वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-1, verse-27

सौमित्रे पश्य पम्पायाश्चित्रासु वनराजिषु ।
नलिनानि प्रकाशन्ते जले तरुणसूर्यवत् ॥२७॥

27. saumitre paśya pampāyāścitrāsu vanarājiṣu ,
nalināni prakāśante jale taruṇasūryavat.

27. saumitre paśya pampāyāḥ citrāsu vanarājiṣu
nalināni prakāśante jale taruṇasūryavat

27. saumitre paśya pampāyāḥ citrāsu vanarājiṣu
jale nalināni taruṇasūryavat prakāśante

27. Son of Sumitra, behold on Pampa's vibrant forest groves how the lotuses in the water glow like the rising sun.

Words meanings summery:

• सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O son of Sumitra, Lakshmana

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

• पम्पायाः (pampāyāḥ) - of Pampa (a lake)

• चित्रासु (citrāsu) - in the beautiful, in the variegated, in the vibrant

• वनराजिषु (vanarājiṣu) - in the rows of trees, in the forest groves

• नलिनानि (nalināni) - lotuses

• प्रकाशन्ते (prakāśante) - they shine, they glitter, they appear

• जले (jale) - in the water

• तरुणसूर्यवत् (taruṇasūryavat) - like the rising sun, like the young sun

Words meanings and morphology

सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O son of Sumitra, Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - Son of Sumitra (Lakshmana)

Patronymic derived from Sumitrā

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold, look

(verb)

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

Imperative active 2nd singular

From the root √dṛś, with present/imperative stem changed to paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पम्पायाः (pampāyāḥ) - of Pampa (a lake)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pampā

pampā - Pampa (name of a sacred lake in ancient India)

चित्रासु (citrāsu) - in the beautiful, in the variegated, in the vibrant

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, plural of citrā

citrā - beautiful, variegated, wonderful, brilliant

Note: Agrees with vanarājiṣu

वनराजिषु (vanarājiṣu) - in the rows of trees, in the forest groves

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of vanarāji

vanarāji - row of trees, forest grove

Tatpuruṣa compound: vana (forest) + rāji (row)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+rāji)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• rāji – row, line, range
  noun (feminine)

नलिनानि (nalināni) - lotuses

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nalina

nalina - lotus, water-lily

Note: Subject of prakāśante

प्रकाशन्ते (prakāśante) - they shine, they glitter, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of prakāś

Present Middle 3rd plural

From prefix pra- attached to root √kāś (to shine, appear)

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

जले (jale) - in the water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

तरुणसूर्यवत् (taruṇasūryavat) - like the rising sun, like the young sun

(indeclinable)

Formed by suffix -vat (like, similar to) attached to the compound taruṇasūrya

Compound type : tatpurusha (taruṇa+sūrya)

• taruṇa – young, fresh, newly risen
  adjective (masculine)
• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)