वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-27

रथकुञ्जरवाजिभ्यस्ते ऽवतीर्य महीं गताः ।
ददृशुस्तं विमानस्थं नराः सोममिवाम्बरे ॥२७॥

27. rathakuñjaravājibhyaste'vatīrya mahīṃ gatāḥ ,
dadṛśustaṃ vimānasthaṃ narāḥ somamivāmbare.

27. ratha-kuñjara-vājibhyaḥ te avatīrya mahīm gatāḥ
dadṛśuḥ tam vimānastham narāḥ somam iva ambare

27. te rathakuñjaravājibhyaḥ avatīrya mahīm gatāḥ.
narāḥ ambare somam iva tam vimānastham dadṛśuḥ.

27. Having descended from their chariots, elephants, and horses, they (the people) came to the ground. There, the people saw him (Rāma) seated in the aerial vehicle (vimāna), just as one would see the moon in the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• रथ-कुञ्जर-वाजिभ्यः (ratha-kuñjara-vājibhyaḥ) - from chariots, elephants, and horses

• ते (te) - they

• अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended, after descending

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

• गताः (gatāḥ) - went, having gone

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• तम् (tam) - him

• विमानस्थम् (vimānastham) - seated in the vehicle, in the vimana

• नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

• सोमम् (somam) - the moon, Soma

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

Words meanings and morphology

रथ-कुञ्जर-वाजिभ्यः (ratha-kuñjara-vājibhyaḥ) - from chariots, elephants, and horses

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of rathakuñjaravājin

rathakuñjaravājin - chariots, elephants, and horses (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (ratha+kuñjara+vājin)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
• kuñjara – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• vājin – horse; swift, strong
  noun (masculine)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended, after descending

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from the root tṛ with upasarga ava- and suffix -ya

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

गताः (gatāḥ) - went, having gone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

विमानस्थम् (vimānastham) - seated in the vehicle, in the vimana

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vimānastha

vimānastha - standing or seated in an aerial car or vehicle (vimāna)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (vimāna+stha)

• vimāna – aerial car, celestial vehicle, chariot of the gods
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated, residing
  adjective
  nominal derivative from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

नराः (narāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

सोमम् (somam) - the moon, Soma

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - the moon; the Soma plant and its juice; a deity

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, firmament; cloth, garment

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