वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-40, verse-5

अवेक्षमाणः सस्नेहं चक्षुषा प्रपिबन्निव ।
उवाच रामः स्नेहेन ताः प्रजाः स्वाः प्रजा इव ॥५॥

5. avekṣamāṇaḥ sasnehaṃ cakṣuṣā prapibanniva ,
uvāca rāmaḥ snehena tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajā iva.

5. avekṣamāṇaḥ sasneham cakṣuṣā prapiban iva
uvāca rāmaḥ snehena tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajāḥ iva

5. rāmaḥ sasneham avekṣamāṇaḥ cakṣuṣā prapiban
iva snehena uvāca tāḥ prajāḥ svāḥ prajāḥ iva

5. Rama, looking affectionately, as if drinking them in with his eyes, spoke with love to those subjects (prajāḥ), as if they were his own children.

Words meanings summery:

• अवेक्षमाणः (avekṣamāṇaḥ) - looking, gazing at, observing, considering

• सस्नेहम् (sasneham) - with affection, affectionately, with love

• चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with the eye, by means of the eye

• प्रपिबन् (prapiban) - drinking deeply, drinking in, absorbing

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• स्नेहेन (snehena) - with love, by affection, lovingly

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, citizens (subjects, people, creatures, offspring)

• स्वाः (svāḥ) - his own

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - children (used for comparison) (children, offspring, progeny)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

अवेक्षमाणः (avekṣamāṇaḥ) - looking, gazing at, observing, considering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avekṣamāṇa

avekṣamāṇa - looking at, observing, perceiving, expecting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from the root īkṣ with prefix ava, meaning 'to look down on' or 'regard'.

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सस्नेहम् (sasneham) - with affection, affectionately, with love

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhava (sa+sneha)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• sneha – affection, love, tenderness, oiliness, fat
  noun (masculine)
  Root: snih (class 4)

चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with the eye, by means of the eye

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

प्रपिबन् (prapiban) - drinking deeply, drinking in, absorbing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prapibat

prapibat - drinking, drinking in, absorbing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root pā with prefix pra, meaning 'to drink deeply' or 'drink completely'.

Prefix: pra

Root: pā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity and epic hero), pleasing, charming

स्नेहेन (snehena) - with love, by affection, lovingly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, tenderness, oiliness, fat

Root: snih (class 4)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, citizens (subjects, people, creatures, offspring)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, people, subjects, creatures

स्वाः (svāḥ) - his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, own property

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - children (used for comparison) (children, offspring, progeny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - offspring, progeny, people, subjects, creatures

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)