वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-92, verse-3

बाणधारासहस्रैस्तु स तोयद इवाम्बरात् ।
राघवं रावणो बाणैस्तटाकमिव पूरयत् ॥३॥

3. bāṇadhārāsahasraistu sa toyada ivāmbarāt ,
rāghavaṃ rāvaṇo bāṇaistaṭākamiva pūrayat.

3. bāṇadhārāsahasraiḥ tu sa toyadaḥ iva ambarāt
rāghavaṃ rāvaṇaḥ bāṇaiḥ taṭākam iva pūrayat

3. saḥ rāvaṇaḥ ambarāt toyadaḥ iva bāṇadhārāsahasraiḥ
tu bāṇaiḥ rāghavaṃ taṭākam iva pūrayat

3. Like a rain cloud from the sky, Rāvaṇa deluged Rāghava with thousands of arrow-showers, just as one would fill a lake with arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• बाणधारासहस्रैः (bāṇadhārāsahasraiḥ) - by thousands of arrow-streams/showers

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing the action) (indeed, but, on the other hand)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Ravana) (he, that)

• तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - rain cloud (cloud (giver of water))

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

• राघवं (rāghavaṁ) - Rama (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama))

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the demon king) (Ravana)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows)

• तटाकम् (taṭākam) - a lake (lake, pond)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• पूरयत् (pūrayat) - he filled, he deluged

Words meanings and morphology

बाणधारासहस्रैः (bāṇadhārāsahasraiḥ) - by thousands of arrow-streams/showers

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of bāṇadhārāsahasra

bāṇadhārāsahasra - a thousand arrow-streams/showers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇadhārā+sahasra)

• bāṇadhārā – stream/shower of arrows
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – a thousand
  noun (neuter)

तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing the action) (indeed, but, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he (Ravana) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Referring to Rāvaṇa.

तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - rain cloud (cloud (giver of water))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of toyada

toyada - cloud, giver of water

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, giver
  adjective
  kṛt suffix 'ḍa'
  Derived from root 'dā' (to give) with suffix 'ḍa'.
  Root: dā (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

राघवं (rāghavaṁ) - Rama (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; Rama

Formed with patronymic suffix 'aṇ' from Raghu.

Note: Refers to Rama.

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the demon king) (Ravana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper name of the demon king of Lanka)

Note: Subject of the verb 'pūrayat'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

तटाकम् (taṭākam) - a lake (lake, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of taṭāka

taṭāka - lake, pond

Note: Object of comparison for Rāghava.

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पूरयत् (pūrayat) - he filled, he deluged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pūrayat

Imperfect tense, third person singular, active voice (causative)

Root 'pṛ' (to fill) with causative suffix 'ṇic' followed by imperfect ending 'at'.

Root: pṛ (class 9)