वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-11, verse-7

अस्मदीया च लङ्केयं नगरी राक्षसोषिता ।
निवेशिता तव भ्रात्रा धनाध्यक्षेण धीमता ॥७॥

7. asmadīyā ca laṅkeyaṃ nagarī rākṣasoṣitā ,
niveśitā tava bhrātrā dhanādhyakṣeṇa dhīmatā.

7. asmadīyā ca laṅkā iyam nagarī rākṣasa-uṣitā
niveśitā tava bhrātrā dhana-adhyakṣeṇa dhīmatā

7. iyam laṅkā asmadīyā ca rākṣasa-uṣitā nagarī
tava dhīmatā bhrātrā dhana-adhyakṣeṇa niveśitā

7. This city of Lanka, which belongs to us and is inhabited by rākṣasas, was founded by your intelligent brother, the lord of wealth (Kubera).

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मदीया (asmadīyā) - ours, belonging to us

• च (ca) - and

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

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• नगरी (nagarī) - city

• राक्षस-उषिता (rākṣasa-uṣitā) - inhabited by rākṣasas

• निवेशिता (niveśitā) - founded, settled

• तव (tava) - your

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother

• धन-अध्यक्षेण (dhana-adhyakṣeṇa) - by Kubera, your brother (by the lord of wealth)

• धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent one

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मदीया (asmadīyā) - ours, belonging to us

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asmadīya

asmadīya - ours, belonging to us

from asmad (we) + īya (possessive suffix)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka, the island kingdom

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

नगरी (nagarī) - city

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

राक्षस-उषिता (rākṣasa-uṣitā) - inhabited by rākṣasas

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasa-uṣita

rākṣasa-uṣita - inhabited by rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpurusha (rākṣasa+uṣita)

• rākṣasa – rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• uṣita – inhabited, dwelt in, resided
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vas (to dwell) + kta (past participle suffix)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Derived from the root vas 'to dwell' (uṣita is the past passive participle of vas, here in compound).

निवेशिता (niveśitā) - founded, settled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niveśita

niveśita - founded, settled, established

Past Passive Participle

from ni-viś (to settle) + ṇic (causative) + kta (past participle suffix)

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Causative past passive participle of viś with prefix ni.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

धन-अध्यक्षेण (dhana-adhyakṣeṇa) - by Kubera, your brother (by the lord of wealth)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhana+adhyakṣa)

• dhana – wealth, riches, treasure
  noun (neuter)
• adhyakṣa – overseer, superintendent, chief
  noun (masculine)
  from adhi-akṣ (to see over)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: akṣ (class 1)

Note: Tatpurusha compound: dhana (wealth) + adhyakṣa (overseer).

धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise

from dhī (intellect) + matup (possessive suffix)