वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-21, verse-20

ततः शोणितदिग्धाङ्गः प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृतः ।
विमाने राक्षसश्रेष्ठः फुल्लाशोक इवाबभौ ॥२०॥

20. tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahārairjarjarīkṛtaḥ ,
vimāne rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ phullāśoka ivābabhau.

20. tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahāraiḥ jarjarīkṛtaḥ
vimāne rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ phullāśokaḥ iva ābabhau

20. tataḥ rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahāraiḥ
jarjarīkṛtaḥ vimāne phullāśokaḥ iva ābabhau

20. Then, the chief of the demons, his body smeared with blood and mangled by the blows, appeared in his aerial chariot like a blossoming Ashoka tree.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, thereafter)

• शोणितदिग्धाङ्गः (śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ) - his body smeared with blood (having limbs smeared with blood)

• प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - by the blows (by blows, by strikes)

• जर्जरीकृतः (jarjarīkṛtaḥ) - mangled (shattered, mangled, broken to pieces)

• विमाने (vimāne) - in his aerial chariot (in the aerial car, in the chariot, in the celestial vehicle)

• राक्षसश्रेष्ठः (rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ) - the chief of the demons (best of demons, chief demon)

• फुल्लाशोकः (phullāśokaḥ) - a blossoming Ashoka tree

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आबभौ (ābabhau) - appeared (shone, appeared)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -tas suffix (ablative sense, or simply indicating 'then' for time/sequence)

शोणितदिग्धाङ्गः (śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ) - his body smeared with blood (having limbs smeared with blood)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śoṇitadigdhāṅga

śoṇitadigdhāṅga - having blood-smeared limbs/body

Compound noun/adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṇita+digdha+aṅga)

• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
• digdha – smeared, anointed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root Dih (to smear) with kta suffix
  Root: dih (class 4)
• aṅga – limb, body part, body
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ'

प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - by the blows (by blows, by strikes)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prahāra

prahāra - a blow, a strike, an assault

From pra-√hṛ (to strike)

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

जर्जरीकृतः (jarjarīkṛtaḥ) - mangled (shattered, mangled, broken to pieces)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jarjarīkṛta

jarjarīkṛta - made shattered, mangled

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root kṛ (to do, make) with a denominative 'jarjarī' (shattered) + kta suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ'

विमाने (vimāne) - in his aerial chariot (in the aerial car, in the chariot, in the celestial vehicle)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vimāna

vimāna - aerial car, chariot, palace (with many stories), measuring

From vi-√mā (to measure, traverse)

Prefix: vi

Root: mā (class 3)

राक्षसश्रेष्ठः (rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ) - the chief of the demons (best of demons, chief demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasaśreṣṭha

rākṣasaśreṣṭha - best among rākṣasas

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+śreṣṭha)

• rākṣasa – demon, belonging to rākṣasas
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

Note: Subject of the verb 'ābabhau'

फुल्लाशोकः (phullāśokaḥ) - a blossoming Ashoka tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phullāśoka

phullāśoka - a blooming Ashoka tree

Compound noun/adjective

Compound type : karmadhāraya (phulla+aśoka)

• phulla – blossomed, blooming, opened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root phull (to blossom, open)
  Root: phull (class 1)
• aśoka – Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca), one without sorrow
  noun (masculine)
  a (not) + śoka (sorrow)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

आबभौ (ābabhau) - appeared (shone, appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhā

Perfect active

Root bhā (to shine) with ā prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: bhā (class 2)