Shloka 21.12Unverified draft
समृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च । तथेयं त्वां समासाद्य लङ्का रत्नौघसङ्कुला ।।5.21.12।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| samṛddhāni vinaśyanti rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi ca | समृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च | prosperous kingdoms and cities are destroyed | nominative plural participle + verb plural + nominative plurals + particle |
| tatheyaṃ tvāṃ samāsādya laṅkā ratnaughasaṅkulā | तथेयं त्वां समासाद्य लङ्का रत्नौघसङ्कुला | so this Laṅkā, full of heaps of jewels, having come under you | adverb + nominative pronoun + accusative pronoun + gerund + nominative name + nominative compound adjective |
Reference: 5.21.12 · Sundara Kāṇḍa