वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-57, verse-35

प्रगृहीता बभौ तेषां छत्राणामावलिः सिता ।
शारदाभ्रप्रतीकाशां हंसावलिरिवाम्बरे ॥३५॥

35. pragṛhītā babhau teṣāṃ chatrāṇāmāvaliḥ sitā ,
śāradābhrapratīkāśāṃ haṃsāvalirivāmbare.

35. pragṛhītā babhau teṣām chatrāṇām āvaliḥ sitā
śāradābhrāpratīkāśām haṃsāvaliḥ iva ambare

35. teṣām pragṛhītā sitā chatrāṇām āvaliḥ babhau
ambare śāradābhrāpratīkāśām haṃsāvaliḥ iva

35. A raised line of their white umbrellas shone beautifully, like a row of swans in the sky that resembles autumnal clouds.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रगृहीता (pragṛhītā) - raised (umbrellas) (held up, raised, taken, grasped)

• बभौ (babhau) - shone beautifully (shone, appeared, became beautiful)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the warriors/demons) (of them, their)

• छत्राणाम् (chatrāṇām) - of umbrellas

• आवलिः (āvaliḥ) - row, line, series

• सिता (sitā) - white (umbrellas) (white, pale)

• शारदाभ्राप्रतीकाशाम् (śāradābhrāpratīkāśām) - resembling autumnal clouds

• हंसावलिः (haṁsāvaliḥ) - line of swans, row of geese

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

Words meanings and morphology

प्रगृहीता (pragṛhītā) - raised (umbrellas) (held up, raised, taken, grasped)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pragṛhīta

pragṛhīta - held, grasped, seized, taken, accepted, raised

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root grah (to seize, grasp) with upasarga pra- and suffix -ta.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

बभौ (babhau) - shone beautifully (shone, appeared, became beautiful)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (liṭ) of bhā

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root bhā in perfect tense (Liṭ). Reduplicated form.

Root: bhā (class 2)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them (the warriors/demons) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

छत्राणाम् (chatrāṇām) - of umbrellas

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of chatra

chatra - umbrella, parasol

आवलिः (āvaliḥ) - row, line, series

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āvali

āvali - row, line, range, series

सिता (sitā) - white (umbrellas) (white, pale)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sita

sita - white, pale, tied, bound

Here used as an adjective meaning white. Can also be PPP of si 'to bind'.

शारदाभ्राप्रतीकाशाम् (śāradābhrāpratīkāśām) - resembling autumnal clouds

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śāradābhrāpratīkāśa

śāradābhrāpratīkāśa - resembling autumnal clouds

Compound of śārada (autumnal), abhra (cloud), and pratīkāśa (resembling).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śārada+abhra+pratīkāśa)

• śārada – autumnal, relating to autumn
  adjective
  Derived from śarad (autumn) with suffix -a.
• abhra – cloud, sky
  noun (neuter)
• pratīkāśa – resembling, similar to, like
  adjective
  From prati + kāś (to shine).
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: This adjective is in the accusative case, likely modifying an implied accusative object of comparison, haṃsāvalim, which is itself being compared to the nominative āvaliḥ.

हंसावलिः (haṁsāvaliḥ) - line of swans, row of geese

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of haṃsāvali

haṁsāvali - row of swans, line of geese

Compound haṃsa (swan) + āvali (row).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+āvali)

• haṃsa – swan, goose
  noun (masculine)
• āvali – row, line, series
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of the simile: 'like a line of swans'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बरे (ambare) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, cloth, garment