वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-61, verse-40

स घूर्णितमहाद्वारा प्रभग्नगृहगोपुरा ।
लङ्का त्रासाकुला रात्रौ प्रनृत्तेवाभवत्तदा ॥४०॥

40. sa ghūrṇitamahādvārā prabhagnagṛhagopurā ,
laṅkā trāsākulā rātrau pranṛttevābhavattadā.

40. sa ghūrṇitamahādvārā prabhagnagṛhagopurā laṅkā
trāsākulā rātrau pranṛttā iva abhavat tadā

40. tadā sa ghūrṇitamahādvārā prabhagnagṛhagopurā
trāsākulā laṅkā rātrau pranṛttā iva abhavat

40. That Lanka, with its great gates shaken and its houses and main gates shattered, became overwhelmed with fear that night, as if it were dancing.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - that (Lanka, implied by feminine attributes following) (that, he)

• घूर्णितमहाद्वारा (ghūrṇitamahādvārā) - having great gates shaken, with agitated main gates

• प्रभग्नगृहगोपुरा (prabhagnagṛhagopurā) - having houses and main gates shattered, with broken houses and gates

• लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (name of a city)

• त्रासाकुला (trāsākulā) - agitated with fear, overwhelmed by terror

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night, in the night

• प्रनृत्ता (pranṛttā) - having danced, dancing, greatly agitated

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened, was

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - that (Lanka, implied by feminine attributes following) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Feminine nominative singular form of 'tad', referring to 'Laṅkā'.

घूर्णितमहाद्वारा (ghūrṇitamahādvārā) - having great gates shaken, with agitated main gates

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ghūrṇitamahādvāra

ghūrṇitamahādvāra - having great gates shaken

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghūrṇita+mahādvāra)

• ghūrṇita – shaken, whirled, agitated
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'ghūrṇ' (to shake, to reel)
  Root: ghūrṇ (class 1)
• mahādvāra – great gate
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifying 'Laṅkā'

प्रभग्नगृहगोपुरा (prabhagnagṛhagopurā) - having houses and main gates shattered, with broken houses and gates

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prabhagnagṛhagopura

prabhagnagṛhagopura - having houses and main gates shattered

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prabhagna+gṛhagopura)

• prabhagna – shattered, broken, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'bhañj' (to break) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhañj (class 7)
• gṛhagopura – houses and main gates
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifying 'Laṅkā'

लङ्का (laṅkā) - Lanka (name of a city)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

त्रासाकुला (trāsākulā) - agitated with fear, overwhelmed by terror

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of trāsākula

trāsākula - agitated with fear

Compound type : tatpurusha (trāsa+ākula)

• trāsa – fear, terror
  noun (masculine)
  Root: trās (class 1)
• ākula – agitated, confused, overwhelmed
  adjective

Note: Qualifying 'Laṅkā'

रात्रौ (rātrau) - at night, in the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

प्रनृत्ता (pranṛttā) - having danced, dancing, greatly agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pranṛtta

pranṛtta - danced, dancing, greatly agitated

Past Passive Participle

From root 'nṛt' (to dance) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: nṛt (class 4)

Note: Part of 'pranṛttā iva' (as if dancing)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, similar to

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, happened, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect past tense

'a' (augment) + 'bhav' (root form) + 'at' (ending)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)