वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-17

तत्र चाग्निपरीतानि निपेतुर्भवनान्यपि ।
वज्रिवज्रहतानीव शिखराणि महागिरेः ॥१७॥

17. tatra cāgniparītāni nipeturbhavanānyapi ,
vajrivajrahatānīva śikharāṇi mahāgireḥ.

17. tatra ca agniparitāni nipetuḥ bhavanāni api
vajrivajrahatāni iva śikharāṇi mahāgireḥ

17. tatra agniparitāni bhavanāni api vajrivajrahatāni
mahāgireḥ śikharāṇi iva nipetuḥ ca

17. There, the buildings, engulfed by fire, also fell down, just like the peaks of a great mountain struck by the thunderbolt of Indra (Vajri).

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, at that place)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अग्निपरीतानि (agniparītāni) - engulfed by fire (engulfed by fire, surrounded by fire)

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down (they fell down, they collapsed)

• भवनानि (bhavanāni) - buildings (buildings, houses, mansions, abodes)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• वज्रिवज्रहतानि (vajrivajrahatāni) - struck by the thunderbolt of Indra (Vajri) (struck by Indra's thunderbolt)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

• शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks (peaks, summits, crests)

• महागिरेः (mahāgireḥ) - of a great mountain

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, at that place)

(indeclinable)

from pronominal base 'tad' + suffix 'tral'

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अग्निपरीतानि (agniparītāni) - engulfed by fire (engulfed by fire, surrounded by fire)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of agniparīta

agniparīta - surrounded by fire, engulfed in flames

Compound: agni (fire) + parīta (surrounded)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+parīta)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• parīta – surrounded, encompassed, fallen upon
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  pari + √i (to go) + kta
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with bhavanāni.

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down (they fell down, they collapsed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of nipaṭ

Perfect tense

ni + √pat (to fall), Perfect, 3rd person plural

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

भवनानि (bhavanāni) - buildings (buildings, houses, mansions, abodes)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bhavana

bhavana - dwelling, house, mansion, place of abode

from √bhū (to be, exist) + ana suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of nipetuḥ.

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

वज्रिवज्रहतानि (vajrivajrahatāni) - struck by the thunderbolt of Indra (Vajri) (struck by Indra's thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of vajrivajrahata

vajrivajrahata - struck by the thunderbolt of Indra

Compound: vajrin (Indra, the wielder of Vajra) + vajra (thunderbolt) + hata (struck)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vajrin+vajra+hata)

• vajrin – wielder of the thunderbolt, Indra
  noun (masculine)
• vajra – thunderbolt, diamond
  noun (masculine)
• hata – struck, smitten, killed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  √han (to strike, kill) + kta
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with śikharāṇi.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks (peaks, summits, crests)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, crest, top

from √śikh (to rise to a point)

Root: śikh (class 10)

Note: In comparison with bhavanāni.

महागिरेः (mahāgireḥ) - of a great mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain, high mountain

Compound: mahā (great) + giri (mountain)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  from √gṛ (to swallow, enclose)
  Root: gṛ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies śikharāṇi.