वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-60, verse-21

इमां वा सरितं चाद्य शोषयिष्यामि लक्ष्मण ।
यदि नाख्याति मे सीतामद्य चन्द्रनिभाननाम् ॥२१॥

21. imāṃ vā saritaṃ cādya śoṣayiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa ,
yadi nākhyāti me sītāmadya candranibhānanām.

21. imām vā saritaṃ ca adya śoṣayiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇa
yadi na ākhyāti me sītām adya candranibhānanām

21. lakṣmaṇa vā adya imām saritaṃ ca śoṣayiṣyāmi
yadi adya me candranibhānanām sītām na ākhyāti

21. Or else, Lakṣmaṇa, I will dry up even this river today, if it does not reveal to me my Sītā, whose face is radiant like the moon.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• सरितं (saritaṁ) - river

• च (ca) - "even" this river (and, also, even)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• शोषयिष्यामि (śoṣayiṣyāmi) - I will dry up, I will cause to wither

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Vocative addressing Lakṣmaṇa (O Lakṣmaṇa)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• न (na) - not

• आख्याति (ākhyāti) - it tells, it reveals

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• चन्द्रनिभाननाम् (candranibhānanām) - moon-faced, having a face like the moon

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to `saritaṃ`.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

सरितं (saritaṁ) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarit

sarit - river, stream

from root `sṛ` (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of `śoṣayiṣyāmi`.

च (ca) - "even" this river (and, also, even)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

शोषयिष्यामि (śoṣayiṣyāmi) - I will dry up, I will cause to wither

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śuṣ

Future Tense, 1st Person Singular (Causative)

Causative of root `śuṣ` (to dry, wither) + future ending

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Vocative addressing Lakṣmaṇa (O Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rama's brother)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Conjunction (conditional)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

आख्याति (ākhyāti) - it tells, it reveals

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ākhyā

Present Tense, 3rd Person Singular

From prefix `ā` + root `khyā` (to tell)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Pronominal form

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (Rama's wife)

Note: Object of `ākhyāti`.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time

चन्द्रनिभाननाम् (candranibhānanām) - moon-faced, having a face like the moon

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of candranibhānanā

candranibhānanā - having a face like the moon

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (candra+nibha+ānana)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling
  adjective
  From `ni` (down) + root `bhā` (to shine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)
• ānana – face
  noun (neuter)
  From prefix `ā` + root `an` (to breathe)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `sītām`.