रामायणम्
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लङ्काया दुष्प्रवेशत्वाद्दुस्तरत्वान्महोदधेः । सामर्थ्यादात्मनश्चैव मयैतत्समुदीरितम् ।।5.38.8।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
laṅkāyā duṣpraveśatvāddustaratvānmahodadheḥलङ्काया दुष्प्रवेशत्वाद्दुस्तरत्वान्महोदधेःbecause Laṅkā is hard to enter, the great ocean hard to crossgenitive name + ablative + ablative + genitive compound
sāmarthyādātmanaścaiva mayaitatsamudīritamसामर्थ्यादात्मनश्चैव मयैतत्समुदीरितम्and because of my own ability, I proposed thisablative + genitive + particles + instrumental pronoun + nominative pronoun + past participle

Reference: 5.38.8 · Sundara Kāṇḍa