वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-96, verse-3

मण्डलानि च वीथीश्च गतप्रत्यागतानि च ।
दर्शयन्तौ बहुविधां सूतौ सारथ्यजां गतिम् ॥३॥

3. maṇḍalāni ca vīthīśca gatapratyāgatāni ca ,
darśayantau bahuvidhāṃ sūtau sārathyajāṃ gatim.

3. maṇḍalāni ca vīthīḥ ca gatapratyāgatāni ca
darśayantau bahuvidhām sūtau sārathyajām gatim

3. sūtau bahuvidhām sārathyajām gatim maṇḍalāni
ca vīthīḥ ca gatapratyāgatāni ca darśayantau

3. The two charioteers demonstrated their diverse charioteering skill by performing circular movements, weaving paths, and advancing and retreating maneuvers.

Words meanings summery:

• मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circular maneuvers (of chariots) (circles, circular formations, disks, regions)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वीथीः (vīthīḥ) - intricate paths or courses (of chariots) (paths, rows, lines, streets)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• गतप्रत्यागतानि (gatapratyāgatāni) - advancing and retreating maneuvers (comings and goings, advancings and retreatings)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• दर्शयन्तौ (darśayantau) - displaying (as in demonstrating skill) (displaying, showing, making visible)

• बहुविधाम् (bahuvidhām) - diverse, various (of many kinds, various, diverse)

• सूतौ (sūtau) - the two charioteers (two charioteers, two drivers)

• सारथ्यजाम् (sārathyajām) - belonging to charioteering skill (born of charioteering, relating to charioteering)

• गतिम् (gatim) - skill in movement, maneuvering ability (movement, course, path, manner)

Words meanings and morphology

मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circular maneuvers (of chariots) (circles, circular formations, disks, regions)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, orb, disk, region, territory, group, circular formation

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वीथीः (vīthīḥ) - intricate paths or courses (of chariots) (paths, rows, lines, streets)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vīthī

vīthī - path, road, street, line, row, course, way

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

गतप्रत्यागतानि (gatapratyāgatāni) - advancing and retreating maneuvers (comings and goings, advancings and retreatings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gatapratyāgata

gatapratyāgata - come and gone, advancing and retreating

Past Passive Participle

Compound of gata (pp. of gam 'to go') and pratyāgata (pp. of prati-ā-gam 'to come back'). Used as a noun here.

Compound type : dvandva (gata+pratyāgata)

• gata – gone, arrived, passed, obtained
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam 'to go'.
  Root: gam (class 1)
• pratyāgata – returned, come back
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam 'to go' with prefixes prati and ā.
  Prefixes: prati+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

दर्शयन्तौ (darśayantau) - displaying (as in demonstrating skill) (displaying, showing, making visible)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of darśayat

darśayat - showing, displaying

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From the causative stem of root dṛś (to see), with the present participle suffix -at.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

बहुविधाम् (bahuvidhām) - diverse, various (of many kinds, various, diverse)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, various, diverse

Compound of bahu ('many') and vidha ('kind').

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+vidha)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective
• vidha – kind, sort, type, manner
  noun
  From root dhā 'to put, place'.
  Root: dhā (class 3)

सूतौ (sūtau) - the two charioteers (two charioteers, two drivers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sūta

sūta - charioteer, driver, bard, genealogist

From root sū 'to impel, to drive'.

Root: sū (class 2)

सारथ्यजाम् (sārathyajām) - belonging to charioteering skill (born of charioteering, relating to charioteering)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sārathyaja

sārathyaja - born from charioteering, produced by charioteering, related to the charioteer's art

Compound of sārathya ('charioteering') and ja ('born from').

Compound type : tatpurusha (sārathya+ja)

• sārathya – charioteering, the duty or skill of a charioteer
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from sārathi ('charioteer').
• ja – born, produced, caused by
  adjective
  suffix for forming adjectives/nouns
  From root jan 'to be born'.
  Root: jan (class 4)

गतिम् (gatim) - skill in movement, maneuvering ability (movement, course, path, manner)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, manner, condition, means, final emancipation (mokṣa)

From root gam 'to go'.

Root: gam (class 1)