वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-27, verse-21

स दर्शनीयो बहुधा विच्छिन्नः काञ्चनो ध्वजः ।
जगाम धरणीं सूर्यो देवतानामिवाज्ञया ॥२१॥

21. sa darśanīyo bahudhā vicchinnaḥ kāñcano dhvajaḥ ,
jagāma dharaṇīṃ sūryo devatānāmivājñayā.

21. saḥ darśanīyaḥ bahudhā vicchinnaḥ kāñcanaḥ dhvajaḥ
jagāma dharaṇīm sūryaḥ devatānām iva ājñayā

21. saḥ darśanīyaḥ kāñcanaḥ dhvajaḥ bahudhā vicchinnaḥ
sūryaḥ devatānām ājñayā iva dharaṇīm jagāma

21. That beautiful golden banner, severed into many pieces, fell to the earth, just as the sun would by the command of the deities.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

• दर्शनीयः (darśanīyaḥ) - beautiful (beautiful, worth seeing, visible)

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many pieces (in many ways, manifoldly, greatly)

• विच्छिन्नः (vicchinnaḥ) - severed (severed, cut off, torn)

• काञ्चनः (kāñcanaḥ) - golden (golden, made of gold)

• ध्वजः (dhvajaḥ) - banner (banner, flag)

• जगाम (jagāma) - it fell (went to the earth) (he went, he moved, he reached)

• धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - to the earth (to the earth, ground)

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun (the sun, sun god)

• देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities (of the deities/gods)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• आज्ञया (ājñayā) - by the command (by command, by order)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: modifies dhvajaḥ

दर्शनीयः (darśanīyaḥ) - beautiful (beautiful, worth seeing, visible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of darśanīya

darśanīya - beautiful, handsome, worth seeing, visible

Gerundive

from dṛś 'to see' + anīya suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: modifies dhvajaḥ

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many pieces (in many ways, manifoldly, greatly)

(indeclinable)

from bahu 'many' + dhā suffix

Note: modifies vicchinnaḥ

विच्छिन्नः (vicchinnaḥ) - severed (severed, cut off, torn)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vicchinna

vicchinna - severed, cut off, torn, divided

Past Passive Participle

from vi + chid 'to cut, sever'

Prefix: vi

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: modifies dhvajaḥ

काञ्चनः (kāñcanaḥ) - golden (golden, made of gold)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāñcana

kāñcana - golden, made of gold, gold (as a noun)

derived from kanaka 'gold'

Note: modifies dhvajaḥ

ध्वजः (dhvajaḥ) - banner (banner, flag)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhvaja

dhvaja - banner, flag, standard, emblem

Root: dhvaj (class 1)

Note: subject of the verb 'jagāma'

जगाम (jagāma) - it fell (went to the earth) (he went, he moved, he reached)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

Perfect Active

third person singular, Parasmaipada, Reduplicated Perfect

Root: gam (class 1)

धरणीम् (dharaṇīm) - to the earth (to the earth, ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground, land

derived from root dhṛ 'to hold, bear'

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: object of motion with 'jagāma'

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun (the sun, sun god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - the sun, sun god

Root: sū (class 1)

Note: subject in the simile

देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities (of the deities/gods)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god, divine nature

from deva 'god' + tā suffix

Note: possessive, modifies ājñayā

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आज्ञया (ājñayā) - by the command (by command, by order)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ājñā

ājñā - command, order, permission, authority

from ā + jñā 'to know'

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: instrumental of agency/means