वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-92, verse-5

स शरैः शरजालानि वारयन् समरे स्थितः ।
गभस्तीनिव सूर्यस्य प्रतिजग्राह वीर्यवान् ॥५॥

5. sa śaraiḥ śarajālāni vārayan samare sthitaḥ ,
gabhastīniva sūryasya pratijagrāha vīryavān.

5. sa śaraiḥ śarajālāni vārayan samare sthitaḥ
gabhastīn iva sūryasya pratijagrāha vīryavān

5. saḥ vīryavān samare sthitaḥ śaraiḥ śarajālāni
vārayan sūryasya gabhastīn iva pratijagrāha

5. That powerful Rāma, standing firm in battle and warding off the volleys of arrows with his own arrows, repelled them as if catching the sun's rays.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Rama) (he, that)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with his (own) arrows (by arrows)

• शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - volleys of arrows (Ravana's) (nets/multitudes of arrows)

• वारयन् (vārayan) - warding off (warding off, preventing, repelling)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing firm (standing, situated, firm)

• गभस्तीन् (gabhastīn) - rays (of the sun) (rays (of light), hands)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the sun

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he repelled (he took, he received, he repelled, he caught)

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the powerful one (Rama) (powerful, valorous, strong)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Rama) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with his (own) arrows (by arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - volleys of arrows (Ravana's) (nets/multitudes of arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'vārayan'.

वारयन् (vārayan) - warding off (warding off, preventing, repelling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vārayat

vṛ - warding off, preventing, restraining

Present Active Participle (causative)

From root 'vṛ' (to cover, to choose, to ward off) with causative 'ṇic' and 'śatṛ' suffix.

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Rama).

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

From 'sam-' + 'ṛ' (to go).

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 1)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing firm (standing, situated, firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, firm, situated, present

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with 'kta' suffix.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Rama).

गभस्तीन् (gabhastīn) - rays (of the sun) (rays (of light), hands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gabhasti

gabhasti - ray of light, hand, arm

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

सूर्यस्य (sūryasya) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun, sun god

Note: Qualifies 'gabhastīn'.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - he repelled (he took, he received, he repelled, he caught)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, third person singular, active voice

Root 'grah' (to seize) with prefix 'prati-' and perfect tense ending.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - the powerful one (Rama) (powerful, valorous, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, strong

Possessive suffix 'matup' on 'vīrya' (valor).

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Rama).

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