वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-12

द्वितीयमिव चाकाशं पुष्पज्योतिर्गणायुतम् ।
पुष्परत्नशतैश्चित्रं पञ्चमं सागरं यथा ॥१२॥

12. dvitīyamiva cākāśaṃ puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam ,
puṣparatnaśataiścitraṃ pañcamaṃ sāgaraṃ yathā.

12. dvitīyam iva ca ākāśam puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam
puṣparatnaśataiḥ citram pañcamam sāgaram yathā

12. ca dvitīyam ākāśam iva puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam
puṣparatnaśataiḥ citram pañcamam sāgaram yathā

12. And it was like a second firmament (ākāśa), filled with hosts of glowing flower-like constellations, adorned wonderfully with hundreds of flower-gems, and like a fifth ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - a second, the second

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• च (ca) - and, also

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, firmament, space

• पुष्पज्योतिर्गणायुतम् (puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam) - filled with hosts of flower-like lights/stars

• पुष्परत्नशतैः (puṣparatnaśataiḥ) - with hundreds of flower-jewels

• चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, variegated, picturesque

• पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - a fifth, the fifth

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - a second, the second

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, a second

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, firmament, space

(noun)

masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, firmament, space, ether

पुष्पज्योतिर्गणायुतम् (puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam) - filled with hosts of flower-like lights/stars

(adjective)

neuter, singular of puṣpajyotirgaṇāyuta

puṣpajyotirgaṇāyuta - filled with hosts of flower-like lights/stars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpajyotirgaṇa+āyuta)

• puṣpajyotirgaṇa – host/group of flower-lights/stars
  noun (masculine)
• āyuta – joined, furnished with, filled with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix ā- + root yu- 'to join, connect'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yu (class 2)

पुष्परत्नशतैः (puṣparatnaśataiḥ) - with hundreds of flower-jewels

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of puṣparatnaśata

puṣparatnaśata - a hundred flower-jewels

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣparatna+śata)

• puṣparatna – flower-jewel, jewel in the form of a flower
  noun (neuter)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

चित्रम् (citram) - wonderful, variegated, picturesque

(adjective)

neuter, singular of citra

citra - wonderful, strange, variegated, picturesque

पञ्चमम् (pañcamam) - a fifth, the fifth

(adjective)

neuter, singular of pañcama

pañcama - fifth, a fifth

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean

(noun)

masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

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