वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-7, verse-8

शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैर्वज्रवक्त्रैर्मनोजवैः ।
चिच्छेद तिलशो विष्णुः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ॥८॥

8. śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairvajravaktrairmanojavaiḥ ,
ciccheda tilaśo viṣṇuḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ.

8. śaraiḥ pūrṇa-āyata-utsṛṣṭaiḥ vajra-vaktrāiḥ manojavaiḥ
ciccheda tilaśaḥ viṣṇuḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ

8. viṣṇuḥ pūrṇa-āyata-utsṛṣṭaiḥ vajra-vaktrāiḥ manojavaiḥ
śaraiḥ tilaśaḥ śataśaḥ atha sahasraśaḥ ciccheda

8. With arrows released after a full draw of his bow, whose tips were like thunderbolts and which flew with the speed of thought, (Lord) Viṣṇu cut (the rākṣasa bodies) into hundreds, then thousands, of sesame-seed-sized pieces.

Words meanings summery:

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• पूर्ण-आयत-उत्सृष्टैः (pūrṇa-āyata-utsṛṣṭaiḥ) - by arrows released after a full draw (of the bow) (by those (arrows) released after being fully drawn)

• वज्र-वक्त्राइः (vajra-vaktrāiḥ) - whose tips were like thunderbolts (with thunderbolt-like mouths/points)

• मनोजवैः (manojavaiḥ) - which flew with the speed of thought (with the speed of thought, swift as thought)

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he tore

• तिलशः (tilaśaḥ) - into sesame-seed-sized pieces (into pieces like sesame seeds, into tiny pieces)

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Lord Viṣṇu (Viṣṇu)

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• अथ (atha) - then (then, and, moreover)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Instruments of the cutting action.

पूर्ण-आयत-उत्सृष्टैः (pūrṇa-āyata-utsṛṣṭaiḥ) - by arrows released after a full draw (of the bow) (by those (arrows) released after being fully drawn)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭa

pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭa - fully drawn and released

compound of pūrṇa (full), āyata (drawn), and utsṛṣṭa (released)

Compound type : karmadharaya (pūrṇa+āyata+utsṛṣṭa)

• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root pṛ (to fill)
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• āyata – drawn, stretched, extended
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root yam (to restrain, stretch) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• utsṛṣṭa – released, discharged, thrown
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root sṛj (to release, create) with prefix ut
  Prefix: ut
  Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: Describes the arrows.

वज्र-वक्त्राइः (vajra-vaktrāiḥ) - whose tips were like thunderbolts (with thunderbolt-like mouths/points)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vajravaktra

vajravaktra - having a mouth/point like a thunderbolt

bahuvrihi compound, vajra (thunderbolt) + vaktra (mouth/point)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vajra+vaktra)

• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vaj (class 1)
• vaktra – mouth, face, tip, point
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Describes the arrows.

मनोजवैः (manojavaiḥ) - which flew with the speed of thought (with the speed of thought, swift as thought)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of manojava

manojava - swift as thought, having the speed of mind

compound of manas (mind) and java (speed)

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+java)

• manas – mind, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• java – speed, swiftness
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root jū (to hasten)
  Root: jū (class 1)

Note: Describes the arrows.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he tore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chid

perfect

3rd person singular perfect active, reduplicated form

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

तिलशः (tilaśaḥ) - into sesame-seed-sized pieces (into pieces like sesame seeds, into tiny pieces)

(indeclinable)

derived from tila (sesame seed) with the suffix -śaḥ (denoting division/manner)

Note: Adverbial.

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Lord Viṣṇu (Viṣṇu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a major Hindu deity)

Root: viṣ (class 3)

Note: The agent of the action.

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

derived from śata (hundred) with the suffix -śaḥ

Note: Adverbial.

अथ (atha) - then (then, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

particle indicating sequence or commencement

Note: Connects the numbers.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

derived from sahasra (thousand) with the suffix -śaḥ

Note: Adverbial.