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Shloka 59.80Unverified draft

अभिवृष्टः शरौघेण मेघेनेव महाचलः । ह्रस्वं कृत्वा तदा रूपं ध्वजाग्रे निपपात ह ।।6.59.80।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
abhivṛṣṭaḥ śaraugheṇa megheneva mahācalaḥअभिवृष्टः शरौघेण मेघेनेव महाचलःrained upon by the flood of arrows, like a great mountain by a cloudpast participle + instrumental compound + instrumental + particle of comparison + nominative compound
hrasvaṃ kṛtvā tadā rūpaṃ dhvajāgre nipapāta haह्रस्वं कृत्वा तदा रूपं ध्वजाग्रे निपपात हmaking his form small, he then alighted on the top of (Rāvaṇa's) banneraccusative adjective + gerund + adverb + accusative + locative compound + verb + particle

Reference: 6.59.80 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa