वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-78, verse-43

यथास्तं गत आदित्ये नावतिष्ठन्ति रश्मयः ।
तथा तस्मिन्निपतिते राक्षसास्ते गता दिशः ॥४३॥

43. yathāstaṃ gata āditye nāvatiṣṭhanti raśmayaḥ ,
tathā tasminnipatite rākṣasāste gatā diśaḥ.

43. yathā astam gate āditye na avatiṣṭhanti raśmayaḥ
tathā tasmin nipatite rākṣasāḥ te gatāḥ diśaḥ

43. yathā āditye astam gate raśmayaḥ na avatiṣṭhanti
tathā tasmin nipatite te rākṣasāḥ diśaḥ gatāḥ

43. Just as the sun's rays do not remain when the sun has set, similarly, when he (Indrajit) had fallen, those rākṣasas scattered in all directions.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• अस्तम् (astam) - (to) setting, disappearance (setting, home, disappearance)

• गते (gate) - having set (referring to the sun) (having gone, gone, reached)

• आदित्ये (āditye) - when the sun (in the sun, when the sun)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अवतिष्ठन्ति (avatiṣṭhanti) - they remain (they remain, they stand, they abide)

• रश्मयः (raśmayaḥ) - (the sun's) rays (rays, beams, reins)

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him (referring to Indrajit) (in him, in that)

• निपतिते (nipatite) - having fallen (i.e., slain) (having fallen, fallen down, destroyed)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas (demons, rākṣasas)

• ते (te) - those (rākṣasas) (those, they)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - (had) gone, scattered (gone, departed, reached)

• दिशः (diśaḥ) - (in) directions (directions, quarters)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with `tathā`.

अस्तम् (astam) - (to) setting, disappearance (setting, home, disappearance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting (of sun), home, disappearance

Used adverbially.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Adverbial accusative, indicating destination of `gate`.

गते (gate) - having set (referring to the sun) (having gone, gone, reached)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, gone to, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go) + `kta`.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with `āditye`.

आदित्ये (āditye) - when the sun (in the sun, when the sun)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, son of Aditi

Note: Head of locative absolute construction with `gate`.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `avatiṣṭhanti`.

अवतिष्ठन्ति (avatiṣṭhanti) - they remain (they remain, they stand, they abide)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

present tense (laṭ)

From `ava`-`sthā`. Present 3rd person plural, active voice.

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

रश्मयः (raśmayaḥ) - (the sun's) rays (rays, beams, reins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of raśmi

raśmi - ray, beam, rein

Note: Subject of `avatiṣṭhanti`.

तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlates with `yathā`.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in him (referring to Indrajit) (in him, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine, singular, locative. Part of locative absolute with `nipatite`.

निपतिते (nipatite) - having fallen (i.e., slain) (having fallen, fallen down, destroyed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nipatita

nipatita - fallen down, descended, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From `ni`-`pat` (to fall down) + `kta`.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with `tasmin`.

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - the rākṣasas (demons, rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, demon

Note: Subject of `gatāḥ`.

ते (te) - those (rākṣasas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Masculine, plural, nominative. Referring to the previously mentioned rākṣasas.

गताः (gatāḥ) - (had) gone, scattered (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go) + `kta`.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as the main verb here, "they went".

दिशः (diśaḥ) - (in) directions (directions, quarters)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of diś

diś - direction, quarter, point of compass

From root `diś` (to point out).

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of implied motion by `gatāḥ`.