वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-87, verse-10

आलिखन्तमिवाकाशमवष्टभ्य महद्धनुः ।
पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षं दीर्घबाहुमरिंदमम् ॥१०॥

10. ālikhantamivākāśamavaṣṭabhya mahaddhanuḥ ,
padmapatraviśālākṣaṃ dīrghabāhumariṃdamam.

10. ālikhantam iva ākāśam avaṣṭabhya mahat dhanuḥ
padmapatraviśālākṣam dīrghabāhum arindamam

10. mahat dhanuḥ avaṣṭabhya ākāśam ālikhantam iva,
padmapatraviśālākṣam,
dīrghabāhum,
arindamam

10. Grasping his mighty bow as if outlining the sky, with wide eyes like lotus petals, long-armed, the subduer of enemies (arindama)...

Words meanings summery:

• आलिखन्तम् (ālikhantam) - as if outlining or painting (the sky with the bow) (drawing, painting, scratching, outlining)

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

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

• अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having grasped (the bow) (having grasped, having seized, having supported)

• महत् (mahat) - mighty (great, mighty, large)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - (his) bow (bow)

• पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षम् (padmapatraviśālākṣam) - (with) wide eyes like lotus petals (having wide eyes like lotus petals)

• दीर्घबाहुम् (dīrghabāhum) - (with) long arms (long-armed)

• अरिन्दमम् (arindamam) - the subduer of enemies (arindama) (subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes)

Words meanings and morphology

आलिखन्तम् (ālikhantam) - as if outlining or painting (the sky with the bow) (drawing, painting, scratching, outlining)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ālikhat

ālikhat - drawing, painting, scratching, outlining

Present Active Participle

Derived from root likh with upasarga ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: likh (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

अवष्टभ्य (avaṣṭabhya) - having grasped (the bow) (having grasped, having seized, having supported)

(indeclinable participle)

महत् (mahat) - mighty (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large

Note: Modifies 'dhanuḥ'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - (his) bow (bow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Object of 'avaṣṭabhya'.

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षम् (padmapatraviśālākṣam) - (with) wide eyes like lotus petals (having wide eyes like lotus petals)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padmapatraviśālākṣa

padmapatraviśālākṣa - having wide eyes like lotus petals

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+patra+viśāla+akṣa)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• patra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• viśāla – wide, broad, large
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, modifying the implied Rāma.

दीर्घबाहुम् (dīrghabāhum) - (with) long arms (long-armed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīrghabāhu

dīrghabāhu - long-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīrgha+bāhu)

• dīrgha – long
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, modifying the implied Rāma.

अरिन्दमम् (arindamam) - the subduer of enemies (arindama) (subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arindama

arindama - subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes

Derived from ari (enemy) and dam (to subdue).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – subduing, taming, controlling (agent noun from dam)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root dam (to subdue)
  Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, modifying the implied Rāma.