वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-27, verse-6

मन्दमारुतनिःश्वासं संध्याचन्दनरञ्जितम् ।
आपाण्डुजलदं भाति कामातुरमिवाम्बरम् ॥६॥

6. mandamārutaniḥśvāsaṃ saṃdhyācandanarañjitam ,
āpāṇḍujaladaṃ bhāti kāmāturamivāmbaram.

6. mandamārutaniḥśvāsam sandhyācandana-rañjitam
āpāṇḍujaladam bhāti kāmāturam iva ambaram

6. ambaram mandamārutaniḥśvāsam sandhyācandana-rañjitam
āpāṇḍujaladam kāmāturam iva bhāti

6. The sky appears to be love-sick, with the gentle breeze as its breath, colored by the twilight's sandalwood-like hue, and bearing pale clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दमारुतनिःश्वासम् (mandamārutaniḥśvāsam) - whose breath is the gentle breeze (having gentle breeze as breath)

• सन्ध्याचन्दन-रञ्जितम् (sandhyācandana-rañjitam) - imbued with the hue of twilight's sandalwood (reddish-yellow) (colored by twilight sandalwood)

• आपाण्डुजलदम् (āpāṇḍujaladam) - bearing pale, whitish clouds (having pale clouds)

• भाति (bhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

• कामातुरम् (kāmāturam) - love-sick (love-sick, agitated by love)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दमारुतनिःश्वासम् (mandamārutaniḥśvāsam) - whose breath is the gentle breeze (having gentle breeze as breath)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mandamārutaniḥśvāsa

mandamārutaniḥśvāsa - whose breath is the gentle breeze

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+māruta+niḥśvāsa)

• manda – slow, gentle, mild
  adjective (masculine)
• māruta – wind, breeze
  noun (masculine)
• niḥśvāsa – breath, exhalation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root śvas (to breathe) with prefix nis-.
  Prefix: nis
  Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'ambaram', here in accusative due to predicative usage with 'bhāti' or as an attribute.

सन्ध्याचन्दन-रञ्जितम् (sandhyācandana-rañjitam) - imbued with the hue of twilight's sandalwood (reddish-yellow) (colored by twilight sandalwood)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sandhyācandana-rañjita

sandhyācandana-rañjita - colored by twilight sandalwood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rañj (to color) with suffix -ita, and compounded with sandhyācandana.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sandhyācandana+rañjita)

• sandhyācandana – twilight sandalwood
  noun (neuter)
• rañjita – colored, dyed, pleased
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root rañj (to color) with suffix -ita.
  Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ambaram'.

आपाण्डुजलदम् (āpāṇḍujaladam) - bearing pale, whitish clouds (having pale clouds)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āpāṇḍujalada

āpāṇḍujalada - having pale clouds, pale-clouded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āpāṇḍu+jalada)

• āpāṇḍu – slightly pale, yellowish-white
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
• jalada – cloud (giver of water)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from jala (water) + da (giver, from root dā 'to give').
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'ambaram'.

भाति (bhāti) - appears (shines, appears, seems)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

कामातुरम् (kāmāturam) - love-sick (love-sick, agitated by love)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāmātura

kāmātura - love-sick, tormented by love, passionate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+ātura)

• kāma – love, desire
  noun (masculine)
• ātura – distressed, sick, afflicted
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Predicative adjective, describing 'ambaram' as it appears.

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment

Note: Subject of the verb 'bhāti'.