वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-73, verse-9

शस्त्रैर्बहुविधाकारैः शितैर्बाणैश्च पादपैः ।
उद्यतैर्गिरिशृङ्गैश्च घोरैराकाशमावृतम् ॥९॥

9. śastrairbahuvidhākāraiḥ śitairbāṇaiśca pādapaiḥ ,
udyatairgiriśṛṅgaiśca ghorairākāśamāvṛtam.

9. śastraiḥ bahuvidhākāraiḥ śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ ca pādapaiḥ
udyataiḥ giriśṛṅgaiḥ ca ghoraiḥ ākāśam āvṛtam

9. ākāśam bahuvidhākāraiḥ śastraiḥ śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ ca
pādapaiḥ udyataiḥ ghoraiḥ giriśṛṅgaiḥ ca āvṛtam

9. The sky was completely covered by various types of weapons, sharp arrows, trees, and fearsome, uplifted mountain peaks.

Words meanings summery:

• शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons

• बहुविधाकारैः (bahuvidhākāraiḥ) - by various kinds, of many forms

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp (arrows)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• च (ca) - and

• पादपैः (pādapaiḥ) - by trees

• उद्यतैः (udyataiḥ) - by uplifted, raised (mountain peaks)

• गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - by mountain peaks

• च (ca) - and

• घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - by dreadful, fearsome (peaks)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky

• आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, enveloped

Words meanings and morphology

शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, tool

बहुविधाकारैः (bahuvidhākāraiḥ) - by various kinds, of many forms

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahuvidhākāra

bahuvidhākāra - of many kinds/forms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha+ākāra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• vidha – kind, sort, variety
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, shape, appearance
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śastraiḥ'.

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp (arrows)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharpened, sharp, keen

Past Passive Participle

From root śo (to sharpen) + kta (past passive participle suffix)

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पादपैः (pādapaiḥ) - by trees

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (lit. 'drinking by foot')

From pāda (foot) + pa (drinker); a tree 'drinks with its feet' (roots).

उद्यतैः (udyataiḥ) - by uplifted, raised (mountain peaks)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of udyata

udyata - raised, uplifted, prepared

Past Passive Participle

From ud-yam (to lift up, to raise) + kta (past passive participle suffix)

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - by mountain peaks

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of giriśṛṅga

giriśṛṅga - mountain peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+śṛṅga)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - by dreadful, fearsome (peaks)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful

Note: Agrees with 'giriśṛṅgaiḥ'.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Note: Direct object of the implied action 'was covered'.

आवृतम् (āvṛtam) - covered, enveloped

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āvṛta

āvṛta - covered, enveloped, surrounded

Past Passive Participle

From ā-vṛ (to cover, surround) + kta (past passive participle suffix)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Predicative PPP; grammatically agrees as neuter singular, often used in impersonal passive constructions even if the object (ākāśam) is masculine.