वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-23, verse-29

महदासीत्ततस्तेषां तुल्यं स्थानमवाप्य तत् ।
आकाशयुद्धं तुमुलं देवदानवयोरिव ॥२९॥

29. mahadāsīttatasteṣāṃ tulyaṃ sthānamavāpya tat ,
ākāśayuddhaṃ tumulaṃ devadānavayoriva.

29. mahat āsīt tataḥ teṣām tulyam sthānam avāpya
tat ākāśa-yuddham tumulam deva-dānavayoḥ iva

29. tataḥ teṣām tat tulyam sthānam avāpya mahat
tumulam ākāśa-yuddham deva-dānavayoḥ iva āsīt

29. Then, for them, having attained an equal position, there was a mighty and tumultuous aerial battle (ākāśayuddha), just like the one between the gods and the dānavas (demons).

Words meanings summery:

• महत् (mahat) - mighty (great, mighty, large)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (it was, there was)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (of them)

• तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal (equal, similar)

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - position (place, position, station)

• अवाप्य (avāpya) - having attained (having obtained, having reached, having attained)

• तत् (tat) - that (position in the sky) (that, it)

• आकाश-युद्धम् (ākāśa-yuddham) - aerial battle (sky-battle, aerial combat)

• तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous (tumultuous, fierce, noisy)

• देव-दानवयोः (deva-dānavayoḥ) - of the gods and dānavas (demons) (of gods and dānavas (demons))

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

Words meanings and morphology

महत् (mahat) - mighty (great, mighty, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

आसीत् (āsīt) - there was (it was, there was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Imperfect (Laṅ) of √as

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root √as (class 2, asti).

Root: √as (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, they

Note: masculine genitive plural of tad

तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal (equal, similar)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable

Derived from tulā (balance) + ya suffix.

स्थानम् (sthānam) - position (place, position, station)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, stand, site

Derived from √sthā (to stand).

Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Object of avāpya.

अवाप्य (avāpya) - having attained (having obtained, having reached, having attained)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √āp (to obtain) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: √āp (class 5)

Note: absolutive

तत् (tat) - that (position in the sky) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

आकाश-युद्धम् (ākāśa-yuddham) - aerial battle (sky-battle, aerial combat)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa-yuddha

ākāśa-yuddha - aerial combat, battle in the sky

Compound of ākāśa (sky) and yuddha (battle).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ākāśa+yuddha)

• ākāśa – sky, space, ether
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• yuddha – battle, war, fight
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle used as a noun
  Derived from √yudh (to fight).
  Root: √yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of āsīt.

तुमुलम् (tumulam) - tumultuous (tumultuous, fierce, noisy)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tumula

tumula - tumultuous, fierce, noisy, wild

देव-दानवयोः (deva-dānavayoḥ) - of the gods and dānavas (demons) (of gods and dānavas (demons))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of deva-dānava

deva-dānava - gods and dānavas (demons)

Dvandva compound of deva (god) and dānava (demon).

Compound type : Dvandva (deva+dānava)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• dānava – descendant of Danu, demon, asura
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from Danu (a primordial goddess, mother of a race of asuras).

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)