वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-88, verse-20

अप्राप्तामेव तां बाणैस्त्रिभिश्चिच्छेद लक्ष्मणः ।
अथोदतिष्ठत् संनादो वानराणां तदा रणे ॥२०॥

20. aprāptāmeva tāṃ bāṇaistribhiściccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ ,
athodatiṣṭhat saṃnādo vānarāṇāṃ tadā raṇe.

20. aprāptām eva tām bāṇaiḥ tribhiḥ ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ
| atha udatiṣṭhat saṃnādaḥ vānarāṇām tadā raṇe

20. Lakshmana cut that powerful weapon (śakti) with three arrows even before it reached its target. Then, at that moment in the battle, a great roar of the monkeys arose.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्राप्ताम् (aprāptām) - before it reached (the target) (not reached, not obtained, unarrived)

• एव (eva) - even (indeed, just, only, even)

• ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the śakti weapon) (that, her)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced (he cut, he divided, he pierced)

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, moreover)

• उदतिष्ठत् (udatiṣṭhat) - arose (he/it arose, stood up, appeared)

• संनादः (saṁnādaḥ) - a great roar (a great roar, a loud sound, clamor)

• वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

• तदा (tadā) - at that time, then (then, at that time)

• रणे (raṇe) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

Words meanings and morphology

अप्राप्ताम् (aprāptām) - before it reached (the target) (not reached, not obtained, unarrived)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aprāpta

aprāpta - not reached, unobtained, not arrived

Past Passive Participle (negated)

from a (negation) + pra-√āp (to reach) + kta

Compound type : nan-tatpuruṣa (a+prāpta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• prāpta – reached, obtained, arrived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from pra-√āp (to reach) + kta
  Prefix: pra
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: modifies "tām"

एव (eva) - even (indeed, just, only, even)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (referring to the śakti weapon) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: refers to "śaktim" from previous verse

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three

(numeral)

Note: qualifies "bāṇaiḥ"

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced (he cut, he divided, he pierced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √chid

perfect tense (liṭ)

reduplicated form of √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (proper name, Rama's brother)

Note: subject of "ciccheda"

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, moreover)

(indeclinable)

उदतिष्ठत् (udatiṣṭhat) - arose (he/it arose, stood up, appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ud-√sthā

imperfect tense (laṅ)

with upasarga "ud"

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

संनादः (saṁnādaḥ) - a great roar (a great roar, a loud sound, clamor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnāda

saṁnāda - loud sound, roar, clamor, noise

from sam-√nad (to roar, to sound)

Prefix: sam

Root: nad (class 1)

Note: subject of "udatiṣṭhat"

वानराणाम् (vānarāṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Note: modifies "saṃnādaḥ" (roar of the monkeys)

तदा (tadā) - at that time, then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

derived from tad (that) + dā (adverbial suffix)

रणे (raṇe) - in the battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war