वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-52, verse-8

श्वसनेन च संयोगादतिवेगो महाबलः ।
कालाग्निरिव जज्वाल प्रावर्धत हुताशनः ॥८॥

8. śvasanena ca saṃyogādativego mahābalaḥ ,
kālāgniriva jajvāla prāvardhata hutāśanaḥ.

8. śvasanena ca saṃyogāt ativegaḥ mahābalaḥ
kālāgniḥ iva jajvāla prāvardhata hutāśanaḥ

8. hutāśanaḥ ca śvasanena saṃyogāt ativegaḥ
mahābalaḥ kālāgniḥ iva jajvāla prāvardhata

8. The extremely swift and powerful fire, fueled by its contact with the wind, blazed and grew like the destructive fire at the end of time.

Words meanings summery:

• श्वसनेन (śvasanena) - by the wind (by the wind, by breath)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• संयोगात् (saṁyogāt) - due to contact (from conjunction, from contact, due to association)

• अतिवेगः (ativegaḥ) - extremely swift (extremely swift, very fast, great speed)

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - very powerful (very powerful, of great strength)

• कालाग्निः (kālāgniḥ) - the fire of destruction (the fire of time, fire of destruction (at the end of a cosmic cycle))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

• जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed (blazed, shone brightly)

• प्रावर्धत (prāvardhata) - grew (grew, increased, advanced)

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the fire (fire, eater of oblations)

Words meanings and morphology

श्वसनेन (śvasanena) - by the wind (by the wind, by breath)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śvasana

śvasana - wind, breath, breathing

derived from √śvas (to breathe, to blow)

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

संयोगात् (saṁyogāt) - due to contact (from conjunction, from contact, due to association)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - conjunction, union, contact, association

from sam-yuj (to join together)

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

अतिवेगः (ativegaḥ) - extremely swift (extremely swift, very fast, great speed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ativega

ativega - great speed, extremely swift

compound of ati (very, excessive) + vega (speed)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (ati+vega)

• ati – very, extremely, excessively
  indeclinable
• vega – speed, velocity, force, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  from √vij (to move quickly)
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: qualifying hutāśanaḥ

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - very powerful (very powerful, of great strength)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - great strength, very powerful

compound of mahā (great) + bala (strength)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine stem of mahat used in compounds
• bala – strength, power, might
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 10)

Note: qualifying hutāśanaḥ

कालाग्निः (kālāgniḥ) - the fire of destruction (the fire of time, fire of destruction (at the end of a cosmic cycle))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālāgni

kālāgni - the fire of time, the destructive fire at the dissolution of the universe

compound of kāla (time, death) + agni (fire)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+agni)

• kāla – time, death, black
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ag

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed (blazed, shone brightly)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of jval

Perfect active

Reduplicated perfect form of √jval

Root: jval (class 1)

प्रावर्धत (prāvardhata) - grew (grew, increased, advanced)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛdh

Imperfect middle

Imperfect 3rd person singular middle form of √vṛdh with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - the fire (fire, eater of oblations)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (literally 'eater of what is offered/sacrificed')

compound of huta (offered, sacrificed - PPP of √hu) + aśana (eating)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, poured (as oblation)
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √hu (to offer, to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  from √aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Subject of jajvāla and prāvardhata

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