वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-6, verse-49

माल्यवांश्च सुमाली च माली च रजनीचराः ।
आसन्पुरःसरास्तेषां क्रतूनामिव पावकाः ॥४९॥

49. mālyavāṃśca sumālī ca mālī ca rajanīcarāḥ ,
āsanpuraḥsarāsteṣāṃ kratūnāmiva pāvakāḥ.

49. mālyavān ca sumālī ca mālī ca rajanīcarāḥ
āsan puraḥsarāḥ teṣām kratūnām iva pāvakāḥ

49. Mālyavān, Sumālī, and Mālī, these night-wanderers, were their foremost leaders, just as fires are for the Vedic rituals (kratu).

Words meanings summery:

• माल्यवान् (mālyavān) - Mālyavān (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• सुमाली (sumālī) - Sumālī (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• माली (mālī) - Mālī (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - night-wanderers (rākṣasas)

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• पुरःसराः (puraḥsarāḥ) - leaders, foremost ones

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

• क्रतूनाम् (kratūnām) - of rituals, of Vedic ceremonies

• इव (iva) - like, as

• पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires, purifiers

Words meanings and morphology

माल्यवान् (mālyavān) - Mālyavān (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mālyavat

mālyavat - Mālyavān (name of a rākṣasa)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सुमाली (sumālī) - Sumālī (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumālin

sumālin - Sumālī (name of a rākṣasa)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

माली (mālī) - Mālī (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mālin

mālin - Mālī (name of a rākṣasa)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

रजनीचराः (rajanīcarāḥ) - night-wanderers (rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, a rākṣasa

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

पुरःसराः (puraḥsarāḥ) - leaders, foremost ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puraḥsara

puraḥsara - leader, going before, forerunner

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (puras+sara)

• puras – in front, before
  indeclinable
• sara – going, moving
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √sṛ (to go)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

क्रतूनाम् (kratūnām) - of rituals, of Vedic ceremonies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kratu

kratu - Vedic ritual, ceremony, power, intelligence

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

पावकाः (pāvakāḥ) - fires, purifiers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifying, pure

Root: pū (class 1)