वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-109, verse-9

पुष्पकं नाम भद्रं ते विमानं सूर्यसंनिभम् ।
मम भ्रातुः कुबेरस्य रावणेनाहृतं बलात् ॥९॥

9. puṣpakaṃ nāma bhadraṃ te vimānaṃ sūryasaṃnibham ,
mama bhrātuḥ kuberasya rāvaṇenāhṛtaṃ balāt.

9. puṣpakam nāma bhadram te vimānam sūryasaṁnibham
mama bhrātuḥ kuberasya rāvaṇena āhṛtam balāt

9. te bhadram puṣpakam nāma sūryasaṁnibham vimānam
mama bhrātuḥ kuberasya rāvaṇena balāt āhṛtam

9. May prosperity be yours. There is an aerial chariot named Pushpaka, radiant as the sun, which Ravana forcibly took from my brother Kubera.

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - Pushpaka (name of an aerial chariot)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• विमानम् (vimānam) - aerial chariot, celestial palace

• सूर्यसंनिभम् (sūryasaṁnibham) - sun-like, resembling the sun

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

• कुबेरस्य (kuberasya) - of Kubera

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

• आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - seized, taken away

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcefully

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - Pushpaka (name of an aerial chariot)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣpaka

puṣpaka - Pushpaka (a celestial chariot); flowery

नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed

(indeclinable)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, good, fortunate; welfare, blessing

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Also possible genitive

विमानम् (vimānam) - aerial chariot, celestial palace

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vimāna

vimāna - aerial chariot, celestial car or palace, temple

Prefix: vi

Root: mā (class 3)

सूर्यसंनिभम् (sūryasaṁnibham) - sun-like, resembling the sun

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sūryasaṁnibha

sūryasaṁnibha - sun-like, radiant as the sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūrya+saṁnibha)

• sūrya – sun, sun-god
  noun (masculine)
• saṁnibha – like, similar, resembling
  adjective
  Prefix: sam

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

कुबेरस्य (kuberasya) - of Kubera

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kubera

kubera - Kubera (god of wealth, lord of Yakshas)

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (king of Lanka)

आहृतम् (āhṛtam) - seized, taken away

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āhṛta

āhṛta - brought, taken, seized, stolen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcefully

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, force, power

Note: Often used adverbially for 'by force'

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