वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-22, verse-7

प्रभिन्नगिरिसंकाशास्तोयशोषितधारिणः ।
आकाशं तदनाकाशं चक्रुर्भीमा बलाहकाः ॥७॥

7. prabhinnagirisaṃkāśāstoyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ ,
ākāśaṃ tadanākāśaṃ cakrurbhīmā balāhakāḥ.

7. prabhinnagirisamkāśāḥ toyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ
ākāśam tat anākāśam cakruḥ bhīmāḥ balāhakāḥ

7. prabhinnagirisamkāśāḥ toyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ
bhīmāḥ balāhakāḥ tat ākāśam anākāśam cakruḥ

7. Terrible clouds, resembling split mountains and bearing dried-up water, made the sky appear as if it were no sky at all.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रभिन्नगिरिसम्काशाः (prabhinnagirisamkāśāḥ) - resembling split mountains

• तोयशोषितधारिणः (toyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ) - bearing dried-up water, holding absorbed water

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space

• तत् (tat) - the (referring to the sky) (that, it)

• अनाकाशम् (anākāśam) - devoid of the appearance of sky (non-sky, not like the sky)

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

• भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful

• बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

Words meanings and morphology

प्रभिन्नगिरिसम्काशाः (prabhinnagirisamkāśāḥ) - resembling split mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prabhinnagirisamkāśa

prabhinnagirisamkāśa - resembling a split mountain

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prabhinna+giri+saṅkāśa)

• prabhinna – split, broken, rent, distinct
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhid with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• saṅkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: Adjective for 'balāhakāḥ'.

तोयशोषितधारिणः (toyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ) - bearing dried-up water, holding absorbed water

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of toyaśoṣitadhārin

toyaśoṣitadhārin - bearing dried-up water, holding absorbed water

Compound type : bahuvrihi (toya+śoṣita+dhārin)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• śoṣita – dried, withered, absorbed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śuṣ
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• dhārin – bearing, holding, carrying
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Adjective for 'balāhakāḥ'.

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - the (referring to the sky) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: The form 'tat' is nominative/accusative singular neuter, here agreeing with 'ākāśam'.

अनाकाशम् (anākāśam) - devoid of the appearance of sky (non-sky, not like the sky)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anākāśa

anākāśa - without sky, not sky, sky-less

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+ākāśa)

• an – not, non
  indeclinable
• ākāśa – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Predicative accusative, describing the state to which the sky was changed.

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made, they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीमाः (bhīmāḥ) - terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīma

bhīma - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

Derived from root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Adjective for 'balāhakāḥ'.

बलाहकाः (balāhakāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balāhaka

balāhaka - cloud

Note: Subject of the verb 'cakruḥ'.