वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-3, verse-21

शैलाग्रे रचिता दुर्गा सा पूर्देवपुरोपमा ।
वाजिवारणसंपूर्णा लङ्का परमदुर्जया ॥२१॥

21. śailāgre racitā durgā sā pūrdevapuropamā ,
vājivāraṇasaṃpūrṇā laṅkā paramadurjayā.

21. śailāgre racitā durgā sā pūr devapurupamā
vājivāraṇasaṃpūrṇā laṅkā paramadurjayā

21. sā pūr durgā śailāgre racitā devapurupamā
laṅkā vājivāraṇasaṃpūrṇā paramadurjayā

21. That city, an impregnable fortress, is built on a mountain peak and resembles a city of the gods. Laṅkā, filled with horses and elephants, is supremely difficult to conquer.

Words meanings summery:

• शैलाग्रे (śailāgre) - on the peak of a mountain, on the mountain top

• रचिता (racitā) - built, constructed, arranged, made

• दुर्गा (durgā) - fortress, inaccessible place, difficult to reach

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• पूर् (pūr) - city, town

• देवपुरुपमा (devapurupamā) - resembling a city of the gods, comparable to a celestial city

• वाजिवारणसंपूर्णा (vājivāraṇasaṁpūrṇā) - filled with horses and elephants

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā

• परमदुर्जया (paramadurjayā) - exceedingly difficult to conquer, supremely unconquerable

Words meanings and morphology

शैलाग्रे (śailāgre) - on the peak of a mountain, on the mountain top

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śailāgra

śailāgra - mountain peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+agra)

• śaila – mountain, rock, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from śilā (rock) with suffix -a (aṇ).
• agra – top, peak, summit, front, tip
  noun (neuter)

रचिता (racitā) - built, constructed, arranged, made

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of racita

racita - made, constructed, arranged, composed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rac (to make, prepare).

Root: rac (class 10)

दुर्गा (durgā) - fortress, inaccessible place, difficult to reach

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durgā

durgā - fortress, inaccessible place, difficult passage

Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga dur- (difficult) and kṛt suffix -ga.

Prefix: dur

Root: gam (class 1)

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

पूर् (pūr) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pur

pur - city, town, fortress

देवपुरुपमा (devapurupamā) - resembling a city of the gods, comparable to a celestial city

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devapurupamā

devapurupamā - like a city of the gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devapura+upamā)

• devapura – city of gods, celestial city
  noun (neuter)
• upamā – comparison, simile, likeness
  noun (feminine)

वाजिवारणसंपूर्णा (vājivāraṇasaṁpūrṇā) - filled with horses and elephants

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vājivāraṇasaṃpūrṇa

vājivāraṇasaṁpūrṇa - filled with horses and elephants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāji+vāraṇa+saṃpūrṇa)

• vāji – horse, swift
  noun (masculine)
• vāraṇa – elephant, defending, resisting
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• saṃpūrṇa – full, complete, filled, perfect
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root pṛ (to fill) with upasarga sam- (completely).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pṛ (class 9)

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Laṅkā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (proper name of the island kingdom of Rāvaṇa)

परमदुर्जया (paramadurjayā) - exceedingly difficult to conquer, supremely unconquerable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of paramadurjaya

paramadurjaya - supremely difficult to conquer, exceedingly unconquerable

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+durjaya)

• parama – supreme, highest, excellent, ultimate
  adjective (masculine)
• durjaya – difficult to conquer, unconquerable
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root ji (to conquer) with upasarga dur- (difficult).
  Prefix: dur
  Root: ji (class 1)