वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-45, verse-34

वमन्त्यः पावकज्वालाः
शिवा घोरा ववाशिरे ॥३४॥

34. vamantyaḥ pāvakajvālāḥ
śivā ghorā vavāśire.

34. vamantyaḥ pāvakajvālāḥ
śivāḥ ghorāḥ vavāśire

34. pāvakajvālāḥ vamantyaḥ
ghorāḥ śivāḥ vavāśire

34. Terrifying jackals, spewing flames of fire, howled.

Words meanings summery:

• वमन्त्यः (vamantyaḥ) - spewing, ejecting (vomiting, spewing)

• पावकज्वालाः (pāvakajvālāḥ) - flames of fire

• शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (considered inauspicious when howling in such a manner) (jackals, female jackals, auspicious ones)

• घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful (terrifying, dreadful, frightful)

• ववाशिरे (vavāśire) - they howled (referring to the jackals) (they howled, they shrieked, they cried)

Words meanings and morphology

वमन्त्यः (vamantyaḥ) - spewing, ejecting (vomiting, spewing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vamat

vamat - vomiting, ejecting, emitting

Present Active Participle

From root vam (to vomit). Feminine form.

Root: vam (class 1)

पावकज्वालाः (pāvakajvālāḥ) - flames of fire

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of pāvakajvālā

pāvakajvālā - flame of fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāvaka+jvālā)

• pāvaka – fire, pure, purifying
  noun (masculine)
  From root pū (to purify).
  Root: pū (class 1)
• jvālā – flame, blaze, flash
  noun (feminine)
  From root jval (to burn).
  Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vamantyaḥ'.

शिवाः (śivāḥ) - jackals (considered inauspicious when howling in such a manner) (jackals, female jackals, auspicious ones)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śivā

śivā - female jackal, jackal; auspicious (feminine form of śiva)

When used as 'jackal', it often implies an inauspicious sound.

घोराः (ghorāḥ) - terrifying, dreadful (terrifying, dreadful, frightful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable, frightful, fierce

Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)

ववाशिरे (vavāśire) - they howled (referring to the jackals) (they howled, they shrieked, they cried)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (Lit) of vāś

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural (Ātmanepada)

From root vāś.

Root: vāś (class 1)