वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-19

ताम्रं कार्ष्णायसं चैव तैक्ष्ण्यादेवाभिजायत ।
मलं तस्याभवत्तत्र त्रपुसीसकमेव च ॥१९॥

19. tāmraṃ kārṣṇāyasaṃ caiva taikṣṇyādevābhijāyata ,
malaṃ tasyābhavattatra trapusīsakameva ca.

19. tāmram kārṣṇāyasam ca eva taikṣṇyāt eva abhijāyata
malam tasya abhavat tatra trapu sīsakām eva ca

19. tāmram kārṣṇāyasam ca eva taikṣṇyāt eva abhijāyata
tatra tasya malam trapu sīsakām eva ca abhavat

19. Copper and iron, indeed, were produced from their inherent keenness. There, their impurities became tin and lead.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम्रम् (tāmram) - copper

• कार्ष्णायसम् (kārṣṇāyasam) - iron

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• तैक्ष्ण्यात् (taikṣṇyāt) - from their inherent potency or characteristic quality (from sharpness, from keenness, from acuteness)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• अभिजायत (abhijāyata) - arose, were produced, were born

• मलम् (malam) - dross, waste product from metal extraction (impurity, dross, dirt, stain)

• तस्य (tasya) - of copper and iron (referring to the previously mentioned metals) (its, of it)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in that context/process) (there, then, in that place)

• त्रपु (trapu) - tin

• सीसकाम् (sīsakām) - lead

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

ताम्रम् (tāmram) - copper

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tāmra

tāmra - copper, coppery, reddish-brown

कार्ष्णायसम् (kārṣṇāyasam) - iron

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārṣṇāyasa

kārṣṇāyasa - iron, black iron

Derived from kṛṣṇa (black) + ayasa (metal, iron).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛṣṇa+ayasa)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• ayasa – metal, iron, any metal
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

तैक्ष्ण्यात् (taikṣṇyāt) - from their inherent potency or characteristic quality (from sharpness, from keenness, from acuteness)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of taikṣṇya

taikṣṇya - sharpness, keenness, acuteness, intensity

Derived from tīkṣṇa (sharp, keen)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अभिजायत (abhijāyata) - arose, were produced, were born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhijā

imperfect middle 3rd singular

abhi + √jan (to be born, produce), root class 4 (divādi), middle voice

Prefix: abhi

Root: jan (class 4)

मलम् (malam) - dross, waste product from metal extraction (impurity, dross, dirt, stain)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - impurity, dirt, dross, stain, excretion

तस्य (tasya) - of copper and iron (referring to the previously mentioned metals) (its, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Demonstrative pronoun

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

imperfect active 3rd singular

√bhū (to be, become), root class 1 (bhvādi), active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (in that context/process) (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb formed from tad

त्रपु (trapu) - tin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of trapu

trapu - tin

सीसकाम् (sīsakām) - lead

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sīsaka

sīsaka - lead (the metal)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction