वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-36, verse-23

तं कुमारं ततो जातं सेन्द्राः सहमरुद्गणाः ।
क्षीरसंभावनार्थाय कृत्तिकाः समयोजयन् ॥२३॥

23. taṃ kumāraṃ tato jātaṃ sendrāḥ sahamarudgaṇāḥ ,
kṣīrasaṃbhāvanārthāya kṛttikāḥ samayojayan.

23. tam kumāram tataḥ jātam sa indrāḥ saha marut gaṇāḥ
kṣīra-saṃbhāvana-arthāya kṛttikāḥ samayojayan

23. tataḥ sa indrāḥ saha marut gaṇāḥ kṛttikāḥ tam
jātam kumāram kṣīra-saṃbhāvana-arthāya samayojayan

23. Then, Indra, along with the groups of Maruts, appointed the Krittikas to provide milk for that boy who was born.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (boy) (that, him)

• कुमारम् (kumāram) - the boy (Skanda/Kartikeya) (boy, youth, son)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (at that time) (then, from that, therefore)

• जातम् (jātam) - born (from Agni/Ganga/etc.) (born, produced, arisen)

• स (sa) - with (Indra) (with, accompanied by)

• इन्द्राः (indrāḥ) - Indra (as the chief deity among them) (Indra, the gods)

• सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

• मरुत् (marut) - the Marut deities (Marut (wind god), wind)

• गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups (of Maruts) (groups, multitudes)

• क्षीर-संभावन-अर्थाय (kṣīra-saṁbhāvana-arthāya) - for nourishing (the child) with milk (for the purpose of providing milk)

• कृत्तिकाः (kṛttikāḥ) - the constellation Pleiades, personified as goddesses who nursed Kartikeya (the Krittikas (Pleiades))

• समयोजयन् (samayojayan) - they appointed (the Krittikas to the task) (they appointed, they engaged, they united)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (boy) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

कुमारम् (kumāram) - the boy (Skanda/Kartikeya) (boy, youth, son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, son, prince, an unmarried man

ततः (tataḥ) - then (at that time) (then, from that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas from tad

जातम् (jātam) - born (from Agni/Ganga/etc.) (born, produced, arisen)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'jan'

Root: jan (जन्) (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kumāram'.

स (sa) - with (Indra) (with, accompanied by)

(indeclinable)

A prefix used in compounds to mean "with" or "accompanied by".

Note: Part of the compound 'sa-indrāḥ'.

इन्द्राः (indrāḥ) - Indra (as the chief deity among them) (Indra, the gods)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of indra

indra - Indra, king of the gods, chief, lord

Note: Part of the sandhi 'sendrāḥ'.

सह (saha) - along with (with, along with)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'saha-marut-gaṇāḥ'.

मरुत् (marut) - the Marut deities (Marut (wind god), wind)

(proper noun)

masculine, plural of marut

marut - Marut (a class of deities, gods of wind and storm), wind, air

Note: Stem form in compound 'saha-marut-gaṇāḥ'.

गणाः (gaṇāḥ) - groups (of Maruts) (groups, multitudes)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṇa

gaṇa - group, multitude, troop, class, host

Root: gaṇ (गण्) (class 10)

Note: Part of the compound 'saha-marut-gaṇāḥ'.

क्षीर-संभावन-अर्थाय (kṣīra-saṁbhāvana-arthāya) - for nourishing (the child) with milk (for the purpose of providing milk)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of kṣīrasaṃbhāvanārtha

kṣīrasaṁbhāvanārtha - purpose of providing milk

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣīra+saṃbhāvana+artha)

• kṣīra – milk, milky juice
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhāvana – providing, nourishing, fostering, honoring
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root 'bhū' with prefix 'sam-'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (भू) (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

कृत्तिकाः (kṛttikāḥ) - the constellation Pleiades, personified as goddesses who nursed Kartikeya (the Krittikas (Pleiades))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛttikā

kṛttikā - the Pleiades (a lunar mansion, personified as daughters of Dakṣa and wives of the Moon)

Root: kṛt (कृत्)

समयोजयन् (samayojayan) - they appointed (the Krittikas to the task) (they appointed, they engaged, they united)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of yuj

Imperfect active, 3rd plural

Derived from root 'yuj' with prefixes 'sam-ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: yuj (युज्) (class 7)