वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-58, verse-23

किं धावसि प्रिये नूनं दृष्टासि कमलेक्षणे ।
वृक्षेणाच्छाद्य चात्मानं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥२३॥

23. kiṃ dhāvasi priye nūnaṃ dṛṣṭāsi kamalekṣaṇe ,
vṛkṣeṇācchādya cātmānaṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase.

23. kim dhāvasi priye nūnam dṛṣṭā asi kamalekṣaṇe |
vṛkṣeṇa ācchādya ca ātmānam kim mām na pratibhāṣase

23. priye kamalekṣaṇe kim dhāvasi nūnam dṛṣṭā asi
vṛkṣeṇa ca ātmānam ācchādya kim mām na pratibhāṣase

23. Why do you run, my beloved? Surely you are seen, O lotus-eyed one! Why do you not speak to me, hiding yourself behind that tree?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why, what

• धावसि (dhāvasi) - you run

• प्रिये (priye) - O beloved

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• असि (asi) - you are

• कमलेक्षणे (kamalekṣaṇe) - (Sita) O lotus-eyed one (O lotus-eyed one)

• वृक्षेण (vṛkṣeṇa) - by a tree, with a tree

• आच्छाद्य (ācchādya) - having covered, by covering, hiding

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman)

• किम् (kim) - why, what

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not

• प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you speak in return, you address

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why, what

(indeclinable)

धावसि (dhāvasi) - you run

(verb)

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

root of class 1

Root: dhāv (class 1)

प्रिये (priye) - O beloved

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear (feminine)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

root of class 2

Root: as (class 2)

कमलेक्षणे (kamalekṣaṇe) - (Sita) O lotus-eyed one (O lotus-eyed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kamalekṣaṇa

kamalekṣaṇa - lotus-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kamala+īkṣaṇa)

• kamala – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, eye, sight
  noun (neuter)
  action noun from root īkṣ
  Root: īkṣ

वृक्षेण (vṛkṣeṇa) - by a tree, with a tree

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

आच्छाद्य (ācchādya) - having covered, by covering, hiding

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund from root chad with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: chad (class 10)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - oneself, the self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, body (ātman)

किम् (kim) - why, what

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाषसे (pratibhāṣase) - you speak in return, you address

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of bhāṣ

present indicative 2nd singular, Middle Voice, from root bhāṣ with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)