वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-29

दहन्तीमिव निःश्वासैर्वृक्षान्पल्लवधारिणः ।
संघातमिव शोकानां दुःखस्योर्मिमिवोत्थिताम् ॥२९॥

29. dahantīmiva niḥśvāsairvṛkṣānpallavadhāriṇaḥ ,
saṃghātamiva śokānāṃ duḥkhasyormimivotthitām.

29. dahantīm iva niḥśvāsaiḥ vṛkṣān pallavadhāriṇaḥ
saṃghātam iva śokānām duḥkhasya ūrmim iva utthitām

29. niḥśvāsaiḥ pallavadhāriṇaḥ vṛkṣān dahantīm iva
śokānām saṃghātam iva duḥkhasya utthitām ūrmim iva

29. [Hanumān saw her] as if burning the trees, laden with sprouts, with her sighs; like an accumulation of sorrows, or a rising wave of suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• दहन्तीम् (dahantīm) - Sītā, as if burning (the trees) (burning, scorching, consuming)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• निःश्वासैः (niḥśvāsaiḥ) - by her deep, sorrowful sighs (by sighs, by exhalations)

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees (accusative plural)

• पल्लवधारिणः (pallavadhāriṇaḥ) - trees adorned with fresh leaves (bearing sprouts, holding tender leaves)

• संघातम् (saṁghātam) - like a concentrated mass of sorrows (accumulation, mass, collection)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• शोकानाम् (śokānām) - of sorrows, of griefs

• दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of misery

• ऊर्मिम् (ūrmim) - a wave of sorrow/suffering (wave, surge)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उत्थिताम् (utthitām) - a wave of suffering that has arisen (arisen, manifested, appeared)

Words meanings and morphology

दहन्तीम् (dahantīm) - Sītā, as if burning (the trees) (burning, scorching, consuming)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dahantī

dahantī - burning, scorching, consuming

Present Active Participle

From √dah (to burn, consume)

Root: dah (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

निःश्वासैः (niḥśvāsaiḥ) - by her deep, sorrowful sighs (by sighs, by exhalations)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niḥśvāsa

niḥśvāsa - sigh, breath, exhalation

From nis- + √śvas (to breathe)

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - trees (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

पल्लवधारिणः (pallavadhāriṇaḥ) - trees adorned with fresh leaves (bearing sprouts, holding tender leaves)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pallavadhārin

pallavadhārin - bearing sprouts/leaves, having young foliage

Compound type : Tatpurusha (pallava+dhārin)

• pallava – sprout, young leaf, bud
  noun (masculine)
• dhārin – bearing, holding, carrying, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in from √dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

संघातम् (saṁghātam) - like a concentrated mass of sorrows (accumulation, mass, collection)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃghāta

saṁghāta - accumulation, collection, mass, heap, multitude

From sam- + √han (to strike, collect)

Prefix: sam

Root: han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

शोकानाम् (śokānām) - of sorrows, of griefs

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation

From √śuc (to grieve, sorrow)

Root: śuc (class 1)

दुःखस्य (duḥkhasya) - of suffering, of misery

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, pain, misery, sorrow

ऊर्मिम् (ūrmim) - a wave of sorrow/suffering (wave, surge)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ūrmi

ūrmi - wave, surge, flood, emotion

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उत्थिताम् (utthitām) - a wave of suffering that has arisen (arisen, manifested, appeared)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of utthitā

utthitā - arisen, stood up, manifested, appeared, produced

Past Passive Participle

From ud- + √sthā (to stand, rise)

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

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