वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-59, verse-5

यैः सह क्रीडसे सीते विश्वस्तैर्मृगपोतकैः ।
एते हीनास्त्वया सौम्ये ध्यायन्त्यस्राविलेक्षणाः ॥५॥

5. yaiḥ saha krīḍase sīte viśvastairmṛgapotakaiḥ ,
ete hīnāstvayā saumye dhyāyantyasrāvilekṣaṇāḥ.

5. yaiḥ saha krīḍase sīte viśvastaiḥ mṛgapotakaiḥ
ete hīnāḥ tvayā saumye dhyāyanti asrāvilakṣaṇāḥ

5. sīte saumye yaiḥ viśvastaiḥ mṛgapotakaiḥ saha
krīḍase ete tvayā hīnāḥ asrāvilakṣaṇāḥ dhyāyanti

5. O Sītā, those trusting fawn-children with whom you used to play are now, O gentle one, deprived of you, meditating with tear-filled eyes.

Words meanings summery:

• यैः (yaiḥ) - with whom (by whom, with whom)

• सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

• क्रीडसे (krīḍase) - you used to play (you play)

• सीते (sīte) - O Sītā

• विश्वस्तैः (viśvastaiḥ) - by the trusting (fawns) (by the trusted, by the confident)

• मृगपोतकैः (mṛgapotakaiḥ) - by the fawn-children (by the young deer, by the fawns)

• एते (ete) - these (fawns) (these)

• हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - deprived (of you) (deprived, left, abandoned)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सौम्ये (saumye) - O gentle one (Sītā) (O gentle one, O lovely one)

• ध्यायन्ति (dhyāyanti) - they are meditating (on you) (they meditate, they think of)

• अस्राविलक्षणाः (asrāvilakṣaṇāḥ) - having tear-filled eyes (having tearful eyes)

Words meanings and morphology

यैः (yaiḥ) - with whom (by whom, with whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the fawns.

सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by)

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs instrumental case.

क्रीडसे (krīḍase) - you used to play (you play)

(verb)

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

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

Note: Implies past habitual action.

सीते (sīte) - O Sītā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name)

विश्वस्तैः (viśvastaiḥ) - by the trusting (fawns) (by the trusted, by the confident)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of viśvasta

viśvasta - trusted, confident, secure, trusting

Past Passive Participle

From vi- + śvas 'to breathe, trust'

Prefix: vi

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'mṛgapotakaiḥ'.

मृगपोतकैः (mṛgapotakaiḥ) - by the fawn-children (by the young deer, by the fawns)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛgapotaka

mṛgapotaka - young deer, fawn

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+potaka)

• mṛga – deer, animal
  noun (masculine)
• potaka – young of an animal, cub, fawn
  noun (masculine)

Note: Instrumental case with 'saha'.

एते (ete) - these (fawns) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers back to 'mṛgapotakaiḥ'.

हीनाः (hīnāḥ) - deprived (of you) (deprived, left, abandoned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hīna

hīna - left, abandoned, deprived of, inferior

Past Passive Participle

From root hā 'to abandon, quit'

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'ete'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Instrumental with 'hīnāḥ' (deprived of).

सौम्ये (saumye) - O gentle one (Sītā) (O gentle one, O lovely one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of saumyā

saumyā - gentle, lovely, beautiful, agreeable (feminine)

Note: Another address to Sītā.

ध्यायन्ति (dhyāyanti) - they are meditating (on you) (they meditate, they think of)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of dhyā

Root: dhyai (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'ete' (fawns).

अस्राविलक्षणाः (asrāvilakṣaṇāḥ) - having tear-filled eyes (having tearful eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asrāvilakṣaṇa

asrāvilakṣaṇa - having tear-filled eyes, marked by tears

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asra+āvila+īkṣaṇa)

• asra – tear, blood
  noun (neuter)
• āvila – turbid, muddy, dim, confused
  adjective
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ete' and 'hīnāḥ'.