वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-55, verse-4

सा नूनं तरुणी श्यामा सुकुमारी सुखोचिता ।
कथमुष्णं च शीतं च मैथिली प्रसहिष्यते ॥४॥

4. sā nūnaṃ taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukhocitā ,
kathamuṣṇaṃ ca śītaṃ ca maithilī prasahiṣyate.

4. sā nūnam taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukha-ucitā
katham uṣṇam ca śītam ca maithilī prasahiṣyate

4. sā nūnam taruṇī śyāmā sukumārī sukha-ucitā
maithilī uṣṇam ca śītam ca katham prasahiṣyate

4. She, certainly, is young, charming, very delicate, and accustomed to comfort. How will Maithili (Sītā) endure both heat and cold?

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (Sītā) (she, that (feminine))

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (certainly, surely, indeed)

• तरुणी (taruṇī) - young (young woman, youthful)

• श्यामा (śyāmā) - charming (referring to beauty and youthful grace) (dark-complexioned, beautiful young woman, charming)

• सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - very delicate (very delicate, tender, exceedingly soft)

• सुख-उचिता (sukha-ucitā) - accustomed to comfort (accustomed to comfort, suitable for pleasure)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - heat (heat, hot)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शीतम् (śītam) - cold (cold, coldness)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithili (Sītā) (A woman from Mithila, daughter of Janaka, Sītā.)

• प्रसहिष्यते (prasahiṣyate) - will endure (will endure, will bear, will tolerate)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (Sītā) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (certainly, surely, indeed)

(indeclinable)

तरुणी (taruṇī) - young (young woman, youthful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of taruṇī

taruṇī - young woman, girl, youthful (feminine)

Feminine form of `taruṇa`

Note: Used adjectivally.

श्यामा (śyāmā) - charming (referring to beauty and youthful grace) (dark-complexioned, beautiful young woman, charming)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śyāmā

śyāmā - dark, dark-complexioned, beautiful woman, charming woman, night

Feminine form of `śyāma`

Note: Used adjectivally.

सुकुमारी (sukumārī) - very delicate (very delicate, tender, exceedingly soft)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukumārī

sukumārī - very delicate, tender, soft (feminine)

Feminine form of `sukumāra` (su + kumāra)

सुख-उचिता (sukha-ucitā) - accustomed to comfort (accustomed to comfort, suitable for pleasure)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sukha-ucitā

sukha-ucitā - accustomed to comfort, suitable for pleasure (feminine)

Feminine form of `sukha-ucita`

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+ucita)

• sukha – comfort, happiness, pleasure
  noun (neuter)
• ucita – accustomed, proper, suitable, fit
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vac (to speak) or √uc (to be accustomed)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Compound adjective modifying Sītā.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

उष्णम् (uṣṇam) - heat (heat, hot)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uṣṇa

uṣṇa - hot, warm, heat, summer

From √uṣ (to burn)

Root: uṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शीतम् (śītam) - cold (cold, coldness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śīta

śīta - cold, cool, coldness, winter

From √śyai (to freeze)

Root: śyai (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मैथिली (maithilī) - Maithili (Sītā) (A woman from Mithila, daughter of Janaka, Sītā.)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman of Mithila, daughter of Janaka (Sītā)

From `mithilā` (name of a city/kingdom) + `ī` suffix indicating relation/origin.

प्रसहिष्यते (prasahiṣyate) - will endure (will endure, will bear, will tolerate)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of sah

Future tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

From root `√sah` with prefix `pra`. `prasahiṣyate` is the future tense form.

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)