वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-4, verse-8

पाण्डुराभ्रघनप्रख्यं चन्द्रमण्डलसंनिभम् ।
अपश्यद्विमलं छत्रं चित्रमाल्योपशोभितम् ॥८॥

8. pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyaṃ candramaṇḍalasaṃnibham ,
apaśyadvimalaṃ chatraṃ citramālyopaśobhitam.

8. pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyam candramaṇḍalasaṃnibham
apaśyat vimalam chatram citramālyopaśobhitam

8. (saḥ) apaśyat vimalam chatram pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyam
candramaṇḍalasaṃnibham citramālyopaśobhitam

8. He beheld a spotless umbrella (chattra), appearing like a mass of white clouds, resembling the moon's disk, and adorned with various garlands.

Words meanings summery:

• पाण्डुराभ्रघनप्रख्यम् (pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyam) - appearing like a mass of white clouds (resembling a mass of white clouds)

• चन्द्रमण्डलसंनिभम् (candramaṇḍalasaṁnibham) - resembling the moon's disk (resembling the disk of the moon)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw (he saw, he beheld)

• विमलम् (vimalam) - spotless (spotless, pure, clean)

• छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella (chattra) (umbrella, parasol)

• चित्रमाल्योपशोभितम् (citramālyopaśobhitam) - adorned with various garlands (adorned with various garlands, beautifully decorated with diverse flowers)

Words meanings and morphology

पाण्डुराभ्रघनप्रख्यम् (pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhyam) - appearing like a mass of white clouds (resembling a mass of white clouds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhya

pāṇḍurābhraghanaprakhya - resembling a mass of white clouds

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (pāṇḍura+abhra+ghana+prakhya)

• pāṇḍura – white, yellowish-white, pale
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• ghana – dense, thick, mass, lump
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)
• prakhya – resembling, appearing like
  adjective (masculine)
  From pra-khyā + a
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Modifying 'chatram'.

चन्द्रमण्डलसंनिभम् (candramaṇḍalasaṁnibham) - resembling the moon's disk (resembling the disk of the moon)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of candramaṇḍalasaṃnibha

candramaṇḍalasaṁnibha - resembling the disk of the moon

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (candra+maṇḍala+saṃnibha)

• candra – moon, luminous, shining
  noun (masculine)
  Root: cand (class 1)
• maṇḍala – disk, circle, orb, region
  noun (neuter)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From sam-ni-bhā + a
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Modifying 'chatram'.

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw (he saw, he beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Augment 'a' + root 'paśya' (present stem) + ending.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विमलम् (vimalam) - spotless (spotless, pure, clean)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vimala

vimala - spotless, pure, clean, stainless, free from impurity

From vi + mala (dirt, impurity).

Note: Modifying 'chatram'.

छत्रम् (chatram) - umbrella (chattra) (umbrella, parasol)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of chattra

chattra - umbrella, parasol

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'apaśyat'.

चित्रमाल्योपशोभितम् (citramālyopaśobhitam) - adorned with various garlands (adorned with various garlands, beautifully decorated with diverse flowers)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of citramālyopaśobhita

citramālyopaśobhita - adorned with various garlands, beautifully decorated with diverse flowers

Compound formed with past passive participle 'upaśobhita'.

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (citramālya+upaśobhita)

• citramālya – various garlands, variegated flowers
  noun (neuter)
• upaśobhita – adorned, decorated, beautified
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'śubh' (to shine, to be beautiful) with prefix 'upa'.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifying 'chatram'.