वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-87, verse-46

ते रावणशरा घोरा राघवास्त्रसमाहताः ।
विलयं जग्मुराकाशे जग्मुश्चैव सहस्रशः ॥४६॥

46. te rāvaṇaśarā ghorā rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ ,
vilayaṃ jagmurākāśe jagmuścaiva sahasraśaḥ.

46. te rāvaṇaśarāḥ ghorāḥ rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ
vilayam jagmuḥ ākāśe jagmuḥ ca eva sahasraśaḥ

46. Struck down by Rāghava's (Rāma's) weapons, those terrible arrows of Rāvaṇa vanished in the sky; thousands of them simply disappeared.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

• रावणशराः (rāvaṇaśarāḥ) - Rāvaṇa's arrows

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

• राघवास्त्रसमाहताः (rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ) - struck by Rāghava's weapons

• विलयम् (vilayam) - to dissolution, to disappearance

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they disappeared, they vanished (they went)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they disappeared, they vanished (they went)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to 'rāvaṇaśarāḥ'.

रावणशराः (rāvaṇaśarāḥ) - Rāvaṇa's arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rāvaṇaśara

rāvaṇaśara - Rāvaṇa's arrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+śara)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrible, dreadful, formidable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable

From root √ghur (to be terrible).

Root: √ghur (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rāvaṇaśarāḥ'.

राघवास्त्रसमाहताः (rāghavāstrasamāhatāḥ) - struck by Rāghava's weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rāghavāstrasamāhata

rāghavāstrasamāhata - struck by Rāghava's weapons

Past Passive Participle

A compound where 'samāhata' is PPP from 'sam-ā-√han' (to strike down), and 'rāghavāstra' means Rāghava's weapon.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāghavāstra+samāhata)

• rāghavāstra – Rāghava's weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Compound of Rāghava (Rāma) and astra (weapon).
• samāhata – struck, hit, assailed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from the root √han (to strike) with prefixes sam- and ā-.
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: √han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'rāvaṇaśarāḥ'.

विलयम् (vilayam) - to dissolution, to disappearance

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vilaya

vilaya - dissolution, disappearance, merging

From 'vi-√lī' (to melt away, dissolve).

Prefix: vi

Root: √lī (class 4)

Note: Used with 'jagmuḥ' to indicate going into a state of dissolution.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they disappeared, they vanished (they went)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √gam

Root: √gam (class 1)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Note: Indicates location where the arrows vanished.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they disappeared, they vanished (they went)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √gam

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Repeated for emphasis or to introduce the 'sahasraśaḥ' clause.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands