वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-60, verse-25

प्रदक्षिणावर्तशिखस्तप्तकाञ्चनसंनिभः ।
हविस्तत् प्रतिजग्राह पावकः स्वयमुत्थितः ॥२५॥

25. pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhastaptakāñcanasaṃnibhaḥ ,
havistat pratijagrāha pāvakaḥ svayamutthitaḥ.

25. pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikhaḥ taptakāñcanasaṃnibhaḥ
haviḥ tat pratijagrāha pāvakaḥ svayam utthitaḥ

25. svayam utthitaḥ pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikhaḥ
taptakāñcanasaṃnibhaḥ pāvakaḥ tat haviḥ pratijagrāha

25. The fire (pāvaka), which had arisen spontaneously, with flames swirling clockwise and resembling molten gold, received that oblation.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रदक्षिणावर्त्तशिखः (pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikhaḥ) - with clockwise swirling flames

• तप्तकाञ्चनसंनिभः (taptakāñcanasaṁnibhaḥ) - resembling molten gold

• हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering

• तत् (tat) - that oblation (that)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, accepted, grasped

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purifier

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

• उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - risen, appeared, standing up

Words meanings and morphology

प्रदक्षिणावर्त्तशिखः (pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikhaḥ) - with clockwise swirling flames

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikha

pradakṣiṇāvarttaśikha - one whose flames swirl clockwise

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pradakṣiṇa+āvarta+śikha)

• pradakṣiṇa – clockwise, auspicious, right-hand
  adjective
• āvarta – swirl, turn, revolution
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛt
• śikha – flame, crest, topknot
  noun (masculine)

तप्तकाञ्चनसंनिभः (taptakāñcanasaṁnibhaḥ) - resembling molten gold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of taptakāñcanasaṃnibha

taptakāñcanasaṁnibha - resembling molten gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapta+kāñcana+saṃnibha)

• tapta – heated, molten, burning
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: tap (class 1)
• kāñcana – gold
  noun (neuter)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  Prefix: sam

हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, sacrificial offering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of havis

havis - oblation, offering, ghee

Root: hu (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that oblation (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, accepted, grasped

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purifier

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier

Derived from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by itself, spontaneously

(indeclinable)

उत्थितः (utthitaḥ) - risen, appeared, standing up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of utthita

utthita - risen, appeared, arisen

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

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