वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-39, verse-12

खन्यमाने ततस्तस्मिन्ददृशुः पर्वतोपमम् ।
दिशागजं विरूपाक्षं धारयन्तं महीतलम् ॥१२॥

12. khanyamāne tatastasmindadṛśuḥ parvatopamam ,
diśāgajaṃ virūpākṣaṃ dhārayantaṃ mahītalam.

12. khanyamāne tataḥ tasmin dadṛśuḥ parvata-upamam
diśāgajam virūpākṣam dhārayantam mahītalam

12. tataḥ tasmin khanyamāne,
(te) parvata-upamam diśāgajam virūpākṣam mahītalam dhārayantam dadṛśuḥ

12. As they were digging, they saw there, like a mountain, Virūpākṣa, the elephant of the cardinal directions, supporting the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• खन्यमाने (khanyamāne) - while being dug, in the process of being excavated

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• पर्वत-उपमम् (parvata-upamam) - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

• दिशागजम् (diśāgajam) - One of the mythical elephants believed to support the earth at the cardinal points (the elephant of the cardinal directions)

• विरूपाक्षम् (virūpākṣam) - Virūpākṣa, the specific Diggaja (elephant of the cardinal directions) (Virūpākṣa)

• धारयन्तम् (dhārayantam) - holding, supporting, bearing

• महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth

Words meanings and morphology

खन्यमाने (khanyamāne) - while being dug, in the process of being excavated

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of khanyamāna

khanyamāna - being dug, being excavated

Present Passive Participle

Present Passive Participle of root khan

Root: khan (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पर्वत-उपमम् (parvata-upamam) - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata-upama

parvata-upama - mountain-like, resembling a mountain

Compound type : upamita-samāsa (parvata+upama)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)

दिशागजम् (diśāgajam) - One of the mythical elephants believed to support the earth at the cardinal points (the elephant of the cardinal directions)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of diśāgaja

diśāgaja - elephant of the cardinal points (Diggaja)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (diśā+gaja)

• diśā – direction, quarter of the sky
  noun (feminine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

विरूपाक्षम् (virūpākṣam) - Virūpākṣa, the specific Diggaja (elephant of the cardinal directions) (Virūpākṣa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of virūpākṣa

virūpākṣa - Virūpākṣa (name of a deity, a yakṣa, or an elephant of the quarters; lit. 'one with distorted eyes' or 'one with various/many eyes')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+rūpa+akṣa)

• vi – apart, asunder, various, without
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

धारयन्तम् (dhārayantam) - holding, supporting, bearing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhārayant

dhārayant - holding, bearing, supporting, maintaining

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of the causative root dhāray (from dhṛ)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - the surface of the earth, the ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, bottom
  noun (neuter)