वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-70, verse-17

गन्धानुच्चावचांश्चान्यांस्तत्र दत्त्वाथ भूमिपम् ।
ततः संवेशयामासुश्चितामध्ये तमृत्विजः ॥१७॥

17. gandhānuccāvacāṃścānyāṃstatra dattvātha bhūmipam ,
tataḥ saṃveśayāmāsuścitāmadhye tamṛtvijaḥ.

17. gandhān uccāvacān ca anyān tatra dattvā atha
bhūmipam tataḥ saṃveśayāmāsuḥ citāmadhye tam ṛtvijaḥ

17. atha ṛtvijaḥ tatra uccāvacān ca anyān gandhān
dattvā tataḥ tam bhūmipam citāmadhye saṃveśayāmāsuḥ

17. Then, having placed various other fragrances on it, the priests thereupon laid the king in the middle of that pyre.

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धान् (gandhān) - various fragrances (fragrances, odors, perfumes)

• उच्चावचान् (uccāvacān) - various (kinds) (high and low, various, miscellaneous)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (fragrances) (other, different)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (on the pyre) (there, in that place)

• दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having placed (having given, having placed)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

• भूमिपम् (bhūmipam) - the king (king, lord of the earth)

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

• संवेशयामासुः (saṁveśayāmāsuḥ) - they laid (him) down (they laid down, they caused to lie down)

• चितामध्ये (citāmadhye) - in the middle of the pyre

• तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that)

• ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - the officiating priests (priests)

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धान् (gandhān) - various fragrances (fragrances, odors, perfumes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gandha

gandha - smell, odor, fragrance, perfume

उच्चावचान् (uccāvacān) - various (kinds) (high and low, various, miscellaneous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of uccāvaca

uccāvaca - high and low, various, miscellaneous

Compound type : dvandva (ucca+avaca)

• ucca – high, tall, loud
  adjective (masculine)
• avaca – low, small
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with gandhān.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (fragrances) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different, another

Note: Agrees with gandhān.

तत्र (tatra) - there (on the pyre) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

दत्त्वा (dattvā) - having placed (having given, having placed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root dā + suffix tvā.

Root: dā (class 3)

अथ (atha) - then (then, next, now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

भूमिपम् (bhūmipam) - the king (king, lord of the earth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūmipa

bhūmipa - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+pa)

• bhūmi – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• pa – protector, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  From root pā (to protect).
  Root: pā (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial.

संवेशयामासुः (saṁveśayāmāsuḥ) - they laid (him) down (they laid down, they caused to lie down)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Lit) of saṃveśaya

Causative, Perfect Active

From root viś (class 6, to enter) with prefix sam, and causative suffix -aya. Formed as a periphrastic perfect using āmāsuḥ. 3rd person plural.

Prefix: sam

Root: viś (class 6)

चितामध्ये (citāmadhye) - in the middle of the pyre

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of citāmadhya

citāmadhya - middle of the pyre

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (citā+madhya)

• citā – pyre, funeral pile
  noun (feminine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage meaning 'in the middle of the pyre'.

तम् (tam) - him (the king) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to bhūmipam.

ऋत्विजः (ṛtvijaḥ) - the officiating priests (priests)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛtvij

ṛtvij - officiating priest, sacrificer