वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-17, verse-31

यस्तु मेघ इवाकाशं महानावृत्य तिष्ठति ।
मध्ये वानरवीराणां सुराणामिव वासवः ॥३१॥

31. yastu megha ivākāśaṃ mahānāvṛtya tiṣṭhati ,
madhye vānaravīrāṇāṃ surāṇāmiva vāsavaḥ.

31. yaḥ tu meghaḥ iva ākāśam mahān āvṛtya tiṣṭhati
madhye vānaravīrāṇām surāṇām iva vāsavaḥ

31. yaḥ tu mahān meghaḥ iva ākāśam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati,
saḥ vānaravīrāṇām madhye surāṇām iva vāsavaḥ

31. But he, the great one, who stands covering the sky like a cloud, is among the monkey heroes like Vāsava (Indra) among the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

• महान् (mahān) - the great one (great, mighty, large)

• आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - covering, enveloping (having covered, enveloping, surrounded)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (stands, stays, exists)

• मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, amidst)

• वानरवीराणाम् (vānaravīrāṇām) - of the monkey heroes

• सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods (of the gods, of the divinities)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Indra (name of a deity))

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, who, what, that

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

मेघः (meghaḥ) - cloud

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of megha

megha - cloud

Root: mih (class 1)

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Prefix: ā

Root: kāś (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - the great one (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

आवृत्य (āvṛtya) - covering, enveloping (having covered, enveloping, surrounded)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Root vṛ (to cover) with prefix ā (unto, completely)

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (stands, stays, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, amidst)

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative case used adverbially.

वानरवीराणाम् (vānaravīrāṇām) - of the monkey heroes

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vānaravīra

vānaravīra - monkey hero

Compound type : tatpurusha (vānara+vīra)

• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)

सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the gods (of the gods, of the divinities)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity, divine being

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Indra (name of a deity))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (king of the gods)