वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-75, verse-20

अद्य गोमायुसंघाश्च श्येनसंघाश्च लक्ष्मण ।
गृध्राश्च निपतन्तु त्वां गतासुं निहतं मया ॥२०॥

20. adya gomāyusaṃghāśca śyenasaṃghāśca lakṣmaṇa ,
gṛdhrāśca nipatantu tvāṃ gatāsuṃ nihataṃ mayā.

20. adya gomāyusaṃghāḥ ca śyenasaṃghāḥ ca lakṣmaṇa
gṛdhrāḥ ca nipatantu tvām gatāsum nihatam mayā

20. lakṣmaṇa adya mayā nihatam gatāsum tvām
gomāyusaṃghāḥ ca śyenasaṃghāḥ ca gṛdhrāḥ ca nipatantu

20. O Lakṣmaṇa, today may throngs of jackals, flocks of hawks, and vultures fall upon you, lifeless and slain by me.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today

• गोमायुसंघाः (gomāyusaṁghāḥ) - hosts of jackals, throngs of jackals

• च (ca) - and

• श्येनसंघाः (śyenasaṁghāḥ) - hosts of hawks, flocks of vultures/eagles

• च (ca) - and

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

• गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

• च (ca) - and

• निपतन्तु (nipatantu) - may they fall upon

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• गतासुम् (gatāsum) - lifeless, dead

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, struck down, slain

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

गोमायुसंघाः (gomāyusaṁghāḥ) - hosts of jackals, throngs of jackals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gomāyusaṃgha

gomāyusaṁgha - multitude of jackals, troop of jackals

Compound type : tatpurusha (gomāyu+saṃgha)

• gomāyu – jackal
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – multitude, host, collection, flock
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

श्येनसंघाः (śyenasaṁghāḥ) - hosts of hawks, flocks of vultures/eagles

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śyenasaṃgha

śyenasaṁgha - multitude of hawks/vultures

Compound type : tatpurusha (śyena+saṃgha)

• śyena – hawk, eagle, vulture
  noun (masculine)
• saṃgha – multitude, host, collection, flock
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (brother of Rama)

गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - vultures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निपतन्तु (nipatantu) - may they fall upon

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गतासुम् (gatāsum) - lifeless, dead

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gatāsu

gatāsu - whose life-breath is gone; lifeless, dead

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+asu)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• asu – breath, life-breath, life, spirit
  noun (masculine)

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, struck down, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me