वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-75, verse-8

क्षिपतः शरवर्षाणि क्षिप्रहस्तस्य मे युधि ।
जीमूतस्येव नदतः कः स्थास्यति ममाग्रतः ॥८॥

8. kṣipataḥ śaravarṣāṇi kṣiprahastasya me yudhi ,
jīmūtasyeva nadataḥ kaḥ sthāsyati mamāgrataḥ.

8. kṣipataḥ śaravarṣāṇi kṣiprahastasya me yudhi
jīmūtasya iva nadataḥ kaḥ sthāsyati mama agrataḥ

8. Who will be able to stand before me in battle, when I, with swift hands, unleash showers of arrows, just like a thundering cloud pours forth its rain?

Words meanings summery:

• क्षिपतः (kṣipataḥ) - of me (the speaker) who hurls (of him who hurls, of the throwing one)

• शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows

• क्षिप्रहस्तस्य (kṣiprahastasya) - of me (the speaker) who has swift hands (of the swift-handed one)

• मे (me) - my (referring to the speaker) (my, to me)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in combat

• जीमूतस्य (jīmūtasya) - of a cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नदतः (nadataḥ) - of the cloud that roars (of the roaring one)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• स्थास्यति (sthāsyati) - will stand (against me) (will stand, will remain)

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before, ahead

Words meanings and morphology

क्षिपतः (kṣipataḥ) - of me (the speaker) who hurls (of him who hurls, of the throwing one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣipat

kṣipat - throwing, casting, hurling

Present Active Participle

from root √kṣip (to throw, cast)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Modifies me (the implied speaker)

शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - shower of arrows, rain of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of kṣipataḥ

क्षिप्रहस्तस्य (kṣiprahastasya) - of me (the speaker) who has swift hands (of the swift-handed one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣiprahasta

kṣiprahasta - swift-handed, quick-handed, dexterous

Compound: kṣipra (swift) + hasta (hand)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣipra+hasta)

• kṣipra – swift, quick, rapid
  adjective
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies me

मे (me) - my (referring to the speaker) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

Note: Refers to the speaker

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, combat

जीमूतस्य (jīmūtasya) - of a cloud

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīmūta

jīmūta - cloud, thunder-cloud

Note: Part of simile with iva

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नदतः (nadataḥ) - of the cloud that roars (of the roaring one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nadat

nadat - roaring, thundering

Present Active Participle

from root √nad (to roar, sound)

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Modifies jīmūtasya

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Subject of the rhetorical question

स्थास्यति (sthāsyati) - will stand (against me) (will stand, will remain)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of sthā

from root √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, before, ahead

(indeclinable)

from agra (front) + -tas (suffix of separation/direction)

Note: Used with genitive (mama agrataḥ)