वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-19, verse-14

ततो बाणशतान्यष्टौ पातयामास मूर्धनि ।
तस्य राक्षसराजस्य इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः ॥१४॥

14. tato bāṇaśatānyaṣṭau pātayāmāsa mūrdhani ,
tasya rākṣasarājasya ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ.

14. tataḥ bāṇaśatāni aṣṭau pātayāmāsa mūrdhani
tasya rākṣasarājasya ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ

14. tataḥ ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ tasya rākṣasarājasya
mūrdhani aṣṭau bāṇaśatāni pātayāmāsa

14. Then, the joy of the Ikṣvāku dynasty (ikṣvākukulanandana) showered eight hundred arrows upon the head of that king of rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• बाणशतानि (bāṇaśatāni) - hundreds of arrows (hundreds of arrows, a hundred arrows)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

• पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - showered (caused to fall, dropped, showered)

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - upon the head (on the head, in the head, on the top)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa king) (his, of him, of that)

• राक्षसराजस्य (rākṣasarājasya) - of the king of rākṣasas

• इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः (ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ) - the joy of the Ikṣvāku dynasty (ikṣvākukulanandana) (delight of the Ikṣvāku family, descendant of Ikṣvāku)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

बाणशतानि (bāṇaśatāni) - hundreds of arrows (hundreds of arrows, a hundred arrows)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bāṇaśata

bāṇaśata - a hundred arrows, hundreds of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+śata)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Direct object of 'pātayāmāsa'.

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight

(numeral)

Note: Modifies 'bāṇaśatāni'.

पातयामास (pātayāmāsa) - showered (caused to fall, dropped, showered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, periphrastic perfect past (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Causative of 'pat' (to fall).

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - upon the head (on the head, in the head, on the top)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, top, summit

Note: Location where the arrows fell.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa king) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa, the Rākṣasa king.

राक्षसराजस्य (rākṣasarājasya) - of the king of rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rākṣasarāja

rākṣasarāja - king of Rākṣasas, demon king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+rāja)

• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: Appositive to 'tasya'.

इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः (ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ) - the joy of the Ikṣvāku dynasty (ikṣvākukulanandana) (delight of the Ikṣvāku family, descendant of Ikṣvāku)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ikṣvākukulanandana

ikṣvākukulanandana - delight of the Ikṣvāku family, scion of the Ikṣvāku dynasty

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ikṣvāku+kula+nandana)

• ikṣvāku – Ikṣvāku (name of a mythical king and founder of a solar dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, race
  noun (neuter)
• nandana – son, delight, rejoicer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'nand' (to rejoice) with suffix '-ana'.
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'pātayāmāsa'.