वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-16, verse-2

अथापश्यद्दशग्रीवो रौक्मं शरवणं तदा ।
गभस्तिजालसंवीतं द्वितीयमिव भास्करम् ॥२॥

2. athāpaśyaddaśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ tadā ,
gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram.

2. atha apaśyat daśagrīvaḥ raukmam śaravaṇam tadā
gabhastijālasaṃvītam dvitīyam iva bhāskaram

2. atha tadā daśagrīvaḥ gabhastijālasaṃvītam
dvitīyam bhāskaram iva raukmam śaravaṇam apaśyat

2. Then, Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva) saw a golden 'Śaravaṇa' at that moment, enveloped in a network of rays, appearing like a second sun.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, afterwards

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

• दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa), the ten-necked one)

• रौक्मम् (raukmam) - golden, made of gold

• शरवणम् (śaravaṇam) - a specific radiant, golden place or object named 'Śaravaṇa' (reed thicket, grove of arrows, birthplace of Skanda/Kārtikeya)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• गभस्तिजालसंवीतम् (gabhastijālasaṁvītam) - covered with a network of rays, enveloped in a net of light

• द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - sun, light-maker

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, afterwards

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect Tense, Parasmaipada

root dṛś, 3rd conjugation, present stem paśya, imperfect (laṅ) form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa), the ten-necked one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - ten-necked, (epithet of Rāvaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+grīva)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• grīva – neck
  noun (masculine)

रौक्मम् (raukmam) - golden, made of gold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of raukma

raukma - golden, made of gold, relating to gold

derived from rukma (gold) with aṇ affix

शरवणम् (śaravaṇam) - a specific radiant, golden place or object named 'Śaravaṇa' (reed thicket, grove of arrows, birthplace of Skanda/Kārtikeya)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaravaṇa

śaravaṇa - a reed thicket, a grove of arrows, a mythical place associated with the birth of Kārtikeya

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vaṇa)

• śara – reed, arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vaṇa – grove, forest, thicket
  noun (neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

गभस्तिजालसंवीतम् (gabhastijālasaṁvītam) - covered with a network of rays, enveloped in a net of light

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gabhastijālasaṃvīta

gabhastijālasaṁvīta - covered with a network of rays, enveloped in rays

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gabhasti+jāla+saṃvīta)

• gabhasti – ray of light, arm
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, web, multitude
  noun (neuter)
• saṃvīta – covered, enveloped, wrapped, clothed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from verb root sam-√vī (to cover, envelop)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: vī (class 1)

द्वितीयम् (dvitīyam) - second

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvitīya

dvitīya - second, another, secondary

derived from dvi (two)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

भास्करम् (bhāskaram) - sun, light-maker

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, light-maker, epithet of the sun god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhā+kara)

• bhā – light, luster, splendor
  noun (feminine)
• kara – maker, doer, causing, hand
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)