वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-14, verse-8

कृताभिज्ञान चिह्नस्त्वमनया गजसाह्वया ।
विपरीत इवाकाशे सूर्यो नक्षत्र मालया ॥८॥

8. kṛtābhijñāna cihnastvamanayā gajasāhvayā ,
viparīta ivākāśe sūryo nakṣatra mālayā.

8. kṛta abhijñāna cihnaḥ tvam anayā gajasāhvayā
viparīta iva ākāśe sūryaḥ nakṣatra mālayā

8. tvam anayā gajasāhvayā kṛta abhijñāna cihnaḥ (bhaviṣyasi),
ākāśe nakṣatra mālayā viparīta iva sūryaḥ (iva)

8. You (Sugrīva) will be furnished with distinguishing marks by her (Sītā), whose majestic gait resembles that of an elephant, just as the sun appears unusually in the sky accompanied by a garland of constellations.

Words meanings summery:

• कृत (kṛta) - made, done, established

• अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna) - recognition, distinguishing mark, token

• चिह्नः (cihnaḥ) - mark, sign, emblem

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनया (anayā) - by her, by this one

• गजसाह्वया (gajasāhvayā) - by Sītā, whose majestic gait resembles that of an elephant (by the one whose gait is like an elephant's, by the one associated with the city of elephants (Hastinapura))

• विपरीत (viparīta) - unusually, unconventionally (reversed, inverted, contrary, unusual)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

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

• सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

• नक्षत्र (nakṣatra) - constellation, star

• मालया (mālayā) - by a garland, with a string

Words meanings and morphology

कृत (kṛta) - made, done, established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ- (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'kṛtābhi-jñāna-cihna'

अभिज्ञान (abhijñāna) - recognition, distinguishing mark, token

(noun)

neuter, singular of abhijñāna

abhijñāna - recognition, sign, token, identifying mark

from prefix abhi- + root jñā- (to know)

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Forms part of the compound 'kṛtābhi-jñāna-cihna'

चिह्नः (cihnaḥ) - mark, sign, emblem

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cihna

cihna - mark, sign, token, emblem

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Refers to Sugrīva

अनया (anayā) - by her, by this one

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, she

Note: Refers to Sītā

गजसाह्वया (gajasāhvayā) - by Sītā, whose majestic gait resembles that of an elephant (by the one whose gait is like an elephant's, by the one associated with the city of elephants (Hastinapura))

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gajasāhvayā

gajasāhvayā - having an elephant-like gait, having an elephant as a characteristic mark, named after elephant-city (Hastinapura)

Compound: gaja (elephant) + sāhvayā (named/having a characteristic)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gaja+sāhvā)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• sāhvā – having a name, having a call, characteristic
  noun (feminine)
  from sa- (with) + āhvā (call/name)

विपरीत (viparīta) - unusually, unconventionally (reversed, inverted, contrary, unusual)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viparīta

viparīta - reversed, contrary, opposite, inverted, unusual

Past Passive Particple

from vi- + pari- + root i- (to go)

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies Sūryaḥ

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky, in space

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

सूर्यः (sūryaḥ) - the sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

Note: Subject of the simile

नक्षत्र (nakṣatra) - constellation, star

(noun)

neuter, singular of nakṣatra

nakṣatra - star, constellation, lunar mansion

Note: Forms part of compound `nakṣatra-mālayā`

मालया (mālayā) - by a garland, with a string

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mālā

mālā - garland, string, collection

Note: Forms part of compound `nakṣatra-mālayā` (Tatpuruṣa, "by a garland of stars")