वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-62, verse-22

सा बभूव मुहूर्तेन हरिभिर्दीपिता पुरी ।
लोकस्यास्य क्षये घोरे प्रदीप्तेव वसुंधरा ॥२२॥

22. sā babhūva muhūrtena haribhirdīpitā purī ,
lokasyāsya kṣaye ghore pradīpteva vasuṃdharā.

22. sā babhūva muhūrtena haribhiḥ dīpitā purī
lokasya asya kṣaye ghore pradīptā iva vasundharā

22. sā purī muhūrtena haribhiḥ dīpitā babhūva asya
lokasya ghore kṣaye pradīptā vasundharā iva

22. That city was set ablaze by the monkeys in an instant. It became like the earth entirely engulfed in flames at the terrible dissolution of this world.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became

• मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, in an instant

• हरिभिः (haribhiḥ) - by monkeys

• दीपिता (dīpitā) - set ablaze (by the monkeys) (set ablaze, inflamed, illuminated)

• पुरी (purī) - city, town

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

• अस्य (asya) - of this world (of this (masculine/neuter))

• क्षये (kṣaye) - at the destruction, at the end, in the decline

• घोरे (ghore) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• प्रदीप्ता (pradīptā) - the earth completely engulfed in flames (thoroughly ablaze, intensely inflamed)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - earth

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to `purī`

बभूव (babhūva) - became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect Active Third Person Singular

reduplicated perfect

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb

मुहूर्तेन (muhūrtena) - in a moment, in an instant

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant, a period of 48 minutes

Note: Instrumental of time, indicating 'in a moment'.

हरिभिः (haribhiḥ) - by monkeys

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, sun, Viṣṇu, green, yellowish

Note: Agent of the action `dīpitā`

दीपिता (dīpitā) - set ablaze (by the monkeys) (set ablaze, inflamed, illuminated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīpita

dīpita - illuminated, inflamed, kindled, excited

Past Passive Participle

from √dīp (to shine, to inflame)

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `purī`

पुरी (purī) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, fortified place

Note: Subject of `babhūva` and main noun for description.

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Possessive, 'of the world'

अस्य (asya) - of this world (of this (masculine/neuter))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with `lokasya`

क्षये (kṣaye) - at the destruction, at the end, in the decline

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, end, loss, decay

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Locative of time/circumstance

घोरे (ghore) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, awful, fierce

Note: Agrees with `kṣaye`

प्रदीप्ता (pradīptā) - the earth completely engulfed in flames (thoroughly ablaze, intensely inflamed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pradīpta

pradīpta - thoroughly inflamed, entirely ablaze, intensely shining

Past Passive Participle

from √dīp (to shine, to inflame) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `vasundharā`

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

वसुन्धरा (vasundharā) - earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vasundharā

vasundharā - earth (lit. 'bearer of wealth/treasures')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasu+dhara)

• vasu – wealth, treasure, good, excellent
  noun (neuter)
• dhara – bearing, holding, maintaining
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  from √dhṛ (to bear, hold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Noun in the comparison, 'earth'.