वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-1, verse-8

प्रस्तरेषु च रम्येषु विविधाः काननद्रुमाः ।
वायुवेगप्रचलिताः पुष्पैरवकिरन्ति गाम् ॥८॥

8. prastareṣu ca ramyeṣu vividhāḥ kānanadrumāḥ ,
vāyuvegapracalitāḥ puṣpairavakiranti gām.

8. prastareṣu ca ramyeṣu vividhāḥ kānanadrumāḥ
vāyuvegapracalitāḥ puṣpaiḥ avakiraṇti gām

8. ca ramyeṣu prastareṣu vividhāḥ kānanadrumāḥ
vāyuvegapracalitāḥ puṣpaiḥ gām avakiraṇti

8. And on the beautiful rocks, various forest trees, swayed by the force of the wind, scatter flowers upon the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रस्तरेषु (prastareṣu) - on the rocks, on the elevated plains

• च (ca) - and, also

• रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - on the beautiful, on the delightful

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

• काननद्रुमाः (kānanadrumāḥ) - forest trees

• वायुवेगप्रचलिताः (vāyuvegapracalitāḥ) - swayed by the force of the wind, moved by wind's speed

• पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers

• अवकिरण्ति (avakiraṇti) - they scatter, strew, sprinkle

• गाम् (gām) - the earth, the ground

Words meanings and morphology

प्रस्तरेषु (prastareṣu) - on the rocks, on the elevated plains

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of prastara

prastara - a bed, couch; a plain, flat surface; rock, slab

Prefix: pra

Root: stṛ (class 9)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रम्येषु (ramyeṣu) - on the beautiful, on the delightful

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of ramya

ramya - beautiful, delightful, pleasant, charming

Gerundive

From the root ram (to delight, enjoy).

Root: ram (class 1)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of different kinds

From vi-vidha ('of various sorts').

काननद्रुमाः (kānanadrumāḥ) - forest trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kānanadruma

kānanadruma - tree of the forest, forest tree

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kānana+druma)

• kānana – forest, grove
  noun (neuter)
• druma – tree
  noun (masculine)

वायुवेगप्रचलिताः (vāyuvegapracalitāḥ) - swayed by the force of the wind, moved by wind's speed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāyuvegapracalita

vāyuvegapracalita - moved/swayed by the force of the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+vega+pracalita)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, force, current
  noun (masculine)
• pracalita – moved, set in motion, swayed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From pra-cal (to move forward, be shaken).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: cal (class 1)

पुष्पैः (puṣpaiḥ) - with flowers

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

अवकिरण्ति (avakiraṇti) - they scatter, strew, sprinkle

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of avakṛ

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

गाम् (gām) - the earth, the ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, earth, ray of light, heaven