वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-3, verse-28

ते मया संक्रमा भग्नाः परिखाश्चावपूरिताः ।
दग्धा च नगरी लङ्का प्राकाराश्चावसादिताः ॥२८॥

28. te mayā saṃkramā bhagnāḥ parikhāścāvapūritāḥ ,
dagdhā ca nagarī laṅkā prākārāścāvasāditāḥ.

28. te mayā saṃkramāḥ bhagnāḥ parikhāḥ ca avapūritāḥ
dagdhā ca nagarī laṅkā prākārāḥ ca avasāditāḥ

28. By me, those bridges were broken, and the moats were filled up. The city of Lankā was burnt, and its ramparts were pulled down.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those (bridges) (those, them)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• संक्रमाः (saṁkramāḥ) - bridges, causeways, passages

• भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, shattered, destroyed

• परिखाः (parikhāḥ) - moats, ditches, trenches

• च (ca) - and, also

• अवपूरिताः (avapūritāḥ) - filled up (moats) (filled up, covered, completed)

• दग्धा (dagdhā) - burnt, consumed by fire

• च (ca) - and, also

• नगरी (nagarī) - city, town

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Lanka (Lanka (proper noun))

• प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) - ramparts, city walls, enclosures

• च (ca) - and, also

• अवसादिताः (avasāditāḥ) - pulled down (ramparts) (destroyed, pulled down, caused to sink)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those (bridges) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'saṃkramāḥ' (bridges).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of the passive actions.

संक्रमाः (saṁkramāḥ) - bridges, causeways, passages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃkrama

saṁkrama - bridge, passage, causeway, transition

From root kram (to step) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'bhagnāḥ'.

भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, shattered, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃkramāḥ'.

परिखाः (parikhāḥ) - moats, ditches, trenches

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of parikhā

parikhā - moat, ditch, trench

From root khan (to dig) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: khan (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'avapūritāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अवपूरिताः (avapūritāḥ) - filled up (moats) (filled up, covered, completed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of avapūrita

avapūrita - filled up, covered, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pūr (to fill) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: pūr (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'parikhāḥ'.

दग्धा (dagdhā) - burnt, consumed by fire

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, consumed by fire

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'nagarī Laṅkā'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नगरी (nagarī) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

लङ्का (laṅkā) - the city of Lanka (Lanka (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (name of a city/island)

प्राकाराः (prākārāḥ) - ramparts, city walls, enclosures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prākāra

prākāra - rampart, city wall, enclosure

From root kṛ (to make) with prefixes pra- and ā-

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'avasāditāḥ'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अवसादिताः (avasāditāḥ) - pulled down (ramparts) (destroyed, pulled down, caused to sink)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of avasādita

avasādita - destroyed, pulled down, depressed, caused to sink

Causative Past Passive Participle

Derived from causal of root sad (to sit, sink) with prefix ava-

Prefix: ava

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'prākārāḥ'.