वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-7, verse-38

तत् सूर्यमण्डलाभासं स्वभासा भासयन्नभः ।
कालचक्रनिभं चक्रं मालेः शीर्षमपातयत् ॥३८॥

38. tat sūryamaṇḍalābhāsaṃ svabhāsā bhāsayannabhaḥ ,
kālacakranibhaṃ cakraṃ māleḥ śīrṣamapātayat.

38. tat sūryamaṇḍalābhāsam svabhāsā bhāsayat nabhaḥ
kālacakranibham cakram māleḥ śīrṣam apātayat

38. tat sūryamaṇḍalābhāsam svabhāsā nabhaḥ bhāsayat
kālacakranibham cakram māleḥ śīrṣam apātayat

38. That discus, which shone like the solar orb and illuminated the sky with its own brilliance, resembling the wheel of time, caused Māli's head to fall.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• सूर्यमण्डलाभासम् (sūryamaṇḍalābhāsam) - shining like the disk of the sun, radiant as the solar orb

• स्वभासा (svabhāsā) - by its own radiance, with its own light

• भासयत् (bhāsayat) - illuminating, causing to shine

• नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky, atmosphere

• कालचक्रनिभम् (kālacakranibham) - resembling the wheel of time

• चक्रम् (cakram) - discus, wheel

• मालेः (māleḥ) - of Māli

• शीर्षम् (śīrṣam) - head

• अपातयत् (apātayat) - it caused to fall, it struck down

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

सूर्यमण्डलाभासम् (sūryamaṇḍalābhāsam) - shining like the disk of the sun, radiant as the solar orb

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūryamaṇḍalābhāsa

sūryamaṇḍalābhāsa - resembling the sun's disk

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūryamaṇḍala+ābhāsa)

• sūryamaṇḍala – sun's disk, solar orb
  noun (neuter)
• ābhāsa – likeness, appearance, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhās

स्वभासा (svabhāsā) - by its own radiance, with its own light

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svabhās

svabhās - own radiance/light

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sva+bhās)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective (neuter)
• bhās – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)

भासयत् (bhāsayat) - illuminating, causing to shine

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāsayat

bhāsayat - illuminating

Present Active Participle (Causal)

Causal stem of root bhās

Root: bhās (class 2)

Note: Agreeing with cakram

नभः (nabhaḥ) - the sky, atmosphere

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, heaven

कालचक्रनिभम् (kālacakranibham) - resembling the wheel of time

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kālacakranibha

kālacakranibha - resembling the wheel of time

Compound type : tatpurusha (kālacakra+nibha)

• kālacakra – wheel of time
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)

चक्रम् (cakram) - discus, wheel

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus

मालेः (māleḥ) - of Māli

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of māli

māli - Māli (name of a rākṣasa)

शीर्षम् (śīrṣam) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīrṣa

śīrṣa - head

अपातयत् (apātayat) - it caused to fall, it struck down

(verb)

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

Imperfect (Causal)

Causal stem pātaya, imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: pat (class 1)