वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-88, verse-17

नीलमेघनिभांश्चास्य सदश्वान्पर्वतोपमान् ।
जघानाप्लुत्य गदया रावणस्य विभीषणः ॥१७॥

17. nīlameghanibhāṃścāsya sadaśvānparvatopamān ,
jaghānāplutya gadayā rāvaṇasya vibhīṣaṇaḥ.

17. nīlameghanibhān ca asya sadaśvān parvatopamān
jaghāna āplutya gadayā rāvaṇasya vibhīṣaṇaḥ

17. vibhīṣaṇaḥ āplutya gadayā ca rāvaṇasya asya
nīlameghanibhān parvatopamān sadaśvān jaghāna

17. Then Vibhīṣaṇa, leaping forward, struck with his mace Rāvaṇa's excellent horses, which resembled dark clouds and were like mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• नीलमेघनिभान् (nīlameghanibhān) - (the horses) resembling dark clouds (resembling dark clouds)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - of him

• सदश्वान् (sadaśvān) - excellent horses, good horses

• पर्वतोपमान् (parvatopamān) - (the horses) resembling mountains (in size/strength) (resembling mountains)

• जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, slew

• आप्लुत्य (āplutya) - having leaped, after leaping

• गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Vibhīṣaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

नीलमेघनिभान् (nīlameghanibhān) - (the horses) resembling dark clouds (resembling dark clouds)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nīlameghanibha

nīlameghanibha - resembling dark clouds

Compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (nīla+megha+nibha)

• nīla – blue, dark blue, dark, black
  adjective (masculine)
• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)
  From √bhā (to shine) with ni.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with sadaśvān and parvatopamān.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Pronominal stem

Note: Possessive.

सदश्वान् (sadaśvān) - excellent horses, good horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sadaśva

sadaśva - excellent horse

Compound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sat+aśva)

• sat – good, existing, true, excellent
  adjective
  Present active participle of √as
  From root √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

पर्वतोपमान् (parvatopamān) - (the horses) resembling mountains (in size/strength) (resembling mountains)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parvatopama

parvatopama - resembling a mountain, mountain-like

Compound

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (parvata+upama)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, simile, resemblance, equal, like
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with sadaśvān.

जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, slew

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of √han

Perfect active

Reduplicated form (ja-ghāna) for Perfect Tense.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Transitive verb, takes sadaśvān as object.

आप्लुत्य (āplutya) - having leaped, after leaping

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix ā- and suffix -tvā/-ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: plu (class 1)

गदया (gadayā) - with a mace

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

Note: Instrument of action.

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name)

Note: Possessive, referring to whose horses.

विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Vibhīṣaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (brother of Rāvaṇa)

Note: Subject of 'jaghāna'.