वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-102, verse-4

आकाशप्रभवो ब्रह्मा शाश्वतो नित्य अव्ययः ।
तस्मान्मरीचिः संजज्ञे मरीचेः कश्यपः सुतः ॥४॥

4. ākāśaprabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ ,
tasmānmarīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ.

4. ākāśaprabhavaḥ brahmā śāśvataḥ nityaḥ avyayaḥ
tasmāt marīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ

4. ākāśaprabhavaḥ brahmā śāśvataḥ nityaḥ avyayaḥ
tasmāt marīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ

4. Brahmā, whose origin is from space, is eternal, ever-present, and immutable. From him, Marīci was born, and from Marīci, Kaśyapa was born as a son.

Words meanings summery:

• आकाशप्रभवः (ākāśaprabhavaḥ) - originating from space/ether

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

• शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

• नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, constant, always existing

• अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - immutable, imperishable, undecaying

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from Brahmā (from him, from that)

• मरीचिः (marīciḥ) - Marīci (a sage, one of the Prajāpatis)

• संजज्ञे (saṁjajñe) - was born, came into being

• मरीचेः (marīceḥ) - from Marīci, of Marīci

• कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa (a sage, son of Marīci)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

Words meanings and morphology

आकाशप्रभवः (ākāśaprabhavaḥ) - originating from space/ether

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākāśaprabhava

ākāśaprabhava - originating from space/ether, born from space/ether

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+prabhava)

• ākāśa – space, sky, ether
  noun (neuter)
• prabhava – origin, source, birth
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā (the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmā

brahmā - Brahmā (the creator god)

शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ) - eternal, perpetual, everlasting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, everlasting, constant

नित्यः (nityaḥ) - eternal, constant, always existing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nitya

nitya - eternal, constant, perpetual, ever-present, regular

अव्ययः (avyayaḥ) - immutable, imperishable, undecaying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyaya

avyaya - immutable, imperishable, undecaying, unchanging, expenditure

Derived from 'vyaya' (decay, expenditure) with negative prefix 'a-'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from Brahmā (from him, from that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मरीचिः (marīciḥ) - Marīci (a sage, one of the Prajāpatis)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marīci

marīci - ray of light, a sage (one of the Prajāpatis and mind-born sons of Brahmā)

संजज्ञे (saṁjajñe) - was born, came into being

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of saṃjan

Prefix: sam

Root: jan (class 4)

मरीचेः (marīceḥ) - from Marīci, of Marīci

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of marīci

marīci - ray of light, a sage (one of the Prajāpatis and mind-born sons of Brahmā)

Note: Can also be Genitive singular.

कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa (a sage, son of Marīci)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaśyapa

kaśyapa - Kaśyapa (a primordial sage, son of Marīci and father of Vivasvān)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son

Root: sū (class 2)