वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-21, verse-13

ते प्रासैः परिघैः शूलैर्मुद्गरैः शक्तितोमरैः ।
पुष्पकं समवर्षन्त शूराः शतसहस्रशः ॥१३॥

13. te prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlairmudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ ,
puṣpakaṃ samavarṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ.

13. te prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlaiḥ mudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ
puṣpakam samavarṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

13. te śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ puṣpakam prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ
śūlaiḥ mudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ samavarṣanta

13. Those heroes, by the hundreds of thousands, showered the Puṣpaka chariot with spears, iron bars, lances, hammers, and javelins.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears

• परिघैः (parighaiḥ) - with iron bars, with clubs

• शूलैः (śūlaiḥ) - with lances, with pikes

• मुद्गरैः (mudgaraiḥ) - with hammers, with mallets

• शक्तितोमरैः (śaktitomaraiḥ) - with javelins and lances

• पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - the divine aerial chariot of Kubera, later Rāvaṇa (the Puṣpaka (chariot))

• समवर्षन्त (samavarṣanta) - they showered, they rained upon

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) - with spears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāsa

prāsa - a spear, javelin

Derived from pra- + as (to throw)

Prefix: pra

Root: as (class 4)

परिघैः (parighaiḥ) - with iron bars, with clubs

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of parigha

parigha - an iron bar, a club, a bolt

Derived from pari- + han (to strike)

Prefix: pari

Root: han (class 2)

शूलैः (śūlaiḥ) - with lances, with pikes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śūla

śūla - a spear, lance, pike

मुद्गरैः (mudgaraiḥ) - with hammers, with mallets

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mudgara

mudgara - a hammer, mallet, club

शक्तितोमरैः (śaktitomaraiḥ) - with javelins and lances

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaktitomara

śaktitomara - javelin and lance (a type of weapon combination)

Compound type : dvandva (śakti+tomara)

• śakti – a spear, javelin, power, energy
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)
• tomara – a lance, a dart, an iron crow
  noun (masculine)

पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - the divine aerial chariot of Kubera, later Rāvaṇa (the Puṣpaka (chariot))

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣpaka

puṣpaka - flower-shaped, name of Kubera's aerial chariot

समवर्षन्त (samavarṣanta) - they showered, they rained upon

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of samavṛṣ

Imperfect

Derived from root vṛṣ (to rain) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave man

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - by hundreds of thousands, in hundreds of thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from śatasahasra (hundred thousand) with suffix -śaḥ

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