वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-28, verse-36

के चिद्विनिहताः शस्त्रैर्वेष्टन्ति स्म महीतले ।
वाहनेष्ववसक्ताश्च स्थिता एवापरे रणे ॥३६॥

36. ke cidvinihatāḥ śastrairveṣṭanti sma mahītale ,
vāhaneṣvavasaktāśca sthitā evāpare raṇe.

36. ke cit vinihatāḥ śastraiḥ veṣṭanti sma mahītale
vāhaneṣu avasaktāḥ ca sthitāḥ eva apare raṇe

36. ke cit śastraiḥ vinihatāḥ mahītale veṣṭanti sma
apare ca vāhaneṣu avasaktāḥ raṇe sthitāḥ eva

36. Some, struck down by weapons, writhed on the ground. And still others remained clinging to their mounts, standing motionless on the battlefield.

Words meanings summery:

• के (ke) - some, who

• चित् (cit) - an enclitic particle, some, any

• विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

• शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons, with weapons

• वेष्टन्ति (veṣṭanti) - they roll, they writhe

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense, used with present tense verbs

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

• वाहनेषु (vāhaneṣu) - on vehicles, on mounts

• अवसक्ताः (avasaktāḥ) - stuck, clinging, attached

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated, remained

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अपरे (apare) - others

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

Words meanings and morphology

के (ke) - some, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kim

kim - who, what, which

चित् (cit) - an enclitic particle, some, any

(indeclinable)

विनिहताः (vinihatāḥ) - struck down, killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinihata

vinihata - struck down, killed, slain

Past Passive Participle

From vi-ni-√han (to strike, kill)

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

शस्त्रैः (śastraiḥ) - by weapons, with weapons

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, implement, tool

Root: śas

वेष्टन्ति (veṣṭanti) - they roll, they writhe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of veṣṭ

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense, used with present tense verbs

(indeclinable)

महीतले (mahītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - ground, earth's surface

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane
  noun (neuter)

वाहनेषु (vāhaneṣu) - on vehicles, on mounts

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vāhana

vāhana - vehicle, mount, carrier

From √vah (to carry)

Root: vah (class 1)

अवसक्ताः (avasaktāḥ) - stuck, clinging, attached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avasakta

avasakta - stuck, clinging, attached

Past Passive Participle

From ava-√sañj (to cling to, stick)

Prefix: ava

Root: sañj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्थिताः (sthitāḥ) - standing, situated, remained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm

Past Passive Participle

From √sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict

Root: raṇ (class 1)