वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-52, verse-11

तानि भग्नविमानानि निपेतुर्वसुधातले ।
भवनानीव सिद्धानामम्बरात् पुण्यसंक्षये ॥११॥

11. tāni bhagnavimānāni nipeturvasudhātale ,
bhavanānīva siddhānāmambarāt puṇyasaṃkṣaye.

11. tāni bhagnavimānāni nipetuḥ vasudhātale
bhavanāni iva siddhānām ambarāt puṇyasaṃkṣaye

11. tāni bhagnavimānāni bhavanāni siddhānām
ambarāt puṇyasaṃkṣaye iva vasudhātale nipetuḥ

11. Those buildings, their upper stories shattered, fell to the earth's surface, just as the mansions of the perfected beings (siddhas) fall from the heavens when their merit (puṇya) is exhausted.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those (those, them)

• भग्नविमानानि (bhagnavimānāni) - with shattered upper stories (with broken palaces/upper stories/aerial cars)

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell to the earth (fell down, descended)

• वसुधातले (vasudhātale) - on the earth's surface (on the surface of the earth, on the ground)

• भवनानि (bhavanāni) - the mansions (buildings, mansions, dwellings)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

• सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddhas) (of the perfected ones, of the accomplished ones)

• अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky/heavens (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

• पुण्यसंक्षये (puṇyasaṁkṣaye) - upon the exhaustion of merit (puṇya) (at the exhaustion of merit, when merit is diminished)

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those (those, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to bhavanāni implicitly

भग्नविमानानि (bhagnavimānāni) - with shattered upper stories (with broken palaces/upper stories/aerial cars)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhagnavimāna

bhagnavimāna - having broken vimānas (palaces/aerial cars) or upper stories

bahuvrīhi compound of bhagna (broken) + vimāna (palace/aerial car/upper story)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhagna+vimāna)

• bhagna – broken, shattered, defeated
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √bhañj (to break)
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• vimāna – palace, temple, aerial car, upper story
  noun (neuter)
  from vi-√mā (to measure out, build)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mā (class 3)

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - fell to the earth (fell down, descended)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Perfect active

Perfect 3rd person plural active of ni-√pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

वसुधातले (vasudhātale) - on the earth's surface (on the surface of the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vasudhātala

vasudhātala - the surface of the earth

compound of vasudhā (earth) + tala (surface, ground)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+tala)

• vasudhā – earth, soil (bearer of wealth)
  noun (feminine)
  from vasu (wealth) + dhā (to bear)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• tala – surface, plane, ground, flat part
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tal (class 10)

भवनानि (bhavanāni) - the mansions (buildings, mansions, dwellings)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhavana

bhavana - building, house, dwelling, abode

from √bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here, used as the subject of the comparison

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

सिद्धानाम् (siddhānām) - of the perfected beings (siddhas) (of the perfected ones, of the accomplished ones)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of siddha

siddha - perfected, accomplished, successful, a perfected being (siddha)

Past Passive Participle

from √sidh (to accomplish, succeed)

Root: sidh (class 1)

अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky/heavens (from the sky, from the atmosphere)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing

Note: Source of falling

पुण्यसंक्षये (puṇyasaṁkṣaye) - upon the exhaustion of merit (puṇya) (at the exhaustion of merit, when merit is diminished)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṇyasaṃkṣaya

puṇyasaṁkṣaya - exhaustion of merit, diminution of good deeds

compound of puṇya (merit) + saṃkṣaya (exhaustion)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇya+saṃkṣaya)

• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed, auspicious
  noun (neuter)
• saṃkṣaya – exhaustion, destruction, decay, loss
  noun (masculine)
  from sam-kṣi (to waste away, destroy)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Indicates the condition under which the falling occurs