वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-58, verse-13

स्निग्धपल्लवसंकाशां पीतकौशेयवासिनीम् ।
शंसस्व यदि वा दृष्टा बिल्व बिल्वोपमस्तनी ॥१३॥

13. snigdhapallavasaṃkāśāṃ pītakauśeyavāsinīm ,
śaṃsasva yadi vā dṛṣṭā bilva bilvopamastanī.

13. snigdhapallavasaṃkāśām pītakauśeyavāsinīm |
śaṃsasva yadi vā dṛṣṭā bilva bilvopamastanī

13. bilva yadi vā dṛṣṭā snigdhapallavasaṃkāśām
pītakauśeyavāsinīm bilvopamastanīm śaṃsasva

13. O Bilva tree, please tell me if you have seen her, who resembles tender shoots, who wears yellow silk, and whose breasts are like Bilva fruits.

Words meanings summery:

• स्निग्धपल्लवसंकाशाम् (snigdhapallavasaṁkāśām) - resembling tender, glossy shoots (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (resembling tender shoots)

• पीतकौशेयवासिनीम् (pītakauśeyavāsinīm) - wearing yellow silk garments (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (clad in yellow silk)

• शंसस्व (śaṁsasva) - please tell (me) (tell, declare (imperative, middle voice))

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or (introducing an alternative condition) (or)

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - been seen (feminine, nominative singular, refers to priyā) (seen)

• बिल्व (bilva) - O Bilva tree (direct address) (O Bilva)

• बिल्वोपमस्तनी (bilvopamastanī) - (Sita) whose breasts resemble Bilva fruits (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (having breasts like Bilva fruit)

Words meanings and morphology

स्निग्धपल्लवसंकाशाम् (snigdhapallavasaṁkāśām) - resembling tender, glossy shoots (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (resembling tender shoots)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of snigdhapallavasaṃkāśā

snigdhapallavasaṁkāśā - resembling tender shoots, having the lustre of soft sprouts

Feminine form of snigdhapallavasaṃkāśa.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (snigdha+pallava+saṃkāśa)

• snigdha – smooth, tender, glossy, affectionate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root snih (to be sticky/affectionate)
  Root: snih (class 4)
• pallava – new leaf, sprout, shoot
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

पीतकौशेयवासिनीम् (pītakauśeyavāsinīm) - wearing yellow silk garments (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (clad in yellow silk)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pītakauśeyavāsinī

pītakauśeyavāsinī - clad in yellow silk, wearing yellow silk garments

Feminine form of pītakauśeyavāsin.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pīta+kauśeya+vāsin)

• pīta – yellow
  adjective (masculine)
• kauśeya – silk, silken garment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from kośa (cocoon)
• vāsin – wearing, dwelling, inhabiting
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Suffix -in from root vas (to wear or to dwell).
  Root: vas (class 2)

शंसस्व (śaṁsasva) - please tell (me) (tell, declare (imperative, middle voice))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada form.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (introducing an alternative condition) (or)

(indeclinable)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - been seen (feminine, nominative singular, refers to priyā) (seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, viewed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) + kta (suffix for PPP)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as a predicate adjective with priyā.

बिल्व (bilva) - O Bilva tree (direct address) (O Bilva)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bilva

bilva - Bilva tree (Aegle marmelos) or its fruit

बिल्वोपमस्तनी (bilvopamastanī) - (Sita) whose breasts resemble Bilva fruits (accusative feminine singular, qualifying Sita) (having breasts like Bilva fruit)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bilvopamastanī

bilvopamastanī - having breasts like Bilva fruit, Bilva-fruit-breasted

Feminine form of bilvopamastana.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bilva+upama+stanī)

• bilva – Bilva tree or its fruit
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• upama – resembling, like, comparing
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: upa
• stanī – breast, udder (feminine)
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine form of stana (breast)