वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-9, verse-23

जातमात्रे ततस्तस्मिन् सज्वालकवलाः शिवाः ।
क्रव्यादाश्चापसव्यानि मण्डलानि प्रचक्रिरे ॥२३॥

23. jātamātre tatastasmin sajvālakavalāḥ śivāḥ ,
kravyādāścāpasavyāni maṇḍalāni pracakrire.

23. jātamātre tataḥ tasmin sajjvālākavalāḥ śivāḥ
kravyādāḥ ca apasavyāni maṇḍalāni pracakrire

23. tataḥ tasmin jātamātre sajjvālākavalāḥ śivāḥ
ca kravyādāḥ apasavyāni maṇḍalāni pracakrire

23. Then, immediately upon his birth, jackals with fiery mouths and other carnivorous beasts made inauspicious circles, moving in a counter-clockwise direction.

Words meanings summery:

• जातमात्रे (jātamātre) - immediately upon birth, as soon as born

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

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in the context of the newborn individual (in him, concerning him, in that)

• सज्ज्वालाकवलाः (sajjvālākavalāḥ) - Refers to jackals having mouths appearing to be on fire as an ill omen. (having mouthfuls of flame, with fiery mouths)

• शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (often an ill omen in literature, despite the literal meaning "auspicious") (jackals, auspicious ones, prosperous ones)

• क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores, predatory animals

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपसव्यानि (apasavyāni) - inauspicious, anti-clockwise, leftward

• मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circles, circuits, regions

• प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - The animals formed circles. (they made, they performed, they did)

Words meanings and morphology

जातमात्रे (jātamātre) - immediately upon birth, as soon as born

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of jātamātra

jātamātra - merely born, as soon as born

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāta+mātra)

• jāta – born, produced
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jan (to be born) with suffix -ta
  Root: jan (class 4)
• mātra – only, merely, as soon as
  indeclinable

Note: Used here in a locative absolute construction.

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

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in the context of the newborn individual (in him, concerning him, in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the male child being born.

सज्ज्वालाकवलाः (sajjvālākavalāḥ) - Refers to jackals having mouths appearing to be on fire as an ill omen. (having mouthfuls of flame, with fiery mouths)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sajjvālākavala

sajjvālākavala - having mouthfuls of flame

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+jvālā+kavala)

• sa – with, together with, possessing
  indeclinable
• jvālā – flame, blaze
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jval (class 1)
• kavala – mouthful, morsel
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies "śivāḥ" and "kravyādāḥ".

शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (often an ill omen in literature, despite the literal meaning "auspicious") (jackals, auspicious ones, prosperous ones)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śivā

śivā - jackal (feminine noun); auspicious (adjective, feminine)

क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores, predatory animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyāda

kravyāda - flesh-eater, carnivore, ravenous

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (kravya+ada)

• kravya – raw flesh, gore
  noun (neuter)
• ada – eating, eater
  suffix (kṛt)
  agent noun suffix
  From root ad (to eat)
  Root: ad (class 2)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'flesh-eating animals'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपसव्यानि (apasavyāni) - inauspicious, anti-clockwise, leftward

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of apasavya

apasavya - anti-clockwise, going to the left, inauspicious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apa+savya)

• apa – away, off, down
  prefix
• savya – right, auspicious (direction)
  adjective

Note: Qualifies "maṇḍalāni".

मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circles, circuits, regions

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of maṇḍala

maṇḍala - circle, disc, ring, orb, region

Note: Object of the verb `pracakrire`.

प्रचक्रिरे (pracakrire) - The animals formed circles. (they made, they performed, they did)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

perfect tense (lit)

Root kṛ (8th class, tanādi) with prefix pra. Perfect middle voice, 3rd person plural.

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)