वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-21

अथ पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मैथिलीमनुचिन्तयन् ।
उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामो मुखेन परिशुष्यता ॥२१॥

21. atha padmapalāśākṣīṃ maithilīmanucintayan ,
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā.

21. atha padmapalāśākṣīm maithilīm anucintayan
uvāca lakṣmaṇam rāmaḥ mukhena pariśuṣyatā

21. atha rāmaḥ padmapalāśākṣīm maithilīm
anucintayan pariśuṣyatā mukhena lakṣmaṇam uvāca

21. Then, Rama, contemplating Maithili (Sītā), who had eyes like lotus petals, spoke to Lakshmana with a face withered by sorrow.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• पद्मपलाशाक्षीम् (padmapalāśākṣīm) - lotus-petal-eyed

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita (Maithili, daughter of Mithila's king, Sita)

• अनुचिन्तयन् (anucintayan) - contemplating (contemplating, thinking of, meditating upon)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana (Rama's brother) (Lakshmana)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (the protagonist of Ramayana) (Rama)

• मुखेन (mukhena) - with a face (by the face, with the face)

• परिशुष्यता (pariśuṣyatā) - withered (by sorrow) (by one drying up, withered, shrunken)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

पद्मपलाशाक्षीम् (padmapalāśākṣīm) - lotus-petal-eyed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padmapalāśākṣī

padmapalāśākṣī - having eyes like lotus petals

Compound type : bahuvrihi (padma+palāśa+akṣi)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• palāśa – petal, leaf
  noun (neuter)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sita (Maithili, daughter of Mithila's king, Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - relating to Mithila, a princess of Mithila, Sita

feminine form of Maithila

अनुचिन्तयन् (anucintayan) - contemplating (contemplating, thinking of, meditating upon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anucintayat

anucintayat - contemplating, thinking of

present active participle

From root `√cint` (to think) with prefix `anu-` (after, along) and causative suffix, then `śatṛ` participle suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: cint (class 10)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active 3rd person singular

Root `√vac` (to speak), perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplication `u-vac-a` -> uvāca

Root: vac (class 2)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakshmana (Rama's brother) (Lakshmana)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's younger brother)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (the protagonist of Ramayana) (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a celebrated king of Ayodhya, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu)

Root: ram (class 1)

मुखेन (mukhena) - with a face (by the face, with the face)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - mouth, face, snout, entrance

परिशुष्यता (pariśuṣyatā) - withered (by sorrow) (by one drying up, withered, shrunken)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of pariśuṣyat

pariśuṣyat - drying up, withering, becoming dry

present active participle

From root `√śuṣ` (to dry) with prefix `pari-` (completely), `śyan` affix, and `śatṛ` participle suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: śuṣ (class 4)