वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-71, verse-19

तस्यैते निशितास्तीक्ष्णाः पत्रिपत्राङ्गवाजिनः ।
पतत्रिण इवासौम्याः शराः पास्यन्ति शोणितम् ॥१९॥

19. tasyaite niśitāstīkṣṇāḥ patripatrāṅgavājinaḥ ,
patatriṇa ivāsaumyāḥ śarāḥ pāsyanti śoṇitam.

19. tasya ete niśitāḥ tīkṣṇāḥ patripattrāṅgavājinaḥ
patatriṇaḥ iva asaumyāḥ śarāḥ pāsyanti śoṇitam

19. ete niśitāḥ tīkṣṇāḥ patripattrāṅgavājinaḥ asaumyāḥ
patatriṇaḥ iva śarāḥ tasya śoṇitam pāsyanti

19. These sharpened, keen arrows, winged and swift, fierce like predatory birds, will drink his (Rāvaṇi's) blood.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāvaṇi's) (his, of him, that)

• एते (ete) - these (arrows) (these)

• निशिताः (niśitāḥ) - sharpened, keen

• तीक्ष्णाः (tīkṣṇāḥ) - sharp, piercing

• पत्रिपत्त्राङ्गवाजिनः (patripattrāṅgavājinaḥ) - describing the arrows as feathered, shafted, and swift (having winged shafts and great speed)

• पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - birds of prey (winged creatures, birds)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• असौम्याः (asaumyāḥ) - fierce, not gentle, cruel

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

• पास्यन्ति (pāsyanti) - will drink

• शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāvaṇi's) (his, of him, that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇi.

एते (ete) - these (arrows) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'śarāḥ'.

निशिताः (niśitāḥ) - sharpened, keen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, pointed

Past Passive Participle

From root śā (to sharpen) with ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarāḥ'.

तीक्ष्णाः (tīkṣṇāḥ) - sharp, piercing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, fierce

Root: tij

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarāḥ'.

पत्रिपत्त्राङ्गवाजिनः (patripattrāṅgavājinaḥ) - describing the arrows as feathered, shafted, and swift (having winged shafts and great speed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patripattrāṅgavājin

patripattrāṅgavājin - having wings, feathers, bodies/shafts and speed

Compound: patrin (feathered, arrow) + patra (feather/wing) + aṅga (body/shaft) + vājin (swift, horse-like).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (patrin+patra+aṅga+vājin)

• patrin – feathered, winged (creature or arrow)
  adjective (masculine)
  Possessive suffix 'in' from 'patra' (feather/wing).
• patra – feather, wing, leaf
  noun (neuter)
• aṅga – limb, body, part, shaft (of an arrow)
  noun (neuter)
• vājin – swift, horse-like, powerful
  adjective (masculine)
  From vāja (strength, speed).

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarāḥ'.

पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - birds of prey (winged creatures, birds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patatrin

patatrin - bird, winged creature

From root pat (to fly) + atrin.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

असौम्याः (asaumyāḥ) - fierce, not gentle, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asaumya

asaumya - not gentle, fierce, inauspicious, hostile

Negative prefix 'a' + saumya (gentle, auspicious).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saumya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• saumya – gentle, amiable, auspicious, lunar
  adjective (masculine)
  From soma.

Note: Adjective modifying 'śarāḥ'.

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṛ

Note: Subject of the sentence.

पास्यन्ति (pāsyanti) - will drink

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of pā

Future tense.

From root pā (1st class).

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'śarāḥ'.

शोणितम् (śoṇitam) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṇita

śoṇita - blood, red

From root śuṇ (to be red).

Root: śuṇ

Note: Object of 'pāsyanti'.