वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-28, verse-40

शोणितोदक निष्यन्दाकङ्कगृध्रसमाकुला ।
प्रवृत्ता संयुगमुखे शस्त्रग्राहवती नदी ॥४०॥

40. śoṇitodaka niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā ,
pravṛttā saṃyugamukhe śastragrāhavatī nadī.

40. śoṇitodaka niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā
pravṛttā saṃyugamukhe śastragrāhavatī nadī

40. saṃyugamukhe nadī pravṛttā śoṇitodaka
niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā śastragrāhavatī

40. A river began to flow at the front of the battle, characterized by blood-water, its current teeming with herons and vultures, and having weapons as its aquatic creatures.

Words meanings summery:

• शोणितोदक (śoṇitodaka) - composed of blood as water (blood-water)

• निष्यन्दाकङ्कगृध्रसमाकुला (niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā) - whose flow is crowded with herons and vultures

• प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - started, flowed forth, occurred

• संयुगमुखे (saṁyugamukhe) - at the front of battle, in the beginning of a fight

• शस्त्रग्राहवती (śastragrāhavatī) - describing a river with weapons like crocodiles or sharks (having weapons as aquatic creatures)

• नदी (nadī) - river

Words meanings and morphology

शोणितोदक (śoṇitodaka) - composed of blood as water (blood-water)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śoṇitodaka

śoṇitodaka - blood-water, having blood as water

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (śoṇita+udaka)

• śoṇita – blood
  noun (neuter)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)

निष्यन्दाकङ्कगृध्रसमाकुला (niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā) - whose flow is crowded with herons and vultures

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā

niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā - whose flow is crowded with herons and vultures

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (niṣyandā+kaṅka+gṛdhra+samākulā)

• niṣyandā – flow, stream
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: nis
  Root: syand (class 1)
• kaṅka – heron
  noun (masculine)
• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• samākulā – crowded, filled with, confused
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: ākul

प्रवृत्ता (pravṛttā) - started, flowed forth, occurred

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pravṛtta

pravṛtta - begun, started, flowed forth, active

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

संयुगमुखे (saṁyugamukhe) - at the front of battle, in the beginning of a fight

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṃyugamukha

saṁyugamukha - battle-front, mouth of battle

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (saṃyuga+mukha)

• saṃyuga – battle, war, combat
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• mukha – face, mouth, front, beginning
  noun (neuter)

शस्त्रग्राहवती (śastragrāhavatī) - describing a river with weapons like crocodiles or sharks (having weapons as aquatic creatures)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śastragrāhavat

śastragrāhavat - having weapons as aquatic creatures

possessive suffix -vat

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (śastra+grāha)

• śastra – weapon, sword
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śas
• grāha – aquatic monster (crocodile, shark)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: grah (class 9)

नदी (nadī) - river

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river