वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-58, verse-21

गज सा गजनासोरुर्यदि दृष्टा त्वया भवेत् ।
तां मन्ये विदितां तुभ्यमाख्याहि वरवारण ॥२१॥

21. gaja sā gajanāsoruryadi dṛṣṭā tvayā bhavet ,
tāṃ manye viditāṃ tubhyamākhyāhi varavāraṇa.

21. gaja sā gajanāsoruḥ yadi dṛṣṭā tvayā bhavet |
tām manye viditām tubhyam ākhyāhi varavāraṇa

21. gaja yadi sā gajanāsoruḥ tvayā dṛṣṭā bhavet
tām tubhyam viditām manye varavāraṇa ākhyāhi

21. O elephant, if you have seen her whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk, then I believe she is known to you. O excellent elephant, please tell me.

Words meanings summery:

• गज (gaja) - O elephant

• सा (sā) - she

• गजनासोरुः (gajanāsoruḥ) - (Maithili) whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk (whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think

• विदिताम् (viditām) - known

• तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you, for you

• आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, narrate

• वरवारण (varavāraṇa) - O excellent elephant

Words meanings and morphology

गज (gaja) - O elephant

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

गजनासोरुः (gajanāsoruḥ) - (Maithili) whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk (whose thighs are like an elephant's trunk)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gajanāsoru

gajanāsoru - a woman whose thighs resemble an elephant's trunk

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gaja+nāsa+ūru)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• nāsa – nose, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• ūru – thigh
  noun (masculine)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, might be

(verb)

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

root of class 1

Root: bhū (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, her

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I think

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

root of class 4, Middle Voice

Root: man (class 4)

विदिताम् (viditām) - known

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidita

vidita - known, understood, ascertained

Past Passive Participle

from root vid (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, narrate

(verb)

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

imperative 2nd singular from root khyā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

वरवारण (varavāraṇa) - O excellent elephant

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of varavāraṇa

varavāraṇa - excellent elephant

Compound type : karmadharaya (vara+vāraṇa)

• vara – excellent, best, boon
  adjective (masculine)
• vāraṇa – elephant
  noun (masculine)