वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-26

इमां तु विषमां दुर्गां लङ्कां रावणपालिताम् ।
प्राप्यापि स महाबाहुः किं करिष्यति राघवः ॥२६॥

26. imāṃ tu viṣamāṃ durgāṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām ,
prāpyāpi sa mahābāhuḥ kiṃ kariṣyati rāghavaḥ.

26. imām tu viṣamām durgām laṅkām rāvaṇapālitām
prāpya api saḥ mahābāhuḥ kim kariṣyati rāghavaḥ

26. tu saḥ mahābāhuḥ rāghavaḥ imām viṣamām durgām
rāvaṇapālitām laṅkām prāpya api kim kariṣyati

26. But even having reached this difficult, formidable Lanka, which is protected by Ravana, what will that mighty-armed descendant of Raghu (rāghava) be able to accomplish?

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• विषमाम् (viṣamām) - difficult, formidable, uneven

• दुर्गाम् (durgām) - inaccessible, fortified, difficult to access

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of an island city)

• रावणपालिताम् (rāvaṇapālitām) - protected by Ravana, ruled by Ravana

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will make

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - descendant of Raghu (Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Note: Agrees with Laṅkām.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

Particle expressing contrast or emphasis

विषमाम् (viṣamām) - difficult, formidable, uneven

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - difficult, uneven, formidable, dangerous

Compound of vi- (apart) + sama (even)

Compound type : Avyayibhava (vi+sama)

• vi – apart, asunder
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• sama – even, equal, same
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Laṅkām.

दुर्गाम् (durgām) - inaccessible, fortified, difficult to access

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durga

durga - difficult to access, fortress, inaccessible

Compound of dur- (bad, difficult) + ga (going)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dur+ga)

• dur – bad, difficult
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Laṅkām.

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lanka (name of an island city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (Ravana's city)

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

रावणपालिताम् (rāvaṇapālitām) - protected by Ravana, ruled by Ravana

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rāvaṇapālita

rāvaṇapālita - protected by Ravana, ruled by Ravana

Tatpurusha compound: Rāvaṇa (proper noun) + pālita (past passive participle from root pāl, to protect/rule)

Compound type : Tatpurusha (rāvaṇa+pālita)

• rāvaṇa – Ravana (name of the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pālita – protected, ruled, governed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pāl (to protect, govern)
  Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Agrees with Laṅkām.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from prefix pra- + root āp- with suffix -ya (after prefix)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine singular nominative form of the demonstrative pronoun tad

Note: Refers to Rāghava.

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, great-armed

Bahuvrihi compound: mahā (great) + bāhu (arm)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  Feminine stem of mahant, used as first part of compound
• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Rāghava.

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Interrogative pronoun/adverb

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - will do, will make

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Future active indicative

3rd person singular future tense of kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - descendant of Raghu (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet of Rama)

Patronymic from Raghu

Note: Subject of the verb 'kariṣyati'.