वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-100, verse-3

आययौ यत्र काकुत्स्थः स्वर्गाय समुपस्थितः ।
विमानशतकोटीभिर्दिव्याभिरभिसंवृतः ॥३॥

3. āyayau yatra kākutsthaḥ svargāya samupasthitaḥ ,
vimānaśatakoṭībhirdivyābhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ.

3. āyayau yatra kākutsthaḥ svargāya samupasthitaḥ
vimānaśatakotībhiḥ divyābhiḥ abhisamvṛtaḥ

3. Brahmā arrived where Rāma, prepared for his ascent to heaven (svarga), was present, surrounded by hundreds of millions of divine aerial chariots (vimāna).

Words meanings summery:

• आययौ (āyayau) - Brahmā arrived (he came, he arrived)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma))

• स्वर्गाय (svargāya) - for ascent to heaven (svarga) (for heaven)

• समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - prepared (for ascent) (present, ready, prepared)

• विमानशतकोतीभिः (vimānaśatakotībhiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of divine aerial chariots (vimāna) (by hundreds of millions of celestial vehicles)

• दिव्याभिः (divyābhiḥ) - by divine, by celestial

• अभिसम्वृतः (abhisamvṛtaḥ) - surrounded completely, encompassed

Words meanings and morphology

आययौ (āyayau) - Brahmā arrived (he came, he arrived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of i

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active of √i with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Subject is Brahmā from the previous verse.

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rāma)

Derived from Kakutstha (a king of the Solar Dynasty)

Note: Subject of the implied verb "was" or "is present".

स्वर्गाय (svargāya) - for ascent to heaven (svarga) (for heaven)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven (svarga), celestial world, paradise

समुपस्थितः (samupasthitaḥ) - prepared (for ascent) (present, ready, prepared)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samupasthita

samupasthita - present, ready, prepared, standing by

past passive participle

sam (together) + upa (near) + √sthā (to stand)

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

विमानशतकोतीभिः (vimānaśatakotībhiḥ) - by hundreds of millions of divine aerial chariots (vimāna) (by hundreds of millions of celestial vehicles)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vimānaśatakoti

vimānaśatakoti - a hundred million celestial vehicles

vimāna (celestial vehicle) + śata (hundred) + koṭi (ten million)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vimāna+śatakoti)

• vimāna – celestial vehicle, aerial chariot
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: mā (class 3)
• śatakoti – a hundred million
  noun (feminine)
  śata (hundred) + koṭi (ten million)

Note: Agent of abhisamvṛtaḥ.

दिव्याभिः (divyābhiḥ) - by divine, by celestial

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of divya

divya - divine, celestial, heavenly

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Agrees with vimānaśatakotībhiḥ.

अभिसम्वृतः (abhisamvṛtaḥ) - surrounded completely, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhisamvṛta

abhisamvṛta - completely surrounded, encompassed

past passive participle

abhi (towards/around) + sam (together) + √vṛ (to cover/surround)

Prefixes: abhi+sam

Root: vṛ (class 5)

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