वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-77, verse-3

ते शराः शिखिसंकाशा निपतन्तः समाहिताः ।
राक्षसान्दारयामासुर्वज्रा इव महागिरीन् ॥३॥

3. te śarāḥ śikhisaṃkāśā nipatantaḥ samāhitāḥ ,
rākṣasāndārayāmāsurvajrā iva mahāgirīn.

3. te śarāḥ śikhisaṅkāśāḥ nipatantaḥ samāhitāḥ
rākṣasān dārayāmāsuḥ vajrāḥ iva mahāgirīn

3. te śarāḥ śikhisaṅkāśāḥ nipatantaḥ samāhitāḥ
rākṣasān dārayāmāsuḥ iva vajrāḥ mahāgirīn

3. Those arrows, blazing like flames, struck with precision and tore apart the Rākṣasas, just as thunderbolts shatter great mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

• शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows (arrows, reeds)

• शिखिसङ्काशाः (śikhisaṅkāśāḥ) - blazing like flames (resembling flames, fire-like, blazing)

• निपतन्तः (nipatantaḥ) - falling (falling, descending, striking down)

• समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - struck with precision (concentrated, attentive, precise, composed, fixed)

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas (demons))

• दारयामासुः (dārayāmāsuḥ) - they tore apart (they tore apart, they split, they rent)

• वज्राः (vajrāḥ) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• महागिरीन् (mahāgirīn) - great mountains (great mountains, mighty mountains)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

शराः (śarāḥ) - arrows (arrows, reeds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water

Root: śṛ (class 5)

शिखिसङ्काशाः (śikhisaṅkāśāḥ) - blazing like flames (resembling flames, fire-like, blazing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śikhisaṅkāśa

śikhisaṅkāśa - resembling fire/flames, fire-like

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śikhi+saṅkāśa)

• śikhi – fire, flame, peacock
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkāśa – resembling, like, similar in appearance
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

निपतन्तः (nipatantaḥ) - falling (falling, descending, striking down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nipatant

nipatant - falling, descending, striking down

present active participle

Root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'ni' (down) + śatṛ suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - struck with precision (concentrated, attentive, precise, composed, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, attentive, fixed, steady, composed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix 'sam' + 'ā' + root 'dhā' (to place) + kta (P.P.P.)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'śarāḥ'.

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - the Rākṣasas (Rākṣasas (demons))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings, often depicted as demons or ogres)

दारयामासुः (dārayāmāsuḥ) - they tore apart (they tore apart, they split, they rent)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of dārayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed from causative 'dāraya' + 'āmāsuḥ' (perfect of 'as')

Root: dṛ (class 1)

वज्राः (vajrāḥ) - thunderbolts (thunderbolts, diamonds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt (weapon of Indra), diamond

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

महागिरीन् (mahāgirīn) - great mountains (great mountains, mighty mountains)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain, mighty mountain

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)