वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-91, verse-22

निर्ददाह स तान्बाणान् रामकार्मुकनिःसृतान् ।
रावणस्य महाशूलः पतंगानिव पावकः ॥२२॥

22. nirdadāha sa tānbāṇān rāmakārmukaniḥsṛtān ,
rāvaṇasya mahāśūlaḥ pataṃgāniva pāvakaḥ.

22. nirdadāha saḥ tān bāṇān rāmakārmukaniḥsṛtān
rāvaṇasya mahāśūlaḥ pataṅgān iva pāvakaḥ

22. Ravana's great spear burned up those arrows shot from Rama's bow, just as fire consumes moths.

Words meanings summery:

• निर्ददाह (nirdadāha) - burned up, consumed, scorched

• सः (saḥ) - He (referring to the great spear) (he, that)

• तान् (tān) - those (arrows) (those)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• रामकार्मुकनिःसृतान् (rāmakārmukaniḥsṛtān) - shot from Rama's bow, issued from Rama's bow

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

• महाशूलः (mahāśūlaḥ) - great spear

• पतङ्गान् (pataṅgān) - moths, flying insects, birds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

निर्ददाह (nirdadāha) - burned up, consumed, scorched

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'dah' (to burn) with prefix 'nir'. Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - He (referring to the great spear) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - those (arrows) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

रामकार्मुकनिःसृतान् (rāmakārmukaniḥsṛtān) - shot from Rama's bow, issued from Rama's bow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rāmakārmukaniḥsṛta

rāmakārmukaniḥsṛta - shot from Rama's bow

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound of Rama + kārmuka (bow) + niḥsṛta (issued/shot).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+kārmuka+niḥsṛta)

• rāma – Rama, the hero of the Ramayana
  proper noun (masculine)
• kārmuka – bow (weapon)
  noun (neuter)
• niḥsṛta – issued, emerged, shot forth
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'sṛ' (to flow) with prefix 'nis'.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Ravana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana, the demon king of Lanka

महाशूलः (mahāśūlaḥ) - great spear

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāśūla

mahāśūla - great spear

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śūla)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
• śūla – spear, pike, trident
  noun (masculine)

पतङ्गान् (pataṅgān) - moths, flying insects, birds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pataṅga

pataṅga - a moth, butterfly, flying insect, bird

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

From root 'pū' (to purify).

Root: pū (class 9)