वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-59, verse-3

मेरुमन्दरसंकाशा मत्ता इव महागजाः ।
छादयन्त इवाकाशं महाकाया महाबलाः ॥३॥

3. merumandarasaṃkāśā mattā iva mahāgajāḥ ,
chādayanta ivākāśaṃ mahākāyā mahābalāḥ.

3. merumandrasaṃkāśāḥ mattāḥ iva mahāgajāḥ
chādayantaḥ iva ākāśam mahākāyāḥ mahābalāḥ

3. मेरुमन्दरसंकाशाः मत्ताः महागजाः इव,
आकाशम् इव छादयन्तः,
महाकायाः महाबलाः

3. They were like massive, intoxicated elephants, resembling Mount Meru and Mandara, with huge bodies and immense strength, appearing as if they were covering the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• मेरुमन्द्रसंकाशाः (merumandrasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling Meru and Mandara mountains

• मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, exhilarated, rutting

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• महागजाः (mahāgajāḥ) - great elephants, huge elephants

• छादयन्तः (chādayantaḥ) - covering (the sky) (covering, obscuring, concealing)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

• महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - having huge bodies, gigantic

• महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - having immense strength, very powerful

Words meanings and morphology

मेरुमन्द्रसंकाशाः (merumandrasaṁkāśāḥ) - resembling Meru and Mandara mountains

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of merumandrasaṃkāśa

merumandrasaṁkāśa - resembling Meru and Mandara, mountain-like

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (meru+mandara+saṃkāśa)

• meru – Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mandara – Mandara (a mythical mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, looking like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, exhilarated, rutting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of matta

matta - intoxicated, drunk, rutting (of elephants), exhilarated, passionate

Past Passive Participle

derived from root mad

Root: mad (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

महागजाः (mahāgajāḥ) - great elephants, huge elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant, huge elephant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+gaja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

छादयन्तः (chādayantaḥ) - covering (the sky) (covering, obscuring, concealing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chādayant

chādayant - covering, causing to cover, eclipsing

Present Active Participle

present active participle of the causative stem chādaya- from root chad

Root: chad (class 1)

Note: Used as a participle, agreeing with the implicit subject (monkeys).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether (one of the five elements)

Root: kāś (class 1)

महाकायाः (mahākāyāḥ) - having huge bodies, gigantic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a large body, gigantic, massive

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• kāya – body
  noun (masculine)

महाबलाः (mahābalāḥ) - having immense strength, very powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - having great strength, very powerful, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)