वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-100, verse-4

पपात पुष्पवृष्टिश्च
वायुमुक्ता महौघवत् ॥४॥

4. papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiśca
vāyumuktā mahaughavat.

4. papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ ca
vāyumuktā mahaughavat

4. puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ vāyumuktā
mahaughavat ca papāta

4. And a shower of flowers, released by the wind, fell like a great torrent.

Words meanings summery:

• पपात (papāta) - fell, descended

• पुष्पवृष्टिः (puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ) - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

• च (ca) - and, also

• वायुमुक्ता (vāyumuktā) - released by the wind

• महौघवत् (mahaughavat) - like a great torrent/flood

Words meanings and morphology

पपात (papāta) - fell, descended

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect Active

reduplicated root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

पुष्पवृष्टिः (puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ) - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṣpavṛṣṭi

puṣpavṛṣṭi - shower of flowers, rain of flowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+vṛṣṭi)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• vṛṣṭi – rain, shower
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वायुमुक्ता (vāyumuktā) - released by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāyumukta

vāyumukta - released by the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+mukta)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vā
• mukta – released, freed, liberated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root muc (to release)
  Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ'

महौघवत् (mahaughavat) - like a great torrent/flood

(indeclinable)

suffixed with -vat (like, as)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahāugha+vat)

• mahāugha – great torrent, great flood
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as
  indeclinable
  primary suffix -vat indicating similarity

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