वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-4, verse-83

सागरं चाम्बरप्रख्यमम्बरं सागरोपमम् ।
सागरं चाम्बरं चेति निर्विशेषमदृश्यत ॥८३॥

83. sāgaraṃ cāmbaraprakhyamambaraṃ sāgaropamam ,
sāgaraṃ cāmbaraṃ ceti nirviśeṣamadṛśyata.

83. sāgaram ca ambaraprakhyam ambaram sāgaropamam
sāgaram ca ambaram ca iti nirviśeşam adṛśyata

83. sāgaram ambaraprakhyam ca ambaram
sāgaropamam ca iti nirviśeşam adṛśyata

83. The ocean appeared like the sky, and the sky resembled the ocean. Thus, the ocean and the sky were seen as indistinguishable.

Words meanings summery:

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अम्बरप्रख्यम् (ambaraprakhyam) - appearing like the sky (sky-like, resembling the sky)

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

• सागरोपमम् (sāgaropamam) - resembling the ocean (ocean-like, resembling the ocean)

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicating conclusion)

• निर्विशेşअम् (nirviśeşam) - indistinguishable (without distinction, indistinguishable)

• अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - were seen (was seen, appeared)

Words meanings and morphology

सागरम् (sāgaram) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea, an ocean-like expanse

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरप्रख्यम् (ambaraprakhyam) - appearing like the sky (sky-like, resembling the sky)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambaraprakhya

ambaraprakhya - resembling the sky, sky-like

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada bahuvrīhi (ambara+prakhya)

• ambara – sky, atmosphere, clothing
  noun (neuter)
• prakhya – resembling, appearing like, similar to
  adjective

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing

सागरोपमम् (sāgaropamam) - resembling the ocean (ocean-like, resembling the ocean)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāgaropama

sāgaropama - resembling the ocean, ocean-like

Compound type : upamāna-pūrva-pada bahuvrīhi (sāgara+upama)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• upama – likeness, comparison, simile
  adjective

सागरम् (sāgaram) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea, an ocean-like expanse

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अम्बरम् (ambaram) - the sky (sky, atmosphere)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, clothing

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, indicating conclusion)

(indeclinable)

निर्विशेşअम् (nirviśeşam) - indistinguishable (without distinction, indistinguishable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirviśeşa

nirviśeşa - without distinction, having no difference, indistinguishable

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+viśeşa)

• nis – without, out of, away from
  indeclinable
• viśeşa – distinction, difference, peculiar mark
  noun (masculine)

अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - were seen (was seen, appeared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Imperfect Passive

3rd person singular, imperfect tense, passive voice, from root √dṛś (class 1)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The subject 'sāgaram ca ambaram ca' is plural, but the verb is singular. This could be a poetic license or a collective sense, or the subject of an implied passive construction.