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

शलभा इव केदारं मशका इव पर्वतम् ।
यथामृतघटं जीवा मकरा इव चार्णवम् ॥३॥

3. śalabhā iva kedāraṃ maśakā iva parvatam ,
yathāmṛtaghaṭaṃ jīvā makarā iva cārṇavam.

3. śalabhāḥ iva kedāram maśakāḥ iva parvatam
yathā amṛtaghaṭam jīvāḥ makarāḥ iva ca arṇavam

3. yathā śalabhāḥ iva kedāram maśakāḥ iva parvatam
jīvāḥ amṛtaghaṭam makarāḥ iva ca arṇavam

3. Just as locusts swarm a field, mosquitoes cover a mountain, living beings pursue a pot of nectar, and sea-monsters inhabit an ocean...

Words meanings summery:

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts (locusts, grasshoppers)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• केदारम् (kedāram) - a field (cultivated field, field (especially of rice))

• मशकाः (maśakāḥ) - mosquitoes (mosquitoes, gnats)

• इव (iva) - as (like, as, as if)

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain (mountain, hill)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, in the manner that, according to)

• अमृतघटम् (amṛtaghaṭam) - a pot of nectar (pot of nectar, pitcher of ambrosia)

• जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings (living beings, souls, lives)

• मकराः (makarāḥ) - sea-monsters (sea-monsters, crocodiles)

• इव (iva) - and as (like, as, as if)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - an ocean (ocean, sea)

Words meanings and morphology

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - locusts (locusts, grasshoppers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - locust, grasshopper, moth

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects śalabhāḥ with kedāram.

केदारम् (kedāram) - a field (cultivated field, field (especially of rice))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kedāra

kedāra - cultivated field, rice field

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'swarm').

मशकाः (maśakāḥ) - mosquitoes (mosquitoes, gnats)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maśaka

maśaka - mosquito, gnat

इव (iva) - as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects maśakāḥ with parvatam.

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - a mountain (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'cover').

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, in the manner that, according to)

(indeclinable)

अमृतघटम् (amṛtaghaṭam) - a pot of nectar (pot of nectar, pitcher of ambrosia)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amṛtaghaṭa

amṛtaghaṭa - pot of nectar/ambrosia

Compound type : tatpurusha (amṛta+ghaṭa)

• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia; immortal
  noun (neuter)
• ghaṭa – pot, jar, pitcher
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'seek').

जीवाः (jīvāḥ) - living beings (living beings, souls, lives)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, soul, life

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied verb (e.g., 'seek').

मकराः (makarāḥ) - sea-monsters (sea-monsters, crocodiles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of makara

makara - sea-monster, crocodile, a mythical aquatic creature

Note: Subject of implied verb (e.g., 'inhabit').

इव (iva) - and as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the last comparison.

अर्णवम् (arṇavam) - an ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea, waves

Note: Object of implied verb (e.g., 'inhabit').