वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-97, verse-18

रुधिराक्तः स वेगेन जीवितान्तकरः शरः ।
रावणस्य हरन्प्राणान् विवेश धरणीतलम् ॥१८॥

18. rudhirāktaḥ sa vegena jīvitāntakaraḥ śaraḥ ,
rāvaṇasya haranprāṇān viveśa dharaṇītalam.

18. rudhirāktaḥ saḥ vegena jīvitāntakaraḥ śaraḥ
rāvaṇasya haran prāṇān viveśa dharaṇītalam

18. saḥ rudhirāktaḥ vegena jīvitāntakaraḥ śaraḥ
rāvaṇasya prāṇān haran dharaṇītalam viveśa

18. That blood-stained, life-ending arrow, swiftly taking away Rāvaṇa's vital breaths, entered the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• रुधिराक्तः (rudhirāktaḥ) - blood-stained (stained with blood, blood-smeared)

• सः (saḥ) - That (arrow) (he, that, it)

• वेगेन (vegena) - swiftly (by speed, swiftly, rapidly)

• जीवितान्तकरः (jīvitāntakaraḥ) - life-ending (causing the end of life, death-dealing)

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• हरन् (haran) - taking away, carrying off (taking away, carrying off, seizing)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, lives (vital breaths, life, spirit, plural of prāṇa)

• विवेश (viveśa) - entered (entered, penetrated)

• धरणीतलम् (dharaṇītalam) - the surface of the earth (surface of the earth, ground)

Words meanings and morphology

रुधिराक्तः (rudhirāktaḥ) - blood-stained (stained with blood, blood-smeared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rudhirākta

rudhirākta - stained with blood, blood-smeared

Compound of rudhira (blood) and ākta (stained).

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (rudhira+ākta)

• rudhira – blood
  noun (neuter)
• ākta – smeared, stained, anointed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root añc (to anoint, smear).
  Root: añc (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ' (arrow).

सः (saḥ) - That (arrow) (he, that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ' (arrow).

वेगेन (vegena) - swiftly (by speed, swiftly, rapidly)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, force, impulse

Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Indicates manner.

जीवितान्तकरः (jīvitāntakaraḥ) - life-ending (causing the end of life, death-dealing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvitāntakara

jīvitāntakara - causing the end of life, death-dealing

Compound of jīvitānta (end of life) and kara (making, causing).

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (jīvitānta+kara)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jīv (to live).
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• anta – end, termination
  noun (masculine)
• kara – making, causing, doing (suffix)
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ' (arrow).

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: The subject of the sentence.

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name)

Note: Connects to 'prāṇān'.

हरन् (haran) - taking away, carrying off (taking away, carrying off, seizing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛ

hṛ - to take, carry, seize, steal, remove

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root hṛ, masculine singular nominative.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraḥ' (arrow), indicating a simultaneous action.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, lives (vital breaths, life, spirit, plural of prāṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit, energy

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of the participle 'haran'.

विवेश (viveśa) - entered (entered, penetrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vi-viś

Perfect

Third person singular perfect active of root viś (to enter) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: viś (class 6)

धरणीतलम् (dharaṇītalam) - the surface of the earth (surface of the earth, ground)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharaṇītala

dharaṇītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound of dharaṇī (earth) and tala (surface).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharaṇī+tala)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• tala – surface, plane, bottom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'viveśa'.