वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-27, verse-3

नव मास धृतं गर्भं भास्कारस्य गभस्तिभिः ।
पीत्वा रसं समुद्राणां द्यौः प्रसूते रसायनम् ॥३॥

3. nava māsa dhṛtaṃ garbhaṃ bhāskārasya gabhastibhiḥ ,
pītvā rasaṃ samudrāṇāṃ dyauḥ prasūte rasāyanam.

3. nava māsa dhṛtam garbham bhāskārasya gabhastibhiḥ
pītvā rasam samudrāṇām dyauḥ prasūte rasāyanam

3. dyauḥ bhāskārasya gabhastibhiḥ nava māsa garbham
dhṛtam samudrāṇām rasam pītvā rasāyanam prasūte

3. The sky, having conceived (held an embryo) for nine months through the sun's rays, and having absorbed the essence of the oceans, gives birth to the life-giving elixir (rasāyanam).

Words meanings summery:

• नव (nava) - nine

• मास (māsa) - month, lunar month

• धृतम् (dhṛtam) - conceived, held (referring to the sky holding an embryo) (held, borne, supported, conceived)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo (in the sense of water vapor/clouds held by the sky) (embryo, fetus, womb, interior)

• भास्कारस्य (bhāskārasya) - of the sun (of the sun, of the sun-maker)

• गभस्तिभिः (gabhastibhiḥ) - by the rays (of the sun) (by rays, by arms)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having absorbed (having drunk, having absorbed)

• रसम् (rasam) - essence (of water/moisture) (essence, juice, taste, fluid, emotion)

• समुद्राणाम् (samudrāṇām) - of the oceans (of the oceans, of the seas)

• द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky (personified as female, conceiving and giving birth) (sky, heaven, day)

• प्रसूते (prasūte) - gives birth (to rain/elixir) (gives birth, produces, yields)

• रसायनम् (rasāyanam) - elixir (life-giving rain) (elixir, tonic, chemistry, path of essence)

Words meanings and morphology

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

Note: Indeclinable numeral here.

मास (māsa) - month, lunar month

(noun)

masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month, lunar month

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration.

धृतम् (dhṛtam) - conceived, held (referring to the sky holding an embryo) (held, borne, supported, conceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, supported

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhṛ (to hold) with suffix -ta.

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies garbham, hence neuter singular.

गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo (in the sense of water vapor/clouds held by the sky) (embryo, fetus, womb, interior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior

Note: Object of the implicit verbal action 'having held'.

भास्कारस्य (bhāskārasya) - of the sun (of the sun, of the sun-maker)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhāskāra

bhāskāra - sun, maker of light

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, luster
  noun (neuter)
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Possessive case, qualifying 'rays'.

गभस्तिभिः (gabhastibhiḥ) - by the rays (of the sun) (by rays, by arms)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of gabhasti

gabhasti - ray, arm, hand

Note: Agent of the action 'held' (dhṛtam), or means by which the sky conceives.

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having absorbed (having drunk, having absorbed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -tvā.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Indicates a prior action completed by the subject 'dyauḥ'.

रसम् (rasam) - essence (of water/moisture) (essence, juice, taste, fluid, emotion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rasa

rasa - essence, juice, taste, fluid, emotion

Note: Object of pītvā.

समुद्राणाम् (samudrāṇām) - of the oceans (of the oceans, of the seas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

Note: Possessive case, qualifying 'rasam'.

द्यौः (dyauḥ) - the sky (personified as female, conceiving and giving birth) (sky, heaven, day)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dyu

dyu - sky, heaven, day

Note: Subject of the verb 'prasūte'.

प्रसूते (prasūte) - gives birth (to rain/elixir) (gives birth, produces, yields)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pra-sū

Prefix: pra

Root: sū (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada verb, 3rd person singular present tense.

रसायनम् (rasāyanam) - elixir (life-giving rain) (elixir, tonic, chemistry, path of essence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rasāyana

rasāyana - elixir, tonic, chemistry, path of essence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rasa+ayana)

• rasa – essence, juice, fluid
  noun (masculine)
• ayana – path, course, going
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root i (to go) with suffix -ana.
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'prasūte'.