वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-26, verse-5

पुष्पवर्षाणि मुञ्चन्तो नगाः पवनताडिताः ।
शैलं तं वासयन्तीव मधुमाधवगन्धिनः ॥५॥

5. puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcanto nagāḥ pavanatāḍitāḥ ,
śailaṃ taṃ vāsayantīva madhumādhavagandhinaḥ.

5. puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcantaḥ nagāḥ pavanatāḍitāḥ
śailam tam vāsayanti iva madhumādhavagandhinaḥ

5. nagāḥ pavanatāḍitāḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcantaḥ
tam śailam madhumādhavagandhinaḥ iva vāsayanti

5. The trees, swayed by the wind, dropping showers of flowers, seemed to perfume that mountain with a fragrance like honey and the spring season.

Words meanings summery:

• पुष्पवर्षाणि (puṣpavarṣāṇi) - showers of flowers, floral rains

• मुञ्चन्तः (muñcantaḥ) - releasing, shedding, scattering

• नगाः (nagāḥ) - trees (as they shed flowers) (trees, mountains)

• पवनताडिताः (pavanatāḍitāḥ) - struck by the wind, agitated by the wind

• शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

• तम् (tam) - that (mountain) (that, him, it)

• वासयन्ति (vāsayanti) - they perfume (they cause to dwell, they cause to be fragrant, they perfume)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• मधुमाधवगन्धिनः (madhumādhavagandhinaḥ) - fragrant with honey and spring, smelling of spring and honey

Words meanings and morphology

पुष्पवर्षाणि (puṣpavarṣāṇi) - showers of flowers, floral rains

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of puṣpavarṣa

puṣpavarṣa - a shower of flowers; rain of flowers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṣpa+varṣa)

• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• varṣa – rain, shower, year
  noun (masculine)

मुञ्चन्तः (muñcantaḥ) - releasing, shedding, scattering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muñcat

muñcat - releasing, letting go, abandoning, scattering (present participle)

present active participle

Derived from the root muc- (to release, to let go).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'nagāḥ'.

नगाः (nagāḥ) - trees (as they shed flowers) (trees, mountains)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naga

naga - mountain; tree; serpent, snake

Literally 'that which does not move' (na-ga)

पवनताडिताः (pavanatāḍitāḥ) - struck by the wind, agitated by the wind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pavanatāḍita

pavanatāḍita - struck by the wind, agitated by the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pavana+tāḍita)

• pavana – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• tāḍita – struck, beaten, hit
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root tāḍ- (to strike, beat)
  Root: tāḍ (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'nagāḥ'.

शैलम् (śailam) - mountain, rock

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaila

śaila - mountain, hill; rock, stone

Derived from śilā (rock) or śailā (mountain).

तम् (tam) - that (mountain) (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'śailam'.

वासयन्ति (vāsayanti) - they perfume (they cause to dwell, they cause to be fragrant, they perfume)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of vāsayantī

causative

Causative form of the root vās- (to dwell, to smell).

Root: vās (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

मधुमाधवगन्धिनः (madhumādhavagandhinaḥ) - fragrant with honey and spring, smelling of spring and honey

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of madhumādhavagandhin

madhumādhavagandhin - fragrant with the scent of honey and spring (season)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi / tatpuruṣa (madhu+mādhava+gandhin)

• madhu – honey; spring (season); sweet
  noun (neuter)
• mādhava – spring (season); a name of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa
  noun (masculine)
  Relating to Madhu (spring).
• gandhin – fragrant, odorous, smelling of
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -in added to gandha (smell, fragrance).

Note: Modifies 'nagāḥ'.