वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-55, verse-10

सृष्टः शरो ऽयं काकुत्स्थ यदा शेते महार्णवे ।
स्वयम्भूरजितो देवो यं नापश्यन् सुरासुराः ॥१०॥

10. sṛṣṭaḥ śaro'yaṃ kākutstha yadā śete mahārṇave ,
svayambhūrajito devo yaṃ nāpaśyan surāsurāḥ.

10. sṛṣṭaḥ śaraḥ ayam kākutstha yadā śete mahārṇave
svayambhūḥ ajitaḥ devaḥ yam na apaśyan surāsurāḥ

10. This arrow, O Kakutstha, was fashioned when the self-born (svayambhū), unconquered god slept in the great ocean, a being whom neither the gods nor the demons could perceive.

Words meanings summery:

• सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - was fashioned (created, fashioned, emitted, released)

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow (arrow, reed)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he)

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (addressing Shatrughna) (O Kakutstha (epithet of Rama and his lineage))

• यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

• शेते (śete) - slept (sleeps, rests, lies down)

• महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

• स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - the self-born god (self-born, self-existent (epithet of Brahma or Vishnu))

• अजितः (ajitaḥ) - unconquered (unconquered, invincible, unsubdued)

• देवः (devaḥ) - god (god, divine being, deity)

• यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which (masculine accusative singular))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - could perceive (with 'na', could not perceive) (saw, perceived)

• सुरासुराः (surāsurāḥ) - neither the gods nor the demons (gods and demons)

Words meanings and morphology

सृष्टः (sṛṣṭaḥ) - was fashioned (created, fashioned, emitted, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sṛṣṭa

sṛṣṭa - created, fashioned, emitted, released, produced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sṛj' (to emit, create) with suffix '-kta'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with śaraḥ

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow (arrow, reed)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

अयम् (ayam) - this (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (addressing Shatrughna) (O Kakutstha (epithet of Rama and his lineage))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (epithet for Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna)

Note: Addressing Shatrughna

यदा (yadā) - when (when, whenever)

(indeclinable)

शेते (śete) - slept (sleeps, rests, lies down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of śī

Present

Root 'śī' in Ātmanepada, present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: śī (class 2)

महार्णवे (mahārṇave) - in the great ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahārṇava

mahārṇava - great ocean

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+arṇava)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• arṇava – ocean, sea, flood
  noun (masculine)

स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - the self-born god (self-born, self-existent (epithet of Brahma or Vishnu))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-born, self-existent, independent; a name of Brahma or Vishnu

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – self, by oneself, spontaneously
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence, earth
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अजितः (ajitaḥ) - unconquered (unconquered, invincible, unsubdued)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajita

ajita - unconquered, invincible, unsubdued; a name of Vishnu or Shiva

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Compound of 'a' (not) and 'jita' (conquered, from root 'ji')

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jita)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• jita – conquered, won, subdued
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ji' (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Agrees with svayambhūḥ and devaḥ

देवः (devaḥ) - god (god, divine being, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, deity, celestial

Root: div (class 4)

यम् (yam) - whom (whom, which (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the 'svayambhūḥ ajitaḥ devaḥ'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - could perceive (with 'na', could not perceive) (saw, perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (luṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect

Root 'dṛś' (class 1P 'paśyati'), imperfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सुरासुराः (surāsurāḥ) - neither the gods nor the demons (gods and demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of surāsura

surāsura - gods and demons

Compound type : dvandva (sura+asura)

• sura – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)