वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-11

सरांसि सरितो वापीः काननानि वनानि च ।
तां विना मृगशावाक्षीं चरन्नाद्य सुखं लभे ॥११॥

11. sarāṃsi sarito vāpīḥ kānanāni vanāni ca ,
tāṃ vinā mṛgaśāvākṣīṃ carannādya sukhaṃ labhe.

11. sarāṃsi saritaḥ vāpīḥ kānanāni vanāni ca tām
vinā mṛgaśāvākṣīm caran adya sukham labhe

11. adya tām mṛgaśāvākṣīm vinā sarāṃsi saritaḥ
vāpīḥ kānanāni vana ca caran sukham na labhe

11. Without her, the deer-eyed one, I find no happiness today while wandering through lakes, rivers, ponds, groves, and forests.

Words meanings summery:

• सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes (lakes, large ponds)

• सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers (rivers, streams)

• वापीः (vāpīḥ) - ponds (large tanks, ponds, artificial lakes)

• काननानि (kānanāni) - groves (groves, pleasure-grounds, small forests)

• वनानि (vanāni) - forests (forests, woods)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

• मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - the deer-eyed one (deer-eyed, having eyes like a young deer)

• चरन् (caran) - wandering (wandering, moving, roaming)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure, comfort)

• लभे (labhe) - I find (I obtain, I gain, I find)

Words meanings and morphology

सरांसि (sarāṁsi) - lakes (lakes, large ponds)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond

सरितः (saritaḥ) - rivers (rivers, streams)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: The visarga (`ḥ`) changes to `o` before soft consonants or `r` in sandhi, as seen in `sarito`.

वापीः (vāpīḥ) - ponds (large tanks, ponds, artificial lakes)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vāpī

vāpī - large tank, pond, reservoir

काननानि (kānanāni) - groves (groves, pleasure-grounds, small forests)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, pleasure-ground

वनानि (vanāni) - forests (forests, woods)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, water

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as a conjunction.

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the beloved.

विना (vinā) - without (without, except for)

(indeclinable)

मृगशावाक्षीम् (mṛgaśāvākṣīm) - the deer-eyed one (deer-eyed, having eyes like a young deer)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvākṣa

mṛgaśāvākṣa - deer-eyed (having eyes like a fawn)

Bahuvrihi compound: `mṛgaśāva` (fawn) + `akṣa` (eye). Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mṛgaśāva+akṣa)

• mṛgaśāva – fawn, young deer
  noun (masculine)
• akṣa – eye
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `tām`.

चरन् (caran) - wandering (wandering, moving, roaming)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of car

car - to move, to wander, to graze

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root `car` (1st class), masculine nominative singular.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with an implied "I" (speaker).

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness (happiness, pleasure, comfort)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, comfort, ease

Note: Object of `labhe`.

लभे (labhe) - I find (I obtain, I gain, I find)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh

Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Root `labh` (1st class) in present middle voice.

Root: labh (class 1)

Note: The negative particle `na` applies to `labhe`.