वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-78, verse-12

ते तस्य कायं निर्भिद्य रुक्मपुङ्खा निमित्तगाः ।
बभूवुर्लोहितादिग्धा रक्ता इव महोरगाः ॥१२॥

12. te tasya kāyaṃ nirbhidya rukmapuṅkhā nimittagāḥ ,
babhūvurlohitādigdhā raktā iva mahoragāḥ.

12. te tasya kāyam nirbhidya rukmapuṅkhāḥ nimittagāḥ
babhūvuḥ lohitādigdhāḥ raktāḥ iva mahoragāḥ

12. te rukmapuṅkhāḥ nimittagāḥ tasya kāyam nirbhidya
lohitādigdhāḥ raktāḥ mahoragāḥ iva babhūvuḥ

12. Those gold-feathered arrows, having pierced his body and reached their target, became smeared with blood, appearing like great red snakes.

Words meanings summery:

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

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent whose body was pierced) (his, its, of that)

• कायम् (kāyam) - the body (of the opponent) (body, trunk)

• निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having pierced (the body) (having pierced, having split)

• रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - (arrows) having gold feathers (gold-feathered, having gold shafts)

• निमित्तगाः (nimittagāḥ) - reaching their intended target (going to the mark, reaching the target)

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - (the arrows) became (they became, they were)

• लोहितादिग्धाः (lohitādigdhāḥ) - smeared with blood (referring to the arrows) (smeared with blood, stained red)

• रक्ताः (raktāḥ) - red (in color due to blood) (red, colored, dyed, passionate)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as, similar to)

• महोरगाः (mahoragāḥ) - large, powerful snakes (great snakes, large serpents)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those arrows (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent whose body was pierced) (his, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

कायम् (kāyam) - the body (of the opponent) (body, trunk)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, collection, heap

निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having pierced (the body) (having pierced, having split)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root bhid with prefix nir and suffix -ya

Prefix: nis

Root: bhid (class 7)

रुक्मपुङ्खाः (rukmapuṅkhāḥ) - (arrows) having gold feathers (gold-feathered, having gold shafts)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rukmapuṅkha

rukmapuṅkha - gold-feathered

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rukma+puṅkha)

• rukma – gold
  noun (masculine)
• puṅkha – feather of an arrow, shaft of an arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (the arrows).

निमित्तगाः (nimittagāḥ) - reaching their intended target (going to the mark, reaching the target)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nimittaga

nimittaga - going to the mark, reaching the target

Compound type : tatpurusha (nimitta+ga)

• nimitta – mark, sign, target, cause
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, residing in
  adjective
  derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'te' (the arrows).

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - (the arrows) became (they became, they were)

(verb)

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

perfect

perfect active 3rd plural of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोहितादिग्धाः (lohitādigdhāḥ) - smeared with blood (referring to the arrows) (smeared with blood, stained red)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lohitādigdha

lohitādigdha - smeared with blood

Compound type : tatpurusha (lohita+digdha)

• lohita – red, blood
  adjective (neuter)
• digdha – smeared, anointed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'te' (arrows).

रक्ताः (raktāḥ) - red (in color due to blood) (red, colored, dyed, passionate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rakta

rakta - red, dyed, colored, passionate, attached

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root rañj (to color)

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mahoragāḥ' and implicitly the arrows.

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, as, similar to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

महोरगाः (mahoragāḥ) - large, powerful snakes (great snakes, large serpents)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahoraga

mahoraga - great snake, large serpent

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+uraga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• uraga – snake, serpent (literally 'chest-goer')
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from uras (chest) + ga (going)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of the simile.