वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-13, verse-13

एष मेघ इवाकाशे वृक्षषण्डः प्रकाशते ।
मेघसंघातविपुलः पर्यन्तकदलीवृतः ॥१३॥

13. eṣa megha ivākāśe vṛkṣaṣaṇḍaḥ prakāśate ,
meghasaṃghātavipulaḥ paryantakadalīvṛtaḥ.

13. eṣaḥ meghaḥ iva ākāśe vṛkṣaṣaṇḍaḥ prakāśate
meghasaṃghātavipulaḥ paryantakadalīvṛtaḥ

13. एषः वृक्षषण्डः आकाशे मेघः इव प्रकाशते सः
मेघसंघातविपulअः पर्यन्तकदलीवृतः (अस्ति)

13. This thicket of trees appears in the sky like a cloud, vast like a mass of clouds, and surrounded by plantain trees at its edges.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

• वृक्षषण्डः (vṛkṣaṣaṇḍaḥ) - thicket of trees, cluster of trees

• प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears, is visible

• मेघसंघातविपुलः (meghasaṁghātavipulaḥ) - vast/large like a mass of clouds

• पर्यन्तकदलीवृतः (paryantakadalīvṛtaḥ) - surrounded by plantain trees at its edges/borders

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

Derived from root √mih (to sprinkle).

Root: mih (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

वृक्षषण्डः (vṛkṣaṣaṇḍaḥ) - thicket of trees, cluster of trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣaṣaṇḍa

vṛkṣaṣaṇḍa - thicket of trees, cluster of trees

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vṛkṣa+ṣaṇḍa)

• vṛkṣa – tree
  noun (masculine)
• ṣaṇḍa – thicket, clump, grove, group
  noun (masculine/neuter)

प्रकाशते (prakāśate) - shines, appears, is visible

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (Laṭ) of prakāś

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

मेघसंघातविपुलः (meghasaṁghātavipulaḥ) - vast/large like a mass of clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meghasaṃghātavipula

meghasaṁghātavipula - vast like a mass of clouds

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada bahuvrīhi (megha+saṃghāta+vipula)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √mih (to sprinkle).
  Root: mih (class 1)
• saṃghāta – mass, collection, accumulation, crowd
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √han (to strike) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• vipula – vast, extensive, large, abundant
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Prefix: vi

पर्यन्तकदलीवृतः (paryantakadalīvṛtaḥ) - surrounded by plantain trees at its edges/borders

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paryantakadalīvṛta

paryantakadalīvṛta - surrounded by plantain trees at the borders

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √vṛ (to cover, surround), compounded with paryantakadalī (plantain trees at the edges).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paryanta+kadalī+vṛta)

• paryanta – edge, border, boundary, extremity
  noun (masculine)
• kadalī – plantain tree, banana tree
  noun (feminine)
• vṛta – surrounded, encompassed, covered
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √vṛ (to cover, surround).
  Root: vṛ (class 5)