वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-54, verse-18

न शक्या यज्ञमध्यस्था वेदिः स्रुग्भाण्ड मण्डिता ।
द्विजातिमन्त्रसंपूता चण्डालेनावमर्दितुम् ॥१८॥

18. na śakyā yajñamadhyasthā vediḥ srugbhāṇḍa maṇḍitā ,
dvijātimantrasaṃpūtā caṇḍālenāvamarditum.

18. na śakyā yajñamadhyasthā vediḥ srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍitā
dvijātimantrasampūtā caṇḍālena avamarditum

18. yajñamadhyasthā srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍitā dvijātimantrasampūtā vediḥ caṇḍālena avamarditum na śakyā.

18. An altar, situated in the midst of a Vedic ritual (yajña), adorned with ladles and vessels, and purified by the sacred incantations (mantra) of Brahmins (dvijāti), cannot be desecrated by an outcaste (caṇḍāla).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• शक्या (śakyā) - cannot be (desecrated) (capable, possible, can be done)

• यज्ञमध्यस्था (yajñamadhyasthā) - standing in the middle of a Vedic ritual (yajña)

• वेदिः (vediḥ) - altar

• स्रुक्भाण्डमण्डिता (srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍitā) - adorned with ladles and vessels

• द्विजातिमन्त्रसम्पूता (dvijātimantrasampūtā) - consecrated by the mantras of Brahmins (dvijāti)

• चण्डालेन (caṇḍālena) - by an outcaste (caṇḍāla)

• अवमर्दितुम् (avamarditum) - to trample upon, to defile, to desecrate

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

शक्या (śakyā) - cannot be (desecrated) (capable, possible, can be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, practicable, to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root śak

Root: śak (class 5)

यज्ञमध्यस्था (yajñamadhyasthā) - standing in the middle of a Vedic ritual (yajña)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yajñamadhyastha

yajñamadhyastha - standing in the midst of a Vedic ritual

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yajña+madhya+stha)

• yajña – Vedic ritual, offering, worship (yajña)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yaj (class 1)
• madhya – middle, center, midst
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

वेदिः (vediḥ) - altar

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vedi

vedi - sacrificial altar, ground for sacrificial fire

स्रुक्भाण्डमण्डिता (srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍitā) - adorned with ladles and vessels

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍita

srukbhāṇḍamaṇḍita - decorated with sacrificial ladles and vessels

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sruk+bhāṇḍa+maṇḍita)

• sruk – sacrificial ladle
  noun (feminine)
• bhāṇḍa – vessel, pot, utensil
  noun (neuter)
• maṇḍita – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root maṇḍ
  Root: maṇḍ (class 10)

द्विजातिमन्त्रसम्पूता (dvijātimantrasampūtā) - consecrated by the mantras of Brahmins (dvijāti)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dvijātimantrasampūta

dvijātimantrasampūta - purified by the sacred verses of the twice-born

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvijāti+mantra+sampūta)

• dvijāti – twice-born, Brahmin (dvijāti)
  noun (masculine)
• mantra – sacred verse, incantation, formula (mantra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• sampūta – purified, consecrated, cleaned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pū with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pū (class 1)

चण्डालेन (caṇḍālena) - by an outcaste (caṇḍāla)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of caṇḍāla

caṇḍāla - outcaste, person of the lowest class

अवमर्दितुम् (avamarditum) - to trample upon, to defile, to desecrate

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root mṛd with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: mṛd (class 9)