वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-33, verse-30

तत्र वैखानसा माषा वालखिल्या मरीचिपाः ।
अजा बभूवुर्धूम्राश्च संगताः परमर्षयः ॥३०॥

30. tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ ,
ajā babhūvurdhūmrāśca saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ.

30. tatra vaikhānasāḥ māṣāḥ vālakhilyāḥ marīcipāḥ
ajāḥ babhūvuḥ dhūmrāḥ ca saṅgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ

30. tatra vaikhānasāḥ māṣāḥ vālakhilyāḥ marīcipāḥ
ajāḥ ca dhūmrāḥ paramarṣayaḥ saṅgatāḥ babhūvuḥ

30. There, great sages, namely the Vaikhānasa, Māṣa, Vālakhilya, Marīcipa, Aja, and Dhūmra ascetics, had gathered.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

• वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - Vaikhānasa ascetics

• माषाः (māṣāḥ) - Māṣa ascetics

• वालख्याः (vālakhyāḥ) - Vālakhilya ascetics

• मरीचिपाः (marīcipāḥ) - Marīcipa ascetics (those who drink rays of light/sunbeams)

• अजाः (ajāḥ) - Aja ascetics (a specific group of sages) (Aja ascetics; not born)

• बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they had assembled (they were, they became)

• धूम्राः (dhūmrāḥ) - Dhūmra ascetics (a specific group of sages) (Dhūmra ascetics; smoke-colored)

• च (ca) - and

• सङ्गताः (saṅgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered (assembled, met, joined)

• परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - great sages, supreme rishis

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, then)

(indeclinable)

derived from tad (that) + tral (locative suffix)

वैखानसाः (vaikhānasāḥ) - Vaikhānasa ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaikhānasa

vaikhānasa - a type of ascetic, a hermit following the Vaikhānasa tradition

derived from vikhānasa (hermit)

माषाः (māṣāḥ) - Māṣa ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māṣa

māṣa - a kind of ascetic; a bean (black gram)

वालख्याः (vālakhyāḥ) - Vālakhilya ascetics

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vālakhylya

vālakhylya - a class of celestial sages, said to be no bigger than a thumb, children of Kratu

मरीचिपाः (marīcipāḥ) - Marīcipa ascetics (those who drink rays of light/sunbeams)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of marīcipa

marīcipa - drinking rays, one who lives on sunbeams; a class of ascetics

compound marīci (ray) + pa (drinker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (marīci+pa)

• marīci – ray of light, sunbeam
  noun (masculine)
• pa – drinker, protector
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root pī (to drink)
  Root: pī (class 3)

अजाः (ajāḥ) - Aja ascetics (a specific group of sages) (Aja ascetics; not born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aja

aja - a goat; a leader; the unborn (Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma); a specific class of sages

a- (not) + ja (born); or a proper noun.

Root: jan (class 4)

बभूवुः (babhūvuḥ) - they had assembled (they were, they became)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of bhū

perfect active indicative

Reduplicated perfect form

Root: bhū (class 1)

धूम्राः (dhūmrāḥ) - Dhūmra ascetics (a specific group of sages) (Dhūmra ascetics; smoke-colored)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhūmra

dhūmra - smoke-colored, grey; a class of ascetics

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सङ्गताः (saṅgatāḥ) - assembled, gathered (assembled, met, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṅgata

saṅgata - assembled, met, joined, suited

past passive participle

saṃ- (prefix) + gam (root) + kta (suffix for PPP)

Prefix: sam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the sages.

परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - great sages, supreme rishis

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paramarṣi

paramarṣi - a great sage, a supreme seer

compound para (supreme) + ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (para+ṛṣi)

• para – supreme, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)