वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-23, verse-39

अथ विद्धास्तु ते वीरा
विनिष्पेतुः पदातयः ॥३९॥

39. atha viddhāstu te vīrā
viniṣpetuḥ padātayaḥ.

39. atha viddhāḥ tu te vīrā
viniṣpetuḥ padātayaḥ

39. atha tu te vīrā padātayaḥ
viddhāḥ viniṣpetuḥ

39. Then, those heroes, the foot soldiers, being wounded, fled.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

• विद्धाः (viddhāḥ) - wounded (pierced, wounded, struck)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• ते (te) - those (referring to the warriors) (those, they)

• वीरा (vīrā) - heroes, warriors (heroes, warriors, brave men)

• विनिष्पेतुः (viniṣpetuḥ) - they fled (they rushed forth, they fled, they burst out)

• पदातयः (padātayaḥ) - foot soldiers (foot soldiers, infantry)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

विद्धाः (viddhāḥ) - wounded (pierced, wounded, struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viddha

viddha - pierced, wounded, struck

Past Passive Participle

From root √vyadh "to pierce, strike", suffix -ta.

Root: vyadh (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (referring to the warriors) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वीरा (vīrā) - heroes, warriors (heroes, warriors, brave men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Root: vī

Note: Also functions as an adjective "brave".

विनिष्पेतुः (viniṣpetuḥ) - they fled (they rushed forth, they fled, they burst out)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect

Perfect 3rd person plural, from root √pat (1st class, P-type) with prefixes vi- and nis-.

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: pat (class 1)

पदातयः (padātayaḥ) - foot soldiers (foot soldiers, infantry)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of padāti

padāti - foot soldier, infantry, pedestrian