वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-27, verse-20

विद्युत्पताकाः सबलाक मालाः शैलेन्द्रकूटाकृतिसंनिकाशाः ।
गर्जन्ति मेघाः समुदीर्णनादा मत्तगजेन्द्रा इव संयुगस्थः ॥२०॥

20. vidyutpatākāḥ sabalāka mālāḥ śailendrakūṭākṛtisaṃnikāśāḥ ,
garjanti meghāḥ samudīrṇanādā mattagajendrā iva saṃyugasthaḥ.

20. vidyut-patākāḥ sa-balākāḥ mālāḥ
śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṃnikāśāḥ
garjanti meghāḥ sam-udīrṇa-nādāḥ
matta-gajendrāḥ iva saṃyuga-sthāḥ

20. vidyut-patākāḥ sa-balākāḥ mālāḥ śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṃnikāśāḥ sam-udīrṇa-nādāḥ meghāḥ,
saṃyuga-sthāḥ matta-gajendrāḥ iva,
garjanti.

20. The clouds, bearing lightning as banners, adorned with lines of cranes, and resembling the forms of great mountain peaks, roar with loud sounds, just like rutting lordly elephants standing in battle formation.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्युत्-पताकाः (vidyut-patākāḥ) - bearing lightning as banners (having lightning as banners)

• स-बलाकाः (sa-balākāḥ) - with lines of cranes (with cranes, accompanied by cranes)

• मालाः (mālāḥ) - garlands/lines (garlands, rows, lines)

• शैलेन्द्र-कूट-आकृति-संनिकाशाः (śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṁnikāśāḥ) - resembling the forms of great mountain peaks

• गर्जन्ति (garjanti) - roar (they roar, they thunder)

• मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

• सम्-उदीर्ण-नादाः (sam-udīrṇa-nādāḥ) - with loud sounds (having loud roars, with elevated sounds)

• मत्त-गजेन्द्राः (matta-gajendrāḥ) - rutting lordly elephants

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• संयुग-स्थाः (saṁyuga-sthāḥ) - standing in battle formation (standing in battle, existing in battle)

Words meanings and morphology

विद्युत्-पताकाः (vidyut-patākāḥ) - bearing lightning as banners (having lightning as banners)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidyut-patākā

vidyut-patākā - lightning as a banner

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vidyut+patākā)

• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)
• patākā – banner, flag
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'meghāḥ'.

स-बलाकाः (sa-balākāḥ) - with lines of cranes (with cranes, accompanied by cranes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sa-balākā

sa-balākā - with cranes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+balākā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• balākā – crane (bird)
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'meghāḥ'.

मालाः (mālāḥ) - garlands/lines (garlands, rows, lines)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of mālā

mālā - garland, wreath, row, line

Note: Can refer to 'lines of cranes' or simply 'rows' referring to cloud formations, agreeing with 'meghāḥ' in a descriptive sense.

शैलेन्द्र-कूट-आकृति-संनिकाशाः (śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṁnikāśāḥ) - resembling the forms of great mountain peaks

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṃnikāśa

śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti-saṁnikāśa - resembling the form of the peak of a king of mountains

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śailendra-kūṭa-ākṛti+saṃnikāśa)

• śailendra – king of mountains, a great mountain
  noun (masculine)
• kūṭa – peak, summit, horn
  noun (neuter)
• ākṛti – form, shape, figure
  noun (feminine)
• saṃnikāśa – resembling, similar to
  adjective
  Derived from root 'kāś' (to appear) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ni'.
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'meghāḥ'.

गर्जन्ति (garjanti) - roar (they roar, they thunder)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of garj

Root: garj (class 1)

Note: Verb for 'meghāḥ'.

मेघाः (meghāḥ) - clouds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of megha

megha - cloud

Note: Subject of 'garjanti'.

सम्-उदीर्ण-नादाः (sam-udīrṇa-nādāḥ) - with loud sounds (having loud roars, with elevated sounds)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sam-udīrṇa-nāda

sam-udīrṇa-nāda - having loud or elevated sounds/roars

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samudīrṇa+nāda)

• samudīrṇa – uttered, raised, loud, elevated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'īr' (to move, to utter) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ud'.
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: īr (class 2)
• nāda – sound, roar, cry
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'meghāḥ'.

मत्त-गजेन्द्राः (matta-gajendrāḥ) - rutting lordly elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta-gajendra

matta-gajendra - rutting lord of elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (matta+gajendra)

• matta – intoxicated, rutting, wild
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'mad' (to be drunk/delighted).
  Root: mad (class 4)
• gajendra – lord of elephants, a great elephant
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

संयुग-स्थाः (saṁyuga-sthāḥ) - standing in battle formation (standing in battle, existing in battle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃyuga-stha

saṁyuga-stha - standing in battle, existing in conflict

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃyuga+stha)

• saṃyuga – battle, war, conflict
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• stha – standing, situated, being in
  adjective
  suffix -stha from root 'sthā'
  Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'matta-gajendrāḥ'.