वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-82, verse-4

अजिनोत्तरसंस्तीर्णे वरास्तरणसंचये ।
शयित्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रः कथं शेते महीतले ॥४॥

4. ajinottarasaṃstīrṇe varāstaraṇasaṃcaye ,
śayitvā puruṣavyāghraḥ kathaṃ śete mahītale.

4. ajinottarasaṃstīrṇe varāstaraṇasaṃcaye
śayitvā puruṣavyāghraḥ katham śete mahītale

4. puruṣavyāghraḥ ajinottarasaṃstīrṇe
varāstaraṇasaṃcaye śayitvā katham mahītale śete

4. Having previously slept on excellent piles of bedding, covered with deer skins, how can this tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra) now sleep on the bare ground?

Words meanings summery:

• अजिनोत्तरसंस्तीर्णे (ajinottarasaṁstīrṇe) - covered with deer skins (spread with deer skin on top)

• वरास्तरणसंचये (varāstaraṇasaṁcaye) - on excellent piles of bedding (on a collection of excellent coverings)

• शयित्वा (śayitvā) - having slept (having slept/lain)

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - this tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra) (tiger among men, best of men, eminent man)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

• शेते (śete) - sleeps (sleeps, lies down)

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the bare ground (on the surface of the earth, on the ground)

Words meanings and morphology

अजिनोत्तरसंस्तीर्णे (ajinottarasaṁstīrṇe) - covered with deer skins (spread with deer skin on top)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ajinottarasaṃstīrṇa

ajinottarasaṁstīrṇa - spread with deer skin on top

Past Passive Participle (Bahuvrīhi compound)

Compound: ajina (deer skin) + uttara (upper) + saṃstīrṇa (spread). A Bahuvrīhi compound describing a covering that has deer skin spread on its upper part.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ajina+uttara+saṃstīrṇa)

• ajina – deer skin, antelope skin
  noun (neuter)
• uttara – upper, later, northern, superior
  adjective (neuter)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: tṛ (class 1)
• saṃstīrṇa – spread, covered, strewn
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √stṛ (to spread) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies `varāstaraṇasaṃcaye`.

वरास्तरणसंचये (varāstaraṇasaṁcaye) - on excellent piles of bedding (on a collection of excellent coverings)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of varāstaraṇasaṃcaya

varāstaraṇasaṁcaya - collection of excellent coverings

Compound: vara (excellent) + āstaraṇa (covering) + saṃcaya (collection). A Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vara+āstaraṇa+saṃcaya)

• vara – excellent, best, choice, boon
  adjective (neuter)
• āstaraṇa – covering, bedding, couch
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root √stṛ (to spread) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: stṛ (class 5)
• saṃcaya – collection, heap, accumulation
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √ci (to collect) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: The main locative phrase describing where he used to sleep.

शयित्वा (śayitvā) - having slept (having slept/lain)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √śī with suffix -tvā

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Expresses prior action.

पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - this tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra) (tiger among men, best of men, eminent man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men, eminent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

शेते (śete) - sleeps (sleeps, lies down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Present indicative, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the question.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the bare ground (on the surface of the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, ground, bottom
  noun (neuter)

Note: Locative indicating where he sleeps.