वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-3, verse-21

तं पश्यमानो नृपतिस्तुतोष प्रियमात्मजम् ।
अलंकृतमिवात्मानमादर्शतलसंस्थितम् ॥२१॥

21. taṃ paśyamāno nṛpatistutoṣa priyamātmajam ,
alaṃkṛtamivātmānamādarśatalasaṃsthitam.

21. tam paśyamānaḥ nṛpatiḥ tutoṣa priyam ātmajam
alaṅkṛtam iva ātmānam ādarśatalasaṃsthitam

21. nṛpatiḥ tam priyam ātmajam paśyamānaḥ tutoṣa,
ādarśatalasaṃsthitam alaṅkṛtam ātmānam iva

21. The king, seeing his dear son, was pleased, as if seeing his own adorned self (ātman) situated on the surface of a mirror.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• पश्यमानः (paśyamānaḥ) - seeing, beholding

• नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, lord of men

• तुतोष (tutoṣa) - was pleased, rejoiced

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son, born from oneself

• अलङ्कृतम् (alaṅkṛtam) - adorned, decorated

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself, his own person (his own self (ātman))

• आदर्शतलसंस्थितम् (ādarśatalasaṁsthitam) - situated on the surface of a mirror

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पश्यमानः (paśyamānaḥ) - seeing, beholding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyamāna

paśyamāna - seeing, observing, beholding

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with present participle suffix -māna, stem paśya-.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नृपतिः (nṛpatiḥ) - king, lord of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, ruler, lord of men

तुतोष (tutoṣa) - was pleased, rejoiced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Liṭ) of tuṣ

Perfect stem

Intensive stem of tuṣ, reduplication.

Root: tuṣ (class 4)

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, fond

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son, born from oneself

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, daughter, born from oneself

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from, originating in
  adjective (masculine)
  Kṛt affix -ja
  Derived from root jan (to be born, produce).
  Root: jan (class 4)

अलङ्कृतम् (alaṅkṛtam) - adorned, decorated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṅkṛta

alaṅkṛta - adorned, decorated, ornamented

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, make) with prefix alam (enough, capable, ornament) and suffix -ta.

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - himself, his own person (his own self (ātman))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego, person

आदर्शतलसंस्थितम् (ādarśatalasaṁsthitam) - situated on the surface of a mirror

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ādarśatalasaṃsthita

ādarśatalasaṁsthita - situated on a mirror's surface

Compound type : tatpurusha (ādarśa+tala+saṃsthita)

• ādarśa – mirror, reflection
  noun (masculine)
• tala – surface, flat ground, palm, sole
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsthita – situated, standing, placed, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefix sam (together, well) and suffix -ta.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sthā (class 1)