वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-11

तेषां गृहसहस्राणि तदा लङ्कानिवासिनाम् ।
अदहत् पावकस्तत्र जज्वाल च पुनः पुनः ॥११॥

11. teṣāṃ gṛhasahasrāṇi tadā laṅkānivāsinām ,
adahat pāvakastatra jajvāla ca punaḥ punaḥ.

11. teṣām gṛha-sahasrāṇi tadā laṅkā-nivāsinām
adahat pāvakaḥ tatra jajvāla ca punaḥ punaḥ

11. tadā pāvakaḥ tatra laṅkā-nivāsinām teṣām gṛha-sahasrāṇi adahat,
ca punaḥ punaḥ jajvāla.

11. Then, the fire burned thousands of houses belonging to those inhabitants of Lanka, and blazed there repeatedly.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• गृह-सहस्राणि (gṛha-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of houses

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• लङ्का-निवासिनाम् (laṅkā-nivāsinām) - of the inhabitants of Lanka

• अदहत् (adahat) - burned

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purificatory fire

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed, burned brightly

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Possessive pronoun for 'houses'.

गृह-सहस्राणि (gṛha-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of houses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gṛha-sahasra

gṛha-sahasra - thousands of houses

Tatpuruṣa compound (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛha+sahasra)

• gṛha – house, home, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of the verb 'burned'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from `tad`.

लङ्का-निवासिनाम् (laṅkā-nivāsinām) - of the inhabitants of Lanka

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of laṅkā-nivāsin

laṅkā-nivāsin - inhabitant of Lanka

Tatpuruṣa compound (saptamī-tatpuruṣa).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (laṅkā+nivāsin)

• laṅkā – Lanka (name of a city)
  proper noun (feminine)
• nivāsin – dweller, inhabitant, resident
  adjective
  Agent noun/Adjective from root vas
  Derived from `ni-vas` (to dwell) with suffix -in.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'them' (`teṣām`).

अदहत् (adahat) - burned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dah

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra)

3rd person singular active imperfect of root dah.

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire, purificatory fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purificatory, cleanser

Derived from root pū (to purify).

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'burned' and 'blazed'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from `tad`.

जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed, burned brightly

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit-lakāra)

3rd person singular active perfect of root jval.

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Another main verb.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

Note: The first 'again'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Adverb.