वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-12, verse-37

स तथा शुशुभे श्रीमांल् लतया कण्ठसक्तया ।
मालयेव बलाकानां ससंध्य इव तोयदः ॥३७॥

37. sa tathā śuśubhe śrīmāṃl latayā kaṇṭhasaktayā ,
mālayeva balākānāṃ sasaṃdhya iva toyadaḥ.

37. saḥ tathā śuśubhe śrīmān latayā kaṇṭhasaktayā
mālayā iva balākānām sasaṃdhyaḥ iva toyadaḥ

37. saḥ śrīmān tathā kaṇṭhasaktayā latayā śuśubhe,
balākānām mālayā iva,
sasaṃdhyaḥ toyadaḥ iva.

37. Glorious, he shone with that creeper clinging to his neck, resembling a garland of cranes or a cloud illuminated by twilight.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Sugrīva (he)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - he shone, he appeared splendid

• श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - glorious, splendid, fortunate

• लतया (latayā) - by the Gajapuṣpī creeper (by the creeper)

• कण्ठसक्तया (kaṇṭhasaktayā) - by that clinging to the neck

• मालया (mālayā) - by a garland, by a row

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• बलाकानाम् (balākānām) - of cranes

• ससंध्यः (sasaṁdhyaḥ) - accompanied by twilight, with evening glow

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (lit. water-giver)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Sugrīva (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

शुशुभे (śuśubhe) - he shone, he appeared splendid

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of śubh

Perfect 3rd singular middle voice

Root: śubh (class 1)

श्रीमान् (śrīmān) - glorious, splendid, fortunate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, splendid, prosperous, fortunate

Possessive suffix -mat

लतया (latayā) - by the Gajapuṣpī creeper (by the creeper)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine

कण्ठसक्तया (kaṇṭhasaktayā) - by that clinging to the neck

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaṇṭhasakta

kaṇṭhasakta - clinging to the neck

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṇṭha+sakta)

• kaṇṭha – neck, throat
  noun (masculine)
• sakta – clinging, attached, fixed, devoted to
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sañj
  Root: sañj (class 7)

मालया (mālayā) - by a garland, by a row

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mālā

mālā - garland, wreath, row, series

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

बलाकानाम् (balākānām) - of cranes

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of balākā

balākā - crane (bird)

ससंध्यः (sasaṁdhyaḥ) - accompanied by twilight, with evening glow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sasaṃdhya

sasaṁdhya - accompanied by twilight, with the evening

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+saṃdhyā)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• saṃdhyā – twilight, evening, junction (of day and night)
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

तोयदः (toyadaḥ) - cloud (lit. water-giver)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of toyada

toyada - cloud, water-giver

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective
  From root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)