वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-6, verse-1

स वेश्मजालं बलवान्ददर्श व्यासक्तवैदूर्यसुवर्णजालम् ।
यथा महत् प्रावृषि मेघजालं विद्युत्पिनद्धं सविहंगजालम् ॥१॥

1. sa veśmajālaṃ balavāndadarśa vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam ,
yathā mahat prāvṛṣi meghajālaṃ vidyutpinaddhaṃ savihaṃgajālam.

1. saḥ veśmajālam balavān dadarśa
vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam
yathā mahat prāvṛṣi meghajālam
vidyutpinaddham savihaṃgajālam

1. saḥ balavān veśmajālam
vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam dadarśa
yathā prāvṛṣi mahat meghajālam
vidyutpinaddham savihaṃgajālam

1. That powerful Hanumān saw a complex of buildings, adorned with lattices of lapis lazuli and gold, resembling a great mass of clouds in the rainy season, streaked with lightning and filled with swarms of birds.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Hanumān (he)

• वेश्मजालम् (veśmajālam) - network of houses/mansions, complex of buildings

• बलवान् (balavān) - Hanumān, the powerful one (powerful, strong)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• व्यासक्तवैदूर्यसुवर्णजालम् (vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam) - adorned/connected with networks of lapis lazuli and gold

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like

• महत् (mahat) - great, vast

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

• मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - network/mass of clouds

• विद्युत्पिनद्धम् (vidyutpinaddham) - entwined with lightning

• सविहंगजालम् (savihaṁgajālam) - with a multitude of birds

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Hanumān (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Hanumān.

वेश्मजालम् (veśmajālam) - network of houses/mansions, complex of buildings

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of veśmajāla

veśmajāla - collection/network of houses/palaces

Tatpuruṣa compound `veśma` (house) + `jāla` (net, collection).

Compound type : tatpurusha (veśma+jāla)

• veśma – house, dwelling, palace
  noun (neuter)
• jāla – net, lattice, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `dadarśa`.

बलवान् (balavān) - Hanumān, the powerful one (powerful, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty

Possessive suffix `vat` from `bala` (strength).

Note: Adjective modifying `saḥ` (Hanumān).

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

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

perfect active (liṭ)

Reduplicated form of `dṛś`.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

व्यासक्तवैदूर्यसुवर्णजालम् (vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajālam) - adorned/connected with networks of lapis lazuli and gold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajāla

vyāsaktavaidūryasuvarṇajāla - having nets of lapis lazuli and gold attached/intertwined

Bahuvrīhi compound, `vyāsakta` (attached) with `vaidūryasuvarṇajāla` (net of lapis lazuli and gold).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vyāsakta+vaidūryasuvarṇajāla)

• vyāsakta – attached, fastened, entwined
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `sañj` (to cling) with prefixes `vi` and `ā`
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: sañj (class 1)
• vaidūryasuvarṇajāla – net/lattice of lapis lazuli and gold
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compound adjective modifying `veśmajālam`.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important

From root `mah` (to grow).

Root: mah (class 1)

Note: Modifies `meghajālam`.

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

From `pra-vṛṣ` (to rain forth).

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

मेघजालम् (meghajālam) - network/mass of clouds

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of meghajāla

meghajāla - mass of clouds, cloud-net

Tatpuruṣa compound `megha` (cloud) + `jāla` (net, collection).

Compound type : tatpurusha (megha+jāla)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, lattice, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

Note: Compared to `veśmajālam`.

विद्युत्पिनद्धम् (vidyutpinaddham) - entwined with lightning

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vidyutpinaddha

vidyutpinaddha - entwined/bound with lightning

Bahuvrīhi compound, `pinaddha` (bound, entwined) with `vidyut` (lightning).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidyut+pinaddha)

• vidyut – lightning
  noun (feminine)
• pinaddha – bound, entwined, fastened
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `nah` (to bind) with prefix `api` (often shortens to `pi` in compounds)
  Prefix: api
  Root: nah (class 4)

Note: Modifies `meghajālam`.

सविहंगजालम् (savihaṁgajālam) - with a multitude of birds

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of savihaṃgajāla

savihaṁgajāla - having a collection/multitude of birds

Bahuvrīhi compound, `sa` (with) + `vihaṃgajāla` (collection of birds).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+vihaṃgajāla)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prepositional prefix indicating 'with'
• vihaṃgajāla – multitude/flock of birds
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies `meghajālam`.