वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-33, verse-5

पादचारमिवादित्यं निष्पतन्तं सुदुर्दृशम् ।
ततस्ते प्रत्यभिज्ञाय अर्जुनाय न्यवेदयन् ॥५॥

5. pādacāramivādityaṃ niṣpatantaṃ sudurdṛśam ,
tataste pratyabhijñāya arjunāya nyavedayan.

5. pādacāram iva ādityaṃ niṣpatantaṃ sudurdṛśam
tataḥ te pratyabhijñāya arjunāya nyavedayan

5. tataḥ te pādacāram iva ādityaṃ niṣpatantaṃ
sudurdṛśam pratyabhijñāya arjunāya nyavedayan

5. Then, they recognized that person, who was emerging like the sun walking on foot and was extremely difficult to behold, and they reported this to Arjuna.

Words meanings summery:

• पादचारम् (pādacāram) - (one who is) walking on foot (a foot-traveler, walking on foot)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• आदित्यं (ādityaṁ) - the sun (the sun, son of Aditi)

• निष्पतन्तं (niṣpatantaṁ) - emerging (falling, flying down, emerging)

• सुदुर्दृशम् (sudurdṛśam) - extremely difficult to behold (very difficult to see, invisible, dazzling)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

• ते (te) - they (the people who saw him) (they, those)

• प्रत्यभिज्ञाय (pratyabhijñāya) - having recognized (him) (having recognized)

• अर्जुनाय (arjunāya) - to Arjuna

• न्यवेदयन् (nyavedayan) - reported (reported, informed)

Words meanings and morphology

पादचारम् (pādacāram) - (one who is) walking on foot (a foot-traveler, walking on foot)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pādacāra

pādacāra - a foot-traveler, one who walks on foot

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (pāda+cāra)

• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)
• cāra – moving, going, a spy
  noun (masculine)
  From root car (class 1) 'to move, walk'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: object of comparison

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison

आदित्यं (ādityaṁ) - the sun (the sun, son of Aditi)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āditya

āditya - the sun, son of Aditi, a god

Note: object of comparison, described by 'pādacāram' and 'niṣpatantaṃ'

निष्पतन्तं (niṣpatantaṁ) - emerging (falling, flying down, emerging)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niṣpatant

niṣpatant - falling out, emerging, descending

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root pat (class 1) 'to fall, fly' with upasarga niṣ-

Prefix: nis

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: qualifies the implicit subject / person being described

सुदुर्दृशम् (sudurdṛśam) - extremely difficult to behold (very difficult to see, invisible, dazzling)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudurdṛśa

sudurdṛśa - very difficult to see, hardly visible, dazzling

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (su+durdṛśa)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• durdṛśa – difficult to see, invisible
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (karmaṇi)
  From root dṛś (class 1) 'to see' with prefix dur- (difficult)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: qualifies the implicit subject / person being described

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: temporal adverb

ते (te) - they (the people who saw him) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: subject of 'nivedayan'

प्रत्यभिज्ञाय (pratyabhijñāya) - having recognized (him) (having recognized)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

absolutive of root jñā (class 9) with upasargas prati- and abhi-

Prefixes: prati+abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: modifies the action of 'nivedayan'

अर्जुनाय (arjunāya) - to Arjuna

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a Pandava prince), white, silver

Note: recipient of the reporting

न्यवेदयन् (nyavedayan) - reported (reported, informed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of niveday

imperfect (laṅ)

3rd person plural imperfect active of causal of root vid (class 2) 'to know' with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 2)