Shloka 21.12Unverified draft

समृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि च । तथेयं त्वां समासाद्य लङ्का रत्नौघसङ्कुला ।।5.21.12।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
samṛddhāni vinaśyanti rāṣṭrāṇi nagarāṇi caसमृद्धानि विनश्यन्ति राष्ट्राणि नगराणि चprosperous kingdoms and cities are destroyednominative plural participle + verb plural + nominative plurals + particle
tatheyaṃ tvāṃ samāsādya laṅkā ratnaughasaṅkulāतथेयं त्वां समासाद्य लङ्का रत्नौघसङ्कुलाso this Laṅkā, full of heaps of jewels, having come under youadverb + nominative pronoun + accusative pronoun + gerund + nominative name + nominative compound adjective

Reference: 5.21.12 · Sundara Kāṇḍa