वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-91, verse-21

आपतन्तं शरौघेण वारयामास राघवः ।
उत्पतन्तं युगान्ताग्निं जलौघैरिव वासवः ॥२१॥

21. āpatantaṃ śaraugheṇa vārayāmāsa rāghavaḥ ,
utpatantaṃ yugāntāgniṃ jalaughairiva vāsavaḥ.

21. āpatantam śaraugheṇa vārayāmāsa rāghavaḥ
utpatantam yugāntāgnim jalaughaiḥ iva vāsavaḥ

21. Rāghava (Rama) warded off (Ravana), who was advancing with a shower of arrows, just as Indra (Vāsava) extinguishes the rising fire of cosmic dissolution with torrents of water.

Words meanings summery:

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - advancing (referring to Ravana) (approaching, falling upon, attacking)

• शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - by a multitude of arrows, by a shower of arrows

• वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - he warded off, he stopped, he prevented

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - descendant of Raghu, Rama

• उत्पतन्तम् (utpatantam) - rising up, flying up, emerging

• युगान्ताग्निम् (yugāntāgnim) - the fire of the end of an age/eon, cosmic fire

• जलौघैः (jalaughaiḥ) - by torrents of water, by floods of water

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra

Words meanings and morphology

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - advancing (referring to Ravana) (approaching, falling upon, attacking)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - approaching, falling upon, attacking

Present Active Participle

Derived from the verb root 'pat' with the prefix 'ā', meaning 'to fall/fly towards'.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - by a multitude of arrows, by a shower of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śaraugha

śaraugha - multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+ogha)

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

वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - he warded off, he stopped, he prevented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vāraṇa

Causative perfect

Root 'vṛ' (to cover, restrain) in causative ('vārayati'), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vṛ (class 10)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - descendant of Raghu, Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, patronymic for Rama

A patronymic derived from Raghu.

उत्पतन्तम् (utpatantam) - rising up, flying up, emerging

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of utpatat

utpatat - rising up, flying up, emerging

Present Active Participle

Derived from the verb root 'pat' with the prefix 'ut', meaning 'to rise'.

Prefix: ut

Root: pat (class 1)

युगान्ताग्निम् (yugāntāgnim) - the fire of the end of an age/eon, cosmic fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yugāntāgni

yugāntāgni - the fire of the end of an age, cosmic fire of destruction

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yugānta+agni)

• yugānta – end of an age, end of an eon
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)

जलौघैः (jalaughaiḥ) - by torrents of water, by floods of water

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jalaugha

jalaugha - torrent of water, flood of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ogha)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, multitude
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Indra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - a name of Indra, lord of the Vasus

Derived from 'Vasu'.