महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-264, verse-41

रावणोऽपि पुरीं गत्वा लङ्कां कामबलात्कृतः ।
सीतां निवेशयामास भवने नन्दनोपमे ।
अशोकवनिकाभ्याशे तापसाश्रमसंनिभे ॥४१॥

41. rāvaṇo'pi purīṁ gatvā laṅkāṁ kāmabalātkṛtaḥ ,
sītāṁ niveśayāmāsa bhavane nandanopame ,
aśokavanikābhyāśe tāpasāśramasaṁnibhe.

41. rāvaṇaḥ api purīm gatvā laṅkām
kāmabalātkṛtaḥ sītām niveśayāmāsa
bhavane nandanopame
aśokavanikābhyāśe tāpasāśramasaṃnibhe

41. Ravana, too, compelled by the force of desire, went to his city, Lanka. He then placed Sita in a palace that resembled the Nandana garden, near the Ashoka grove, which itself was like a hermitage (āśrama).

Words meanings summery:

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (name)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• पुरीम् (purīm) - city

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of the city)

• कामबलात्कृतः (kāmabalātkṛtaḥ) - compelled by the force of desire/lust

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (name)

• निवेशयामास (niveśayāmāsa) - he caused to enter, he placed, settled

• भवने (bhavane) - in a palace (in a house, in a palace)

• नन्दनोपमे (nandanopame) - resembling Nandana (garden)

• अशोकवनिकाभ्याशे (aśokavanikābhyāśe) - near the Ashoka grove

• तापसाश्रमसंनिभे (tāpasāśramasaṁnibhe) - resembling a hermitage of ascetics

Words meanings and morphology

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

पुरीम् (purīm) - city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, fortress

Note: Object of 'gatvā'.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root gam + ktvā suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of the city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (name of Ravana's city)

Note: Specifies 'purīm'.

कामबलात्कृतः (kāmabalātkṛtaḥ) - compelled by the force of desire/lust

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmabalātkṛta

kāmabalātkṛta - compelled by the force of desire/lust

Past Passive Participle

from kāma-bala-√kṛ with kta suffix; formed as a Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāmabala+kṛta)

• kāma – desire, lust, love, wish
  noun (masculine)
• bala – strength, force, power
  noun (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made, caused
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ + kta suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'rāvaṇaḥ'.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama)

Note: Object of 'niveśayāmāsa'.

निवेशयामास (niveśayāmāsa) - he caused to enter, he placed, settled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ni-viś

Causative Perfect

3rd person singular causative perfect active, from ni-√viś (to make to enter, to place)

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: From causative of ni-√viś.

भवने (bhavane) - in a palace (in a house, in a palace)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhavana

bhavana - house, dwelling, palace, abode

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Location where Sita was placed.

नन्दनोपमे (nandanopame) - resembling Nandana (garden)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of nandanopama

nandanopama - resembling Nandana (the celestial garden)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nandana+upama)

• nandana – joy, pleasure, Nandana (name of Indra's celestial garden)
  noun (neuter)
• upama – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'bhavane'.

अशोकवनिकाभ्याशे (aśokavanikābhyāśe) - near the Ashoka grove

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aśokavanikābhyāśa

aśokavanikābhyāśa - vicinity of the Ashoka grove

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (aśokavanikā+abhyāśa)

• aśokavanikā – Ashoka grove
  noun (feminine)
• abhyāśa – vicinity, proximity, nearness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: abhi+ā

Note: A specific location within the palace grounds.

तापसाश्रमसंनिभे (tāpasāśramasaṁnibhe) - resembling a hermitage of ascetics

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tāpasāśramasaṃnibha

tāpasāśramasaṁnibha - resembling a hermitage (āśrama) of ascetics

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāpasāśrama+saṃnibha)

• tāpasāśrama – hermitage (āśrama) of ascetics
  noun (masculine)
• saṃnibha – resembling, similar to, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam

Note: Agrees with 'aśokavanikābhyāśe'.