वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-32

यथा शुष्काण्यरण्यानि ग्रीष्मे दहति पावकः ।
तथा वानरसैन्यानि कुम्भकर्णो विनिर्दहत् ॥३२॥

32. yathā śuṣkāṇyaraṇyāni grīṣme dahati pāvakaḥ ,
tathā vānarasainyāni kumbhakarṇo vinirdahat.

32. yathā śuṣkāṇi araṇyāni grīṣme dahati pāvakaḥ
tathā vānarasainyāni kumbhakarṇaḥ vinirdahat

32. yathā pāvakaḥ grīṣme śuṣkāṇi araṇyāni dahati
tathā kumbhakarṇaḥ vānarasainyāni vinirdahat

32. Just as fire burns dry forests in summer, so too was Kumbhakarna burning down the monkey armies.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• शुष्काणि (śuṣkāṇi) - dry, dried up

• अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) - forests, wildernesses

• ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during the summer season

• दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes by fire

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purifier

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• वानरसैन्यानि (vānarasainyāni) - monkey armies

• कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

• विनिर्दहत् (vinirdahat) - burning down, destroying, consuming

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

शुष्काणि (śuṣkāṇi) - dry, dried up

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śuṣka

śuṣka - dry, withered, parched

Past Passive Participle

From √śuṣ + kta

Root: √śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `araṇyāni` as the object of `dahati`.

अरण्यानि (araṇyāni) - forests, wildernesses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness

Note: Object of `dahati`.

ग्रीष्मे (grīṣme) - in summer, during the summer season

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of grīṣma

grīṣma - summer, hot season

Note: Indicates time.

दहति (dahati) - burns, consumes by fire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √dah

Root: √dah (class 1)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purifier

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifier

Agent noun from √pū.

Root: √pū (class 1)

Note: Subject of `dahati`.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

वानरसैन्यानि (vānarasainyāni) - monkey armies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vānarasainya

vānarasainya - army of monkeys

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vānara+sainya)

• vānara – monkey
  noun (masculine)
• sainya – army, host
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of `vinirdahat`.

कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (a giant Rākṣasa brother of Ravana)

विनिर्दहत् (vinirdahat) - burning down, destroying, consuming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinirdahat

vinirdahat - burning down, destroying completely, consuming

Present Active Participle

From vi-nir-√dah + śatṛ (present active participle suffix).

Prefixes: vi+nir

Root: √dah (class 1)