वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-41, verse-23

पश्य लक्ष्मण वैदेह्याः स्पृहां मृगगतामिमाम् ।
रूपश्रेष्ठतया ह्येष मृगो ऽद्य न भविष्यति ॥२३॥

23. paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhāṃ mṛgagatāmimām ,
rūpaśreṣṭhatayā hyeṣa mṛgo'dya na bhaviṣyati.

23. paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyāḥ spṛhām mṛga-gatām imām
rūpa-śreṣṭhatayā hi eṣaḥ mṛgaḥ adya na bhaviṣyati

23. lakṣmaṇa paśya vaidehyāḥ imām mṛga-gatām spṛhām
hi eṣaḥ mṛgaḥ rūpa-śreṣṭhatayā adya na bhaviṣyati

23. Look, Lakshmana, at this longing of Vaidehi (Sita) for the deer. Surely, because of its exceptional beauty, this deer cannot be real.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

• वैदेह्याः (vaidehyāḥ) - of Vaidehi, of Sita

• स्पृहाम् (spṛhām) - desire, longing, yearning

• मृग-गताम् (mṛga-gatām) - related to the deer, focused on the deer

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• रूप-श्रेष्ठतया (rūpa-śreṣṭhatayā) - due to its supreme beauty, by means of excellent form

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, wild animal

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

Words meanings and morphology

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

imperative mood (loṭ)

Root dṛś (class 1) in imperative mood, 2nd person singular active, with paś- stem.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (brother of Rama)

वैदेह्याः (vaidehyāḥ) - of Vaidehi, of Sita

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Sita (daughter of the king of Videha)

स्पृहाम् (spṛhām) - desire, longing, yearning

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of spṛhā

spṛhā - desire, longing, yearning, coveting

Root: spṛh (class 1)

मृग-गताम् (mṛga-gatām) - related to the deer, focused on the deer

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛga-gatā

mṛga-gatā - gone towards the deer, related to the deer, focused on the deer

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+gatā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛj (class 2)
• gatā – gone, arrived, related, obtained
  adjective (feminine)
  past passive participle
  Past passive participle of root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'spṛhām'.

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Demonstrative pronoun modifying 'spṛhām'.

रूप-श्रेष्ठतया (rūpa-śreṣṭhatayā) - due to its supreme beauty, by means of excellent form

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of rūpa-śreṣṭhatā

rūpa-śreṣṭhatā - excellence of form, supreme beauty

Compound type : tatpurusha (rūpa+śreṣṭhatā)

• rūpa – form, shape, beauty, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• śreṣṭhatā – excellence, superiority, supremacy
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from śreṣṭha (most excellent) with suffix -tā.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one (near the speaker)

Note: Demonstrative pronoun modifying 'mṛgaḥ'.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - deer, wild animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

Root: mṛj (class 2)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will exist

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

future tense (lṛṭ)

Root bhū (class 1) in future tense, 3rd person singular active.

Root: bhū (class 1)