वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-7, verse-43

नारायणो ऽपीषुवराशनीभिर्विदारयामास धनुःप्रमुक्तैः ।
नक्तंचरान्मुक्तविधूतकेशान्यथाशनीभिः सतडिन्महेन्द्रः ॥४३॥

43. nārāyaṇo'pīṣuvarāśanībhirvidārayāmāsa dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ ,
naktaṃcarānmuktavidhūtakeśānyathāśanībhiḥ sataḍinmahendraḥ.

43. nārāyaṇaḥ api īṣuvarāśanībhiḥ
vidārayāmāsa dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ
naktacarān muktavidhūtakośān
yathā aśanībhiḥ satadit mahendraḥ

43. api nārāyaṇaḥ dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ
īṣuvarāśanībhiḥ muktavidhūtakośān
naktacarān vidārayāmāsa
yathā satadit mahendraḥ aśanībhiḥ

43. Nārāyaṇa also, with excellent arrows, which were like thunderbolts, released from his bow, tore apart the night-roaming demons whose hair was loose and disheveled, just as the great Indra (Mahendra) does with lightning-accompanied thunderbolts.

Words meanings summery:

• नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - the deity Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu) (Nārāyaṇa)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• ईषुवराशनीभिः (īṣuvarāśanībhiḥ) - with excellent arrows, which were like thunderbolts (by excellent arrow-thunderbolts)

• विदारयामास (vidārayāmāsa) - tore apart (tore apart, split, pierced)

• धनुःप्रमुक्तैः (dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ) - released from his bow (released from the bow, shot from the bow)

• नक्तचरान् (naktacarān) - the night-roaming demons (night-wanderers, demons)

• मुक्तविधूतकोशान् (muktavidhūtakośān) - whose hair was loose and disheveled (whose hair is loose and disheveled)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, like, in which manner)

• अशनीभिः (aśanībhiḥ) - with thunderbolts (by thunderbolts)

• सतदित् (satadit) - accompanied by lightning (with lightning)

• महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - the great Indra (Mahendra, the great Indra)

Words meanings and morphology

नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - the deity Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu) (Nārāyaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa (a name of Viṣṇu)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

ईषुवराशनीभिः (īṣuvarāśanībhiḥ) - with excellent arrows, which were like thunderbolts (by excellent arrow-thunderbolts)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of īṣuvarāśani

īṣuvarāśani - excellent arrow-thunderbolt (an arrow that is like a thunderbolt)

Karmadhāraya compound 'īṣuvara' (excellent arrow) + 'aśani' (thunderbolt).

Compound type : karmadharaya (īṣuvara+aśani)

• īṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vara – excellent, best, choice
  adjective
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrument for the action.

विदारयामास (vidārayāmāsa) - tore apart (tore apart, split, pierced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of vidārayāmāsa

Periphrastic Perfect

Causative of root dṛ (to tear, split) with upasarga vi + perfect form of as (to be). The causative stem is dāraya-.

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛ (class 1)

धनुःप्रमुक्तैः (dhanuḥpramuktaiḥ) - released from his bow (released from the bow, shot from the bow)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhanuḥpramukta

dhanuḥpramukta - released from a bow, shot from a bow

Past Passive Participle (compound with noun)

Tatpurusha compound 'dhanuḥ' (bow) + 'pramukta' (released). Pramukta is PPP from root muc (to release) with upasarga pra.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhanus+pramukta)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• pramukta – released, discharged, set free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release) with upasarga pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: muc (class 6)

नक्तचरान् (naktacarān) - the night-roaming demons (night-wanderers, demons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of naktacara

naktacara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Tatpurusha compound 'nakta' (night) + 'cara' (moving).

Compound type : tatpurusha (nakta+cara)

• nakta – night
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

मुक्तविधूतकोशान् (muktavidhūtakośān) - whose hair was loose and disheveled (whose hair is loose and disheveled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of muktavidhūtakośa

muktavidhūtakośa - one whose hair is loosened and shaken/scattered

Bahuvrihi compound 'mukta-vidhūta-keśa' (one whose mukta (loosened) and vidhūta (shaken) keśa (hair) is).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mukta+vidhūta+keśa)

• mukta – released, loose, disheveled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root muc (to release).
  Root: muc (class 6)
• vidhūta – shaken, scattered, disheveled
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root dhū (to shake) with upasarga vi.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhū (class 5)
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, like, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a comparison.

अशनीभिः (aśanībhiḥ) - with thunderbolts (by thunderbolts)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of aśani

aśani - thunderbolt, lightning, projectile

Note: Instrument for Mahendra's action.

सतदित् (satadit) - accompanied by lightning (with lightning)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satadit

satadit - accompanied by lightning

Bahuvrihi compound 'sa-tadit' (with lightning).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+tadit)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• tadit – lightning
  noun (feminine)

महेन्द्रः (mahendraḥ) - the great Indra (Mahendra, the great Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahendra

mahendra - Mahendra (epithet of Indra, meaning 'great Indra')

Compound 'mahā' + 'indra'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahā+indra)

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

Note: Visarga restored from 'mahendraḥ'.