वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-35, verse-7

भूयो बन्धाद्विमुक्तेन संभाषित्वा दशाननम् ।
लङ्का भस्मीकृता तेन पावकेनेव मेदिनी ॥७॥

7. bhūyo bandhādvimuktena saṃbhāṣitvā daśānanam ,
laṅkā bhasmīkṛtā tena pāvakeneva medinī.

7. bhūyaḥ bandhāt vimuktena saṃbhāṣitvā daśānanam
laṅkā bhasmīkṛtā tena pāvakena iva medinī

7. After being freed from captivity again, he (Hanumān), having conversed with the ten-headed Rāvaṇa, then reduced Laṅkā to ashes, just as the earth might be incinerated by a raging fire.

Words meanings summery:

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover, greatly)

• बन्धात् (bandhāt) - from captivity (from bondage, from captivity, from prison)

• विमुक्तेन (vimuktena) - by him (Hanumān) who was freed (by the liberated one, by the released one, by the freed one)

• संभाषित्वा (saṁbhāṣitvā) - having conversed with (Rāvaṇa) (having conversed, having spoken to)

• दशाननम् (daśānanam) - the ten-headed Rāvaṇa (ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa))

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Laṅkā (Laṅkā (name of a city/island))

• भस्मीकृता (bhasmīkṛtā) - incinerated, burnt to ashes (reduced to ashes, incinerated)

• तेन (tena) - by him (Hanumān) (by him, by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

• पावकेन (pāvakena) - by a raging fire (by fire, by purifier)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (the earth, ground, soil)

Words meanings and morphology

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover, greatly)

(indeclinable)

Comparative form of bahu.

बन्धात् (bandhāt) - from captivity (from bondage, from captivity, from prison)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bandha

bandha - binding, bondage, captivity, fetter, imprisonment

From root bandh (to bind).

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Signifies separation from.

विमुक्तेन (vimuktena) - by him (Hanumān) who was freed (by the liberated one, by the released one, by the freed one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vimukta

vimukta - liberated, released, freed, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From root muc (class 6, parasmāipada) with prefix vi + kta (ppp suffix). Masculine singular instrumental.

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Qualifies the implied agent (Hanumān).

संभाषित्वा (saṁbhāṣitvā) - having conversed with (Rāvaṇa) (having conversed, having spoken to)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root bhāṣ (class 1, ātmanepada) with prefix sam + ktvā (absolutive suffix).

Prefix: sam

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

दशाननम् (daśānanam) - the ten-headed Rāvaṇa (ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daśānana

daśānana - ten-faced, ten-headed (an epithet of Rāvaṇa)

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśan+ānana)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• ānana – face, mouth, aspect
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of saṃbhāṣitvā.

लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Laṅkā (Laṅkā (name of a city/island))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the capital city of Rāvaṇa, located on an island)

Note: Subject of the passive verb bhasmīkṛtā.

भस्मीकृता (bhasmīkṛtā) - incinerated, burnt to ashes (reduced to ashes, incinerated)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhasmīkṛta

bhasmīkṛta - reduced to ashes, incinerated

Past Passive Participle

From bhasman (ashes) + cvi suffix + root kṛ (class 8, parasmāipada) + kta (ppp suffix). Feminine singular nominative.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate for laṅkā.

तेन (tena) - by him (Hanumān) (by him, by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agent in passive construction.

पावकेन (pāvakena) - by a raging fire (by fire, by purifier)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifier, Agni

From root pū (to purify) + ṇvuk suffix.

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Used in a simile.

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

मेदिनी (medinī) - the earth (the earth, ground, soil)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of medinī

medinī - the earth, ground, soil, land

From medas (fat, marrow), referring to the nourishing quality of earth.

Note: Subject in the simile.