वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-81, verse-28

अनीकं दशसाहस्रं रथानां वातरंहसाम् ।
अष्टादशसहस्राणि कुञ्जराणां तरस्विनाम् ॥२८॥

28. anīkaṃ daśasāhasraṃ rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām ,
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇāṃ tarasvinām.

28. anīkam daśasāhasram rathānām vātaraṃhasām
aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi kuñjarāṇām tarasvinām

28. There was an army (anīka) of ten thousand chariots, swift as the wind, and eighteen thousand mighty elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• अनीकम् (anīkam) - an army (anīka) (army, host, troop)

• दशसाहस्रम् (daśasāhasram) - ten thousand

• रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

• वातरंहसाम् (vātaraṁhasām) - of those swift as the wind (of those having the speed of wind, swift as wind)

• अष्टादशसहस्राणि (aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi) - eighteen thousand

• कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty (of the mighty, of the swift)

Words meanings and morphology

अनीकम् (anīkam) - an army (anīka) (army, host, troop)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anīka

anīka - army, host, array, face

दशसाहस्रम् (daśasāhasram) - ten thousand

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daśasāhasra

daśasāhasra - ten thousand

Compound type : karmadhāraya (daśa+sahasra)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

रथानाम् (rathānām) - of chariots

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

वातरंहसाम् (vātaraṁhasām) - of those swift as the wind (of those having the speed of wind, swift as wind)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vātaraṃhas

vātaraṁhas - having the speed of wind, swift as wind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vāta+raṃhas)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• raṃhas – speed, velocity, impetus
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'rathānām'.

अष्टादशसहस्राणि (aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇi) - eighteen thousand

(numeral)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (aṣṭādaśa+sahasra)

• aṣṭādaśa – eighteen
  numeral
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

कुञ्जराणाम् (kuñjarāṇām) - of elephants

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant (lit. 'moving in thickets')

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the mighty (of the mighty, of the swift)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - swift, energetic, powerful, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'kuñjarāṇām'.