वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-85, verse-18

तं समुद्यम्य चिक्षेप सो ऽप्यन्यां व्याक्षिपद्गदाम् ।
भिन्नावन्योन्यमासाद्य पेततुर्धरणीतले ॥१८॥

18. taṃ samudyamya cikṣepa so'pyanyāṃ vyākṣipadgadām ,
bhinnāvanyonyamāsādya petaturdharaṇītale.

18. tam samudyamya cikṣepa saḥ api anyām vyākṣipat
gadām bhinnau anyonyam āsādya petatuḥ dharaṇītale

18. saḥ tam samudyamya cikṣepa,
api ca anyaḥ anyām gadām vyākṣipat anyonyam āsādya bhinnau petatuḥ dharaṇītale

18. He, having lifted that (mace), hurled it, and the other also threw another mace. Having struck each other, the two maces broke and fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that mace (him, that)

• समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having lifted up (the mace) (having lifted up, having taken up)

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he (the first fighter) threw (it) (he threw, he hurled)

• सः (saḥ) - the other fighter (he, that one)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• अन्याम् (anyām) - another (mace) (another, other)

• व्याक्षिपत् (vyākṣipat) - he (the second fighter) threw (another mace) (he threw, he hurled)

• गदाम् (gadām) - a mace (mace, club)

• भिन्नौ (bhinnau) - (the two maces) broken (broken, shattered)

• अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having struck (each other) (having reached, having obtained, having struck)

• पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they (the two maces) fell (they fell)

• धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the ground (on the ground, on the surface of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that mace (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to a previously implied mace.

समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having lifted up (the mace) (having lifted up, having taken up)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From sam-ut-√yam (to lift, raise) + -ya suffix for absolutive.

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: yam (class 1)

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he (the first fighter) threw (it) (he threw, he hurled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √kṣip

Perfect (lit) 3rd singular active

Root √kṣip, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Subject is implied, one of the fighters.

सः (saḥ) - the other fighter (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the second fighter.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अन्याम् (anyām) - another (mace) (another, other)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'gadām'.

व्याक्षिपत् (vyākṣipat) - he (the second fighter) threw (another mace) (he threw, he hurled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √kṣip

Imperfect (laṅ) 3rd singular active

From vi-ā-√kṣip, Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Subject is 'saḥ' (the other fighter).

गदाम् (gadām) - a mace (mace, club)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

Note: Object of 'vyākṣipat'.

भिन्नौ (bhinnau) - (the two maces) broken (broken, shattered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhinna

bhinna - broken, split, divided

Past Passive Participle

From √bhid (to break, split) + -ta suffix.

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Refers to the two maces.

अन्योन्यम् (anyonyam) - each other (each other, mutually)

(indeclinable)

From anya + anya (compound).

Note: Modifies 'āsādya'.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having struck (each other) (having reached, having obtained, having struck)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From ā-√sad (to approach, meet, strike) + -ya suffix for absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they (the two maces) fell (they fell)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of √pat

Perfect (lit) 3rd dual active

Root √pat, Perfect tense, 3rd person dual, active voice.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied, the two maces.

धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the ground (on the ground, on the surface of the earth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground
  noun (neuter)

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