanyamānau nārācaiḥ dhārābhiḥ iva parvatāu
hemupuṅkhān naravyāghrāu tigman mumucatuḥ śarān

28. tau naravyāghrāu nārācaiḥ dhārābhiḥ parvatāu iva
hanyamānau hemupuṅkhān tigman śarān mumucatuḥ

28. Though being struck by iron arrows, like two mountains assailed by torrents, those two tiger-like men (naravyāghrau) released their own sharp, golden-shafted arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (those two, they two)

• हन्यमानौ (hanyamānau) - being struck, being assailed

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows, by shafts

• धाराभिः (dhārābhiḥ) - by streams, by torrents

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वताउ (parvatāu) - two mountains

• हेमुपुङ्खान् (hemupuṅkhān) - golden-shafted arrows (golden-shafted, gold-feathered)

• नरव्याघ्राउ (naravyāghrāu) - Rama and Lakshmana, who are tiger-like men (two tiger-like men, two best among men)

• तिग्मन् (tigman) - sharp arrows (sharp, keen, fierce)

• मुमुचतुः (mumucatuḥ) - they two released, they two let go

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - Rama and Lakshmana (those two, they two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

हन्यमानौ (hanyamānau) - being struck, being assailed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of hanyamāna

hanyamāna - being struck, being killed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with passive 'ya' and suffix 'māna'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'tau' and 'naravyāghrau'.

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows, by shafts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - iron arrow, shaft

धाराभिः (dhārābhiḥ) - by streams, by torrents

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of dhārā

dhārā - stream, torrent, continuous flow

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वताउ (parvatāu) - two mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Note: Used in simile.

हेमुपुङ्खान् (hemupuṅkhān) - golden-shafted arrows (golden-shafted, gold-feathered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hemupuṅkha

hemupuṅkha - golden-shafted, gold-feathered (referring to arrows)

Compound formed from 'heman' (gold) and 'puṅkha' (shaft, feather of an arrow)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (heman+puṅkha)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – shaft, feather (of an arrow)
  noun (masculine)

नरव्याघ्राउ (naravyāghrāu) - Rama and Lakshmana, who are tiger-like men (two tiger-like men, two best among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - man-tiger, a tiger among men (idiom for best among men)

Compound 'nara' (man) + 'vyāghra' (tiger)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for heroes like Rama and Lakshmana.

तिग्मन् (tigman) - sharp arrows (sharp, keen, fierce)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tigma

tigma - sharp, keen, fierce, hot

Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Qualifies 'śarān'.

मुमुचतुः (mumucatuḥ) - they two released, they two let go

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of muc

Perfect

Reduplicated stem, 3rd person dual, parasmaipada

Root: muc (class 6)

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ

Note: Object of 'mumucatuḥ'.

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