वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-40, verse-21

राजीवचित्रपृष्ठः स विरराज महामृगः ।
रामाश्रमपदाभ्याशे विचचार यथासुखम् ॥२१॥

21. rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ sa virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ ,
rāmāśramapadābhyāśe vicacāra yathāsukham.

21. rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ saḥ virarāja mahāmṛgaḥ
rāmāśramapadābhyāśe vicacāra yathāsukham

21. saḥ rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ mahāmṛgaḥ virarāja
rāmāśramapadābhyāśe yathāsukham vicacāra

21. That great deer, with a back variegated like a lotus, shone splendidly. He wandered at will near the hermitage (āśrama) of Rama.

Words meanings summery:

• राजीवचित्रपृष्ठः (rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ) - with a back variegated like a lotus (having a back variegated like a lotus)

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

• विरराज (virarāja) - shone splendidly (shone, appeared splendid, excelled)

• महामृगः (mahāmṛgaḥ) - great deer (great deer, mighty beast)

• रामाश्रमपदाभ्याशे (rāmāśramapadābhyāśe) - near the hermitage (āśrama) of Rama (near Rama's hermitage)

• विचचार (vicacāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, moved about)

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - at will (as it pleased, comfortably, at will)

Words meanings and morphology

राजीवचित्रपृष्ठः (rājīvacitrapṛṣṭhaḥ) - with a back variegated like a lotus (having a back variegated like a lotus)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājīvacitrapṛṣṭha

rājīvacitrapṛṣṭha - having a back variegated like a lotus

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rājīva+citrapṛṣṭha)

• rājīva – lotus (flower)
  noun (neuter)
• citrapṛṣṭha – having a variegated back
  adjective (masculine)
• citra – variegated, adorned, spotted
  adjective (masculine)
• pṛṣṭha – back, surface
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'mahāmṛgaḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'virarāja'.

विरराज (virarāja) - shone splendidly (shone, appeared splendid, excelled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vi-rāj

perfect tense

3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Main verb for the deer's appearance.

महामृगः (mahāmṛgaḥ) - great deer (great deer, mighty beast)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmṛga

mahāmṛga - great deer, large animal

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal, wild beast
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'virarāja' and 'vicacāra'.

रामाश्रमपदाभ्याशे (rāmāśramapadābhyāśe) - near the hermitage (āśrama) of Rama (near Rama's hermitage)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāmāśramapadābhyāśa

rāmāśramapadābhyāśa - vicinity of Rama's hermitage

Compound type : tatpurusha (rāma+āśramapada+abhyāśa)

• rāma – Rama (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• āśramapada – hermitage site
  noun (neuter)
• āśrama – hermitage, stage of life
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)
• pada – foot, step, place, site
  noun (neuter)
• abhyāśa – proximity, vicinity, nearness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: abhi+ā

Note: Locative of place 'near'.

विचचार (vicacāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, moved about)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vi-car

perfect tense

3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - at will (as it pleased, comfortably, at will)

(indeclinable)

adverbial compound (yathā + sukham)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, ease, pleasure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverb modifying 'vicacāra'.