वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-50, verse-7

काञ्चनानि च पद्मानि जातानि विमले जले ।
कथं मत्स्याश्च सौवर्णा चरन्ति सह कच्छपैः ॥७॥

7. kāñcanāni ca padmāni jātāni vimale jale ,
kathaṃ matsyāśca sauvarṇā caranti saha kacchapaiḥ.

7. kāñcanāni ca padmāni jātāni vimale jale katham
matsyāḥ ca sauvarṇāḥ caranti saha kacchapaiḥ

7. katham kāñcanāni padmāni ca vimale jale jātāni (bhavanti)?
katham sauvarṇāḥ matsyāḥ ca kacchapaiḥ saha caranti?

7. How do golden lotuses (padma) grow in pure water? And how do golden fish move together with tortoises?

Words meanings summery:

• काञ्चनानि (kāñcanāni) - golden ones

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses

• जातानि (jātāni) - grown (out of the water) (born, produced, arisen, grown)

• विमले (vimale) - in pure, in clean, in spotless

• जले (jale) - in water

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• मत्स्याः (matsyāḥ) - fish

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• सौवर्णाः (sauvarṇāḥ) - golden, made of gold

• चरन्ति (caranti) - they move / they swim (they move, they walk, they roam, they graze)

• सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

• कच्छपैः (kacchapaiḥ) - with tortoises

Words meanings and morphology

काञ्चनानि (kāñcanāni) - golden ones

(adjective)

neuter, plural of kāñcana

kāñcana - golden, made of gold

Derived from 'kāñcana' (gold) + '-a' (adjectival suffix)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पद्मानि (padmāni) - lotuses

(noun)

neuter, plural of padma

padma - lotus

जातानि (jātāni) - grown (out of the water) (born, produced, arisen, grown)

(adjective)

neuter, plural of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, grown, become

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jan' (to be born, to produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

विमले (vimale) - in pure, in clean, in spotless

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vimala

vimala - pure, clean, spotless, stainless

Compound 'vi-' (without) + 'mala' (dirt/impurity)

Compound type : avyayībhāva/bahuvrīhi (vi+mala)

• vi – without, separation, negation
  indeclinable
• mala – dirt, impurity, stain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'jale'

जले (jale) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

मत्स्याः (matsyāḥ) - fish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

सौवर्णाः (sauvarṇāḥ) - golden, made of gold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sauvarṇa

sauvarṇa - golden, made of gold, relating to gold

Derived from 'suvarṇa' (gold) + suffix '-a' (adjectival)

चरन्ति (caranti) - they move / they swim (they move, they walk, they roam, they graze)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of car

Root: car (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

(indeclinable)

कच्छपैः (kacchapaiḥ) - with tortoises

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kacchapa

kacchapa - tortoise, turtle

Note: Governed by 'saha'.