वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-58, verse-20

अथ वा मृगशावाक्षीं मृग जानासि मैथिलीम् ।
मृगविप्रेक्षणी कान्ता मृगीभिः सहिता भवेत् ॥२०॥

20. atha vā mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ mṛga jānāsi maithilīm ,
mṛgaviprekṣaṇī kāntā mṛgībhiḥ sahitā bhavet.

20. atha vā mṛgaśāvākṣīm mṛga jānāsi maithilīm |
mṛgaviprekṣaṇī kāntā mṛgībhiḥ sahitā bhavet

20. mṛga atha vā mṛgaśāvākṣīm maithilīm jānāsi
mṛgaviprekṣaṇī kāntā mṛgībhiḥ sahitā bhavet

20. Or, deer, do you know Maithili, whose eyes are like those of a fawn? Perhaps my beloved, whose gaze is like a deer's, is staying with these female deer.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - (Maithili) whose eyes are like a fawn's (with eyes like a fawn's)

• मृग (mṛga) - O deer

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithili, daughter of Mithila (Sita)

• मृगविप्रेक्षणी (mṛgaviprekṣaṇī) - (my beloved) whose gaze is like a deer's (whose gaze is like a deer's)

• कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved, desirable woman

• मृगीभिः (mṛgībhiḥ) - by female deer, with female deer

• सहिता (sahitā) - accompanied, joined, with

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, moreover, or

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - (Maithili) whose eyes are like a fawn's (with eyes like a fawn's)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvākṣī

mṛgaśāvākṣī - a woman whose eyes are like a fawn's

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛgaśāva+akṣī)

• mṛgaśāva – a fawn, a young deer
  noun (masculine)
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)

मृग (mṛga) - O deer

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, game

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

root of class 9

Root: jñā (class 9)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithili, daughter of Mithila (Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, Sita

मृगविप्रेक्षणी (mṛgaviprekṣaṇī) - (my beloved) whose gaze is like a deer's (whose gaze is like a deer's)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgaviprekṣaṇī

mṛgaviprekṣaṇī - a woman whose look resembles that of a deer

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mṛga+viprekṣaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• viprekṣaṇa – keen glance, looking carefully, observing
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root īkṣ with prefixes vi and pra
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: īkṣ

कान्ता (kāntā) - beloved, desirable woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāntā

kāntā - beloved, beautiful, desirable, a beloved woman

मृगीभिः (mṛgībhiḥ) - by female deer, with female deer

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of mṛgī

mṛgī - a female deer

सहिता (sahitā) - accompanied, joined, with

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, together with, connected with

Past Passive Participle

derived from root sah

Root: sah

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

root of class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)