वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-5, verse-7

आयता दश च द्वे च योजनानि महापुरी ।
श्रीमती त्रीणि विस्तीर्णा सुविभक्तमहापथा ॥७॥

7. āyatā daśa ca dve ca yojanāni mahāpurī ,
śrīmatī trīṇi vistīrṇā suvibhaktamahāpathā.

7. āyatā daśa ca dve ca yojanāni mahāpurī
śrīmatī trīṇi vistīrṇā suvibhaktamahāpathā

7. This great city (mahāpurī) was twelve yojanas long and three yojanas wide, glorious and prosperous, with well-divided grand roads.

Words meanings summery:

• आयता (āyatā) - extended, long, stretched

• दश (daśa) - ten

• च (ca) - and

• द्वे (dve) - two

• च (ca) - and

• योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (a unit of distance, approximately 8-15 km)

• महापुरी (mahāpurī) - great city, capital city

• श्रीमती (śrīmatī) - glorious, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate

• त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

• विस्तीर्णा (vistīrṇā) - wide, extensive, broad

• सुविभक्तमहापथा (suvibhaktamahāpathā) - with well-divided great roads, having well-arranged main roads

Words meanings and morphology

आयता (āyatā) - extended, long, stretched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyata

āyata - extended, long, stretched, drawn

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root yam (to hold, restrain) with prefix ā and suffix kta.

Prefix: ā

Root: yam (class 1)

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

योजनानि (yojanāni) - yojanas (a unit of distance, approximately 8-15 km)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yojana

yojana - a yojana (measure of distance), union, junction

महापुरी (mahāpurī) - great city, capital city

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāpurī

mahāpurī - great city, capital

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+purī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• purī – city, town, fortified place
  noun (feminine)

श्रीमती (śrīmatī) - glorious, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate, illustrious

Possessive adjective formed with suffix mat/vat.

त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three

(numeral)

विस्तीर्णा (vistīrṇā) - wide, extensive, broad

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vistīrṇa

vistīrṇa - spread out, wide, extensive, broad

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root stṛ (to spread) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

सुविभक्तमहापथा (suvibhaktamahāpathā) - with well-divided great roads, having well-arranged main roads

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of suvibhaktamahāpatha

suvibhaktamahāpatha - having well-divided or well-arranged great roads

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+vibhakta+mahāpatha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• vibhakta – divided, arranged, distributed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhaj (to divide) with prefix vi and suffix kta.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhaj (class 1)
• mahāpatha – great road, highway
  noun (masculine)