वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-18

तानि निर्दह्यमानानि दूरतः प्रचकाशिरे ।
हिमवच्छिखराणीव दीप्तौषधिवनानि च ॥१८॥

18. tāni nirdahyamānāni dūrataḥ pracakāśire ,
himavacchikharāṇīva dīptauṣadhivanāni ca.

18. tāni nirdahyamānāni dūrataḥ pracakāśire
himavat śikharāṇi iva dīptauṣadhivanāni ca

18. tāni nirdahyamānāni dūrataḥ himavat
dīptauṣadhivanāni śikharāṇi iva ca pracakāśire

18. Those structures, burning fiercely, shone from a distance like the peaks of the Himalayas adorned with forests of luminous medicinal plants.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those (buildings) (those, them)

• निर्दह्यमानानि (nirdahyamānāni) - being completely consumed by fire (being completely burned, being consumed)

• दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from a distance (from a distance, far off)

• प्रचकाशिरे (pracakāśire) - shone forth (they shone forth, they became visible)

• हिमवत् (himavat) - Himalaya (referring to the mountain range) (snow-clad, Himalayan (referring to the mountain range))

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

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

• दीप्तौषधिवनानि (dīptauṣadhivanāni) - forests of luminous medicinal plants (forests of glowing medicinal plants)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those (buildings) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to bhavanāni from the previous verse.

निर्दह्यमानानि (nirdahyamānāni) - being completely consumed by fire (being completely burned, being consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nirdahyamāna

nirdahyamāna - being completely burned, consumed, destroyed by fire

Present Passive Participle

nir + √dah (to burn) + yamāna (suffix for PPP in middle voice)

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tāni.

दूरतः (dūrataḥ) - from a distance (from a distance, far off)

(indeclinable)

from dūra (far) + tas suffix

प्रचकाशिरे (pracakāśire) - shone forth (they shone forth, they became visible)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of pracakāś

Perfect tense

pra + √kāś (to shine, appear), Perfect, 3rd person plural

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

हिमवत् (himavat) - Himalaya (referring to the mountain range) (snow-clad, Himalayan (referring to the mountain range))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - having snow, snowy; the Himalaya mountains (as a proper noun)

Literally "having snow" (himavat)

Note: In himavat śikharāṇi, himavat acts as an adjective or part of a compound describing the peaks.

शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) - peaks (peaks, summits)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of śikhara

śikhara - peak, summit, crest, top

from √śikh (to rise to a point)

Root: śikh (class 10)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

दीप्तौषधिवनानि (dīptauṣadhivanāni) - forests of luminous medicinal plants (forests of glowing medicinal plants)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of dīptauṣadhivana

dīptauṣadhivana - forest of shining/luminous medicinal plants

Compound: dīpta (shining) + auṣadhi (medicinal plant) + vana (forest)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dīpta+auṣadhi+vana)

• dīpta – shining, radiant, glowing
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  √dīp (to shine) + kta
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• auṣadhi – medicinal plant, herb
  noun (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śikharāṇi.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)