वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-2

साचिव्यमिव कुर्वन् स प्रभया निर्मलप्रभः ।
चन्द्रमा रश्मिभिः शीतैः सिषेवे पवनात्मजम् ॥२॥

2. sācivyamiva kurvan sa prabhayā nirmalaprabhaḥ ,
candramā raśmibhiḥ śītaiḥ siṣeve pavanātmajam.

2. sācivyam iva kurvan sa prabhayā nirmalaprabhaḥ
candramā raśmibhiḥ śītaiḥ siṣeve pavanātmajam

2. candramā nirmalaprabhaḥ sa iva sācivyam
kurvan śītaiḥ raśmibhiḥ pavanātmajam siṣeve

2. The moon, with its pure radiance, as if offering assistance, served the son of the wind (Hanumān) with its cool rays.

Words meanings summery:

• साचिव्यम् (sācivyam) - assistance (ministership, assistance, help)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - offering (doing, making, performing)

• स (sa) - he (the moon) (he, that)

• प्रभया (prabhayā) - with its radiance (by light, by radiance, by splendor)

• निर्मलप्रभः (nirmalaprabhaḥ) - with its pure radiance (having pure light, of clear radiance)

• चन्द्रमा (candramā) - the moon

• रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - with its rays (by rays, with rays)

• शीतैः (śītaiḥ) - by its cool (rays) (by cool, by cold)

• सिषेवे (siṣeve) - served (served, attended, honored)

• पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - the son of the wind (Hanumān) (to the son of the wind, Hanumān)

Words meanings and morphology

साचिव्यम् (sācivyam) - assistance (ministership, assistance, help)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sācivya

sācivya - ministership, assistance, help

derived from saciva (minister) with svārthe ṣyañ

Note: Acts as an object to 'kurvan'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - offering (doing, making, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛ

kṛ - to do, to make, to perform

present active participle

From root kṛ (class 8), present active participle (śatṛ), masculine nominative singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (the moon).

स (sa) - he (the moon) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

From the demonstrative pronoun tad, masculine nominative singular

Note: Refers to 'candramā'.

प्रभया (prabhayā) - with its radiance (by light, by radiance, by splendor)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of prabhā

prabhā - light, radiance, splendor, lustre

Prefix: pra

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Indicates the means.

निर्मलप्रभः (nirmalaprabhaḥ) - with its pure radiance (having pure light, of clear radiance)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirmalaprabha

nirmalaprabha - having pure light, of clear radiance

Bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nirmala+prabhā)

• nirmala – pure, clean, spotless
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: mala
• prabhā – light, radiance, splendor
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'candramā'.

चन्द्रमा (candramā) - the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of candramas

candramas - the moon

Root: candr

Note: Subject of the verb 'siṣeve'.

रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - with its rays (by rays, with rays)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of raśmi

raśmi - ray, beam, rein

Note: Indicates the means.

शीतैः (śītaiḥ) - by its cool (rays) (by cool, by cold)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śīta

śīta - cool, cold, frigid

Past participle of root śyai ('to freeze') but functions as an adjective here.

Root: śyai (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'raśmibhiḥ'.

सिषेवे (siṣeve) - served (served, attended, honored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of sev

perfect

From root sev (class 1, ātmanepada), perfect, 3rd person singular

Root: sev (class 1)

पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - the son of the wind (Hanumān) (to the son of the wind, Hanumān)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pavanātmaja

pavanātmaja - son of the wind (Hanumān)

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (pavana+ātmaja)

• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• ātmaja – son, born from oneself
  noun (masculine)
  From ātman + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of the verb 'siṣeve'.