वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-81, verse-9

मातंगरथकूलस्य वाजिमत्स्या ध्वजद्रुमाः ।
शरीरसंघाटवहाः प्रसस्रुः शोणितापगाः ॥९॥

9. mātaṃgarathakūlasya vājimatsyā dhvajadrumāḥ ,
śarīrasaṃghāṭavahāḥ prasasruḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ.

9. mātaṅgarathakūlasya vājimatsyāḥ dhvajadrumāḥ
śarīrasaṃghāṭavahāḥ prasasruḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ

9. mātaṅgarathakūlasya vājimatsyāḥ dhvajadrumāḥ
śarīrasaṃghāṭavahāḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ prasasruḥ

9. Rivers of blood flowed, with elephants and chariots forming their banks, horses acting as their fish, banners as their trees, and bearing heaps of bodies.

Words meanings summery:

• मातङ्गरथकूलस्य (mātaṅgarathakūlasya) - forming the banks (of the blood-rivers) with elephants and chariots (of the bank of elephants and chariots)

• वाजिमत्स्याः (vājimatsyāḥ) - with horses acting as their fish (of the blood-rivers) (having horses as fish)

• ध्वजद्रुमाः (dhvajadrumāḥ) - with banners serving as their trees (of the blood-rivers) (having banners as trees)

• शरीरसंघाटवहाः (śarīrasaṁghāṭavahāḥ) - bearing heaps of dead bodies (as the blood-rivers would carry debris) (carrying heaps of bodies)

• प्रसस्रुः (prasasruḥ) - they flowed forth, streamed

• शोणितापगाः (śoṇitāpagāḥ) - rivers of blood

Words meanings and morphology

मातङ्गरथकूलस्य (mātaṅgarathakūlasya) - forming the banks (of the blood-rivers) with elephants and chariots (of the bank of elephants and chariots)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of mātaṅgarathakūla

mātaṅgarathakūla - banks formed by elephants and chariots

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mātaṅga+ratha+kūla)

• mātaṅga – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• kūla – bank, shore, riverbank
  noun (neuter)

Note: Though grammatically genitive singular, in this poetic context it functions adjectivally to describe the 'blood-rivers', aligning with other nominative plural adjectives.

वाजिमत्स्याः (vājimatsyāḥ) - with horses acting as their fish (of the blood-rivers) (having horses as fish)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vājimatsya

vājimatsya - having horses as fish (metaphorical)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vāji+matsya)

• vājin – horse, swift
  noun (masculine)
• matsya – fish
  noun (masculine)

ध्वजद्रुमाः (dhvajadrumāḥ) - with banners serving as their trees (of the blood-rivers) (having banners as trees)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dhvajadruma

dhvajadruma - having banners as trees (metaphorical)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dhvaja+druma)

• dhvaja – banner, flag
  noun (masculine)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

शरीरसंघाटवहाः (śarīrasaṁghāṭavahāḥ) - bearing heaps of dead bodies (as the blood-rivers would carry debris) (carrying heaps of bodies)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śarīrasaṃghāṭavaha

śarīrasaṁghāṭavaha - carrying heaps of bodies

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śarīrasaṃghāṭa+vaha)

• śarīrasaṃghāṭa – heap of bodies
  noun (masculine)
• vaha – bearing, carrying, conveying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective from root vah
  Derived from the root 'vah' (to carry).
  Root: vah (class 1)

प्रसस्रुः (prasasruḥ) - they flowed forth, streamed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pra-sṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: sṛ (class 1)

शोणितापगाः (śoṇitāpagāḥ) - rivers of blood

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śoṇitāpagā

śoṇitāpagā - river of blood

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śoṇita+apagā)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• apagā – river, stream
  noun (feminine)