वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-92, verse-21

निपत्योरसि गृध्रास्ते क्षितौ क्षिप्तस्य रावण ।
पिबन्तु रुधिरं तर्षाद्बाणशल्यान्तरोथितम् ॥२१॥

21. nipatyorasi gṛdhrāste kṣitau kṣiptasya rāvaṇa ,
pibantu rudhiraṃ tarṣādbāṇaśalyāntarothitam.

21. nipatya urasi gṛdhrāḥ te kṣitau kṣiptasya rāvaṇa
pibantu rudhiram tarṣāt bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam

21. rāvaṇa kṣitau kṣiptasya te urasi nipatya gṛdhrāḥ tarṣāt bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam rudhiram pibantu.

21. O Rāvaṇa, as you lie fallen on the ground, may the vultures descend upon your chest and eagerly drink the blood that surges forth from within your arrow-wounds.

Words meanings summery:

• निपत्य (nipatya) - descend upon (having fallen, having descended)

• उरसि (urasi) - upon your chest (on the chest, in the breast)

• गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - the vultures (vultures)

• ते (te) - your (your, of you)

• क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground (on the earth, on the ground)

• क्षिप्तस्य (kṣiptasya) - of you as you lie fallen (of the one thrown, of the fallen one)

• रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

• पिबन्तु (pibantu) - may they drink (let them drink)

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - the blood (blood)

• तर्षात् (tarṣāt) - eagerly (from thirst, out of thirst, eagerly)

• बाणशल्यान्तरोत्थितम् (bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam) - that surges forth from within your arrow-wounds (surged forth from within the arrow-points, risen from the interior of arrow-darts)

Words meanings and morphology

निपत्य (nipatya) - descend upon (having fallen, having descended)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root pat (to fall) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

उरसि (urasi) - upon your chest (on the chest, in the breast)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast, heart, front

गृध्राः (gṛdhrāḥ) - the vultures (vultures)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra

gṛdhra - vulture, greedy

Root: gṛdh (class 4)

ते (te) - your (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the ground (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, dwelling, abode

Root: kṣi (class 1)

क्षिप्तस्य (kṣiptasya) - of you as you lie fallen (of the one thrown, of the fallen one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, sent, fallen

Past Passive Participle

From root kṣip (to throw, cast)

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Agrees with implied Rāvaṇa (te)

रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

पिबन्तु (pibantu) - may they drink (let them drink)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of pā

imperative

3rd person plural, active voice

Root: pā (class 1)

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - the blood (blood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red

Root: rudh (class 7)

तर्षात् (tarṣāt) - eagerly (from thirst, out of thirst, eagerly)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tarṣa

tarṣa - thirst, desire, eagerness

Root: tṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Used adverbially

बाणशल्यान्तरोत्थितम् (bāṇaśalyāntarotthitam) - that surges forth from within your arrow-wounds (surged forth from within the arrow-points, risen from the interior of arrow-darts)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāṇaśalyāntarotthita

bāṇaśalyāntarotthita - risen from within arrow-points

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇaśalya+antara+utthita)

• bāṇaśalya – arrow-dart, arrow-point
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, inside, middle
  noun (neuter)
• utthita – risen, sprung up, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā (to stand) with upasarga ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with rudhiram

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