वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-27, verse-39

तां प्रदीप्तां प्रगृह्याशु कालदण्डनिभां शुभाम् ।
तस्य मूर्धनि सावित्रः सुमालेर्विनिपातयत् ॥३९॥

39. tāṃ pradīptāṃ pragṛhyāśu kāladaṇḍanibhāṃ śubhām ,
tasya mūrdhani sāvitraḥ sumālervinipātayat.

39. tāṃ pradīptāṃ pragṛhya āśu kāladaṇḍanibhāṃ śubhām
tasya mūrdhani sāvitraḥ sumāleḥ vinipātayat

39. sāvitraḥ āśu tāṃ pradīptāṃ kāladaṇḍanibhāṃ śubhām
pragṛhya tasya sumāleḥ mūrdhani vinipātayat

39. Quickly grasping that blazing, beautiful mace, which resembled the rod of Yama, Savitra struck it down on Sumali's head.

Words meanings summery:

• तां (tāṁ) - Referring to the mace (gadā) from the previous verse. (that (feminine accusative singular))

• प्रदीप्तां (pradīptāṁ) - blazing, luminous, inflamed

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

• कालदण्डनिभां (kāladaṇḍanibhāṁ) - resembling the rod of Yama/Death

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - beautiful, auspicious

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head

• सावित्रः (sāvitraḥ) - The proper name of the character. (Savitra)

• सुमालेः (sumāleḥ) - The proper name of the target of the attack. (of Sumali)

• विनिपातयत् (vinipātayat) - caused to fall, struck down

Words meanings and morphology

तां (tāṁ) - Referring to the mace (gadā) from the previous verse. (that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

प्रदीप्तां (pradīptāṁ) - blazing, luminous, inflamed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pradīpta

pradīpta - blazing, illuminated, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root dīp with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

(indeclinable)

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) formed with -ya suffix due to prefix.

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

कालदण्डनिभां (kāladaṇḍanibhāṁ) - resembling the rod of Yama/Death

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāladaṇḍanibhā

kāladaṇḍanibhā - resembling the rod of time/death (Yama)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+daṇḍa+nibhā)

• kāla – time, death
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, staff, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• nibhā – resemblance, likeness, appearance
  noun (feminine)

शुभाम् (śubhām) - beautiful, auspicious

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - beautiful, bright, auspicious, propitious

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him, it

मूर्धनि (mūrdhani) - on the head

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mūrdhan

mūrdhan - head, skull, top

सावित्रः (sāvitraḥ) - The proper name of the character. (Savitra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāvitra

sāvitra - relating to the sun (Savitṛ); a proper name

सुमालेः (sumāleḥ) - The proper name of the target of the attack. (of Sumali)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sumāli

sumāli - Sumali (a proper name, often a Rākṣasa)

विनिपातयत् (vinipātayat) - caused to fall, struck down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of nipātaya

Causative verb formation

Causative of ni-pat (to fall down)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: pat (class 1)