वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-86, verse-31

गजकन्यागजाश्चैव हेमकक्ष्याः पताकिनः ।
जीमूता इव घर्मान्ते सघोषाः संप्रतस्थिरे ॥३१॥

31. gajakanyāgajāścaiva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ ,
jīmūtā iva gharmānte saghoṣāḥ saṃpratasthire.

31. gajakanyāgajāḥ ca eva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ
jīmūtāḥ iva gharmānte saghoṣāḥ saṃpratastire

31. ca eva hemakakṣyāḥ patākinaḥ gajakanyāgajāḥ
gharmānte saghoṣāḥ jīmūtāḥ iva saṃpratastire

31. And indeed, the female elephants and male elephants, adorned with golden girths and banners, set out, thundering like clouds at the end of the hot season.

Words meanings summery:

• गजकन्यागजाः (gajakanyāgajāḥ) - female elephants and male elephants

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, even)

• हेमकक्ष्याः (hemakakṣyāḥ) - adorned with golden girths (having golden girths, decorated with golden belts/straps)

• पताकिनः (patākinaḥ) - adorned with banners (bearing banners, adorned with flags)

• जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• घर्मान्ते (gharmānte) - at the end of the hot season (at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season)

• सघोषाः (saghoṣāḥ) - roaring (like clouds) (roaring, noisy, sounding)

• संप्रतस्तिरे (saṁpratastire) - set out (set out, departed, started)

Words meanings and morphology

गजकन्यागजाः (gajakanyāgajāḥ) - female elephants and male elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gajakanyāgaja

gajakanyāgaja - female elephants and male elephants

Compound type : dvandva (gajakanyā+gaja)

• gajakanyā – young female elephant, she-elephant
  noun (feminine)
• gaja – elephant, male elephant
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, just, only, even)

(indeclinable)

हेमकक्ष्याः (hemakakṣyāḥ) - adorned with golden girths (having golden girths, decorated with golden belts/straps)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemakakṣyā

hemakakṣyā - having golden girths/belts, decorated with gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heman+kakṣyā)

• heman – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kakṣyā – girth, belt, waist-band, elephant's trappings
  noun (feminine)

पताकिनः (patākinaḥ) - adorned with banners (bearing banners, adorned with flags)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patākin

patākin - bearing banners, furnished with flags, having a distinguishing mark

Derived from patākā (banner) + -in (possessive suffix)

जीमूताः (jīmūtāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīmūta

jīmūta - cloud, a mountain

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

घर्मान्ते (gharmānte) - at the end of the hot season (at the end of summer, at the end of the hot season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of gharmānta

gharmānta - end of the hot season/summer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gharma+anta)

• gharma – heat, warmth, summer, sun
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, limit, conclusion
  noun (masculine)

सघोषाः (saghoṣāḥ) - roaring (like clouds) (roaring, noisy, sounding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saghoṣa

saghoṣa - noisy, resounding, roaring, with sound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+ghoṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• ghoṣa – sound, noise, roar, cry, thunder
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

संप्रतस्तिरे (saṁpratastire) - set out (set out, departed, started)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of saṃprasthā

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Third person plural perfect middle indicative (ātmanepada).