वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-25

स मातलिं हयांश्चैव ताडयित्वा शरोत्तमैः ।
महेन्द्रं बाणवर्षेण शीघ्रहस्तो ह्यवाकिरत् ॥२५॥

25. sa mātaliṃ hayāṃścaiva tāḍayitvā śarottamaiḥ ,
mahendraṃ bāṇavarṣeṇa śīghrahasto hyavākirat.

25. sa mātaliṃ hayān ca eva tāḍayitvā śarottamaiḥ
mahendram bāṇavarṣeṇa śīghrahastaḥ hi avākirat

25. hi śīghrahastaḥ saḥ śarottamaiḥ mātaliṃ hayān
ca eva tāḍayitvā bāṇavarṣeṇa mahendram avākirat

25. Indeed, he, being swift-handed, first struck Matali and the horses with excellent arrows, and then showered Mahendra (Indra) with a volley of arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he

• मातलिं (mātaliṁ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, also, just

• ताडयित्वा (tāḍayitvā) - having struck, having smitten

• शरोत्तमैः (śarottamaiḥ) - with excellent arrows, with the best arrows

• महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (Indra)

• बाणवर्षेण (bāṇavarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows, with a volley of arrows

• शीघ्रहस्तः (śīghrahastaḥ) - swift-handed, agile

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he showered, he covered, he scattered

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मातलिं (mātaliṁ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Matali (the charioteer of Indra)

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse, steed

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, also, just

(indeclinable)

ताडयित्वा (tāḍayitvā) - having struck, having smitten

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From the causative stem of the root 'taḍ' (to strike) + '-itvā' suffix.

Root: taḍ (class 10)

शरोत्तमैः (śarottamaiḥ) - with excellent arrows, with the best arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarottama

śarottama - best of arrows, excellent arrow

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+uttama)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)

महेन्द्रम् (mahendram) - Mahendra (Indra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - Great Indra, a name for Indra

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+indra)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

बाणवर्षेण (bāṇavarṣeṇa) - with a shower of arrows, with a volley of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of bāṇavarṣa

bāṇavarṣa - rain of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (bāṇa+varṣa)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

शीघ्रहस्तः (śīghrahastaḥ) - swift-handed, agile

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śīghrahasta

śīghrahasta - swift-handed, quick-handed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śīghra+hasta)

• śīghra – swift, quick, speedy, rapid
  adjective (masculine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he showered, he covered, he scattered

(verb)

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

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)