वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-110, verse-11

वरिष्ठा सर्वनारीणामेषा च दिवि देवता ।
रोहिणी च विना चन्द्रं मुहूर्तमपि दृश्यते ॥११॥

11. variṣṭhā sarvanārīṇāmeṣā ca divi devatā ,
rohiṇī ca vinā candraṃ muhūrtamapi dṛśyate.

11. variṣṭhā sarvanārīṇām eṣā ca divi devatā
rohiṇī ca vinā candram muhūrtam api dṛśyate

11. eṣā ca sarvanārīṇām variṣṭhā divi devatā
rohiṇī ca candram vinā muhūrtam api dṛśyate

11. And this (woman) is the most excellent among all women, a deity in heaven. And is Rohini seen without the moon, even for a moment?

Words meanings summery:

• वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent (most excellent, best, supreme)

• सर्वनारीणाम् (sarvanārīṇām) - among all women (of all women)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (woman, referring to the addressed wife) (this (feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• दिवि (divi) - in heaven (in heaven, in the sky)

• देवता (devatā) - a deity (deity, divinity, goddess)

• रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohini (Rohini (name of a star, wife of the Moon))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

• चन्द्रम् (candram) - the moon (moon, the moon god)

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - even for a moment (a moment, an instant)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (rhetorically implying 'is not seen') (is seen, appears)

Words meanings and morphology

वरिष्ठा (variṣṭhā) - most excellent (most excellent, best, supreme)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, chief, principal

superlative

Superlative form of 'vara' (excellent, choice). Feminine form.

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Predicate adjective.

सर्वनारीणाम् (sarvanārīṇām) - among all women (of all women)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarvanārī

sarvanārī - all women, every woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+nārī)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• nārī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nṛ

Note: Denotes comparison.

एषा (eṣā) - this (woman, referring to the addressed wife) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, she

Feminine nominative singular.

Note: Subject of the first clause.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

दिवि (divi) - in heaven (in heaven, in the sky)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of div

div - sky, heaven, day

Locative singular of 'div' (sky/heaven).

देवता (devatā) - a deity (deity, divinity, goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, godhead, goddess

Abstract noun from 'deva' (god).

रोहिणी (rohiṇī) - Rohini (Rohini (name of a star, wife of the Moon))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohini, a lunar mansion, wife of the Moon (Chandra)

Root: ruh (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Links the two clauses.

विना (vinā) - without (without, except)

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing accusative.

चन्द्रम् (candram) - the moon (moon, the moon god)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of candra

candra - moon, moon god, camphor, beautiful

Accusative singular.

Root: cand (class 1)

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - even for a moment (a moment, an instant)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, an instant, a short space of time (48 minutes)

Adverbial accusative.

Note: Adverbial accusative of time.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen (rhetorically implying 'is not seen') (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

finite verb

Present passive, 3rd person singular. From √dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)