वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-35, verse-24

बालार्काभिमुखो बालो बालार्क इव मूर्तिमान् ।
ग्रहीतुकामो बालार्कं प्लवते ऽम्बरमध्यगः ॥२४॥

24. bālārkābhimukho bālo bālārka iva mūrtimān ,
grahītukāmo bālārkaṃ plavate'mbaramadhyagaḥ.

24. bālārkābhimukhaḥ bālaḥ bālārkaḥ iva mūrtimān
grahītukāmaḥ bālārkam plavate ambara-madhyagaḥ

24. bālārkābhimukhaḥ bālaḥ mūrtimān bālārkaḥ iva
bālārkam grahītukāmaḥ ambara-madhyagaḥ plavate

24. The child, facing the rising sun, as if the rising sun itself were embodied, desiring to seize the rising sun, flew through the middle of the sky.

Words meanings summery:

• बालार्काभिमुखः (bālārkābhimukhaḥ) - facing the rising sun

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child, infant

• बालार्कः (bālārkaḥ) - rising sun, young sun

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - embodied, having a form, personified

• ग्रहीतुकामः (grahītukāmaḥ) - desirous of seizing/catching

• बालार्कम् (bālārkam) - the rising sun, young sun

• प्लवते (plavate) - flies, leaps, floats

• अम्बर-मध्यगः (ambara-madhyagaḥ) - moving through the middle of the sky

Words meanings and morphology

बालार्काभिमुखः (bālārkābhimukhaḥ) - facing the rising sun

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bālārkābhimukha

bālārkābhimukha - facing the rising sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (bālārka+abhimukha)

• bālārka – rising sun, young sun
  noun (masculine)
• abhimukha – facing, turned towards
  adjective (masculine)

बालः (bālaḥ) - child, infant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, infant, young boy

बालार्कः (bālārkaḥ) - rising sun, young sun

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bālārka

bālārka - the rising sun, young sun

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

मूर्तिमान् (mūrtimān) - embodied, having a form, personified

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūrtimat

mūrtimat - embodied, having a form, personified

ग्रहीतुकामः (grahītukāmaḥ) - desirous of seizing/catching

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grahītukāma

grahītukāma - desirous of seizing/catching

Compound type : tatpurusha (grahītu+kāma)

• grahītu – to seize, to catch (infinitive derivative)
  verbal derivative
  infinitive (tumun)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• kāma – desire, love, desirous
  noun (masculine)

बालार्कम् (bālārkam) - the rising sun, young sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bālārka

bālārka - the rising sun, young sun

प्लवते (plavate) - flies, leaps, floats

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of plu

Root: plu (class 1)

अम्बर-मध्यगः (ambara-madhyagaḥ) - moving through the middle of the sky

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambaramadhyaga

ambaramadhyaga - moving through the middle of the sky

Compound type : tatpurusha (ambaramadhya+ga)

• ambaramadhya – middle of the sky
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, residing in
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  suffix
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)