वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-86, verse-22

अस्या वामभुजं श्लिष्टा यैषा तिष्ठति दुर्मनाः ।
कर्णिकारस्य शाखेव शीर्णपुष्पा वनान्तरे ॥२२॥

22. asyā vāmabhujaṃ śliṣṭā yaiṣā tiṣṭhati durmanāḥ ,
karṇikārasya śākheva śīrṇapuṣpā vanāntare.

22. asyāḥ vāmabhujam śliṣṭā yā eṣā tiṣṭhati durmanāḥ
karṇikārasya śākhā iva śīrṇapuṣpā vanāntare

22. yā eṣā asyāḥ vāmabhujam śliṣṭā durmanāḥ tiṣṭhati,
(sā) karṇikārasya śīrṇapuṣpā śākhā iva vanāntare (asti)

22. This woman, who stands here dejected and clinging to her left arm, is like a branch of the karṇikāra tree in the forest with its flowers fallen.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, of this)

• वामभुजम् (vāmabhujam) - left arm

• श्लिष्टा (śliṣṭā) - clinging to (embraced, clung to, attached)

• या (yā) - who (who, which)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (woman) (this, this one)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (here) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

• दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - dejected (dejected, distressed, sad, ill-minded)

• कर्णिकारस्य (karṇikārasya) - of the karṇikāra tree (Pterospermum acerifolium) (of the karṇikāra tree)

• शाखा (śākhā) - branch (branch, bough, arm)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शीर्णपुष्पा (śīrṇapuṣpā) - with its flowers fallen (with fallen flowers, having withered blossoms)

• वनान्तरे (vanāntare) - in the forest (in the forest, in the interior of the forest)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - of her (of her, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he, she, it

वामभुजम् (vāmabhujam) - left arm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāmabhujam

vāmabhujam - left arm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāma+bhuja)

• vāma – left, adverse, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
• bhuja – arm, hand, curve
  noun (masculine)

श्लिष्टा (śliṣṭā) - clinging to (embraced, clung to, attached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śliṣṭa

śliṣṭa - embraced, clung to, joined, united

past passive participle

from root śliṣ (to cling, embrace)

Root: śliṣ (class 1)

या (yā) - who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

एषा (eṣā) - this (woman) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stands (here) (stands, stays, remains, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - dejected (dejected, distressed, sad, ill-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durmanas

durmanas - dejected, distressed, ill-minded, sad, gloomy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+manas)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  prefix
• manas – mind, spirit, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

कर्णिकारस्य (karṇikārasya) - of the karṇikāra tree (Pterospermum acerifolium) (of the karṇikāra tree)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of karṇikāra

karṇikāra - karṇikāra tree (Pterospermum acerifolium), a tree with yellow flowers

शाखा (śākhā) - branch (branch, bough, arm)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough, arm, division

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शीर्णपुष्पा (śīrṇapuṣpā) - with its flowers fallen (with fallen flowers, having withered blossoms)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śīrṇapuṣpa

śīrṇapuṣpa - having fallen flowers, withered blossoms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śīrṇa+puṣpa)

• śīrṇa – fallen, withered, decayed, broken
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root śṝ (to break, fall)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: puṣ (class 4)

वनान्तरे (vanāntare) - in the forest (in the forest, in the interior of the forest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vanāntara

vanāntara - interior of a forest, a forest region

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+antara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interior, interval, inside
  noun (neuter)