वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-87, verse-14

रावणस्य च बाणौघै रामविस्फरितेन च ।
शब्देन राक्षसास्तेन पेतुश्च शतशस्तदा ॥१४॥

14. rāvaṇasya ca bāṇaughai rāmavispharitena ca ,
śabdena rākṣasāstena petuśca śataśastadā.

14. rāvaṇasya ca bāṇaughaiḥ rāmavispharitenā ca
śabdena rākṣasāḥ tena petuḥ ca śataśaḥ tadā

14. tadā rāvaṇasya bāṇaughaiḥ ca rāmavispharitenā
śabdena ca tena rākṣasāḥ śataśaḥ ca petuḥ

14. Then, by the torrents of Rāvaṇa's arrows and by the sound of Rāma's bowstring's twang, and by that (overwhelming) sound, hundreds of rākṣasas fell.

Words meanings summery:

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• च (ca) - and, also

• बाणौघैः (bāṇaughaiḥ) - by torrents of arrows, by showers of arrows

• रामविस्फरितेना (rāmavispharitenā) - by the sound of Rāma's twang, by Rāma's twang

• च (ca) - and, also

• शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound, by the noise

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

• तेन (tena) - by that (sound) (by that, by him, by it)

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

बाणौघैः (bāṇaughaiḥ) - by torrents of arrows, by showers of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇaugha

bāṇaugha - torrent/flood of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+ogha)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, torrent, multitude
  noun (masculine)

रामविस्फरितेना (rāmavispharitenā) - by the sound of Rāma's twang, by Rāma's twang

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rāmavisphārita

rāmavisphārita - sound of Rāma's twang, Rāma's twang (of bowstring)

From Rāma and visphārita (a noun derived from the causative of root sphur- with vi-)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+visphārita)

• rāma – Rāma (name of a prince)
  proper noun (masculine)
• visphārita – twang, sound of twanging (bowstring)
  noun (neuter)
  causative past passive participle noun
  Derived from root sphur- (to throb, vibrate) with prefix vi-, in its causative form, then nominalized.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: sphur (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शब्देन (śabdena) - by the sound, by the noise

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa (demon)

तेन (tena) - by that (sound) (by that, by him, by it)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from śata (hundred)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from pronoun tad

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