वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-7

सारसारवसंनादैः सारसारवनादिनी ।
याश्रमे रमते बाला साद्य मे रमते कथम् ॥७॥

7. sārasāravasaṃnādaiḥ sārasāravanādinī ,
yāśrame ramate bālā sādya me ramate katham.

7. sārasāravasaṃnādaiḥ sārasāravanādinī yā
āśrame ramate bālā sā adya me ramate katham

7. sārasāravasaṃnādaiḥ yā sārasāravanādinī
bālā āśrame ramate sā adya me katham ramate

7. With the resounding calls of cranes, that young woman whose voice echoed the calls of cranes, who used to delight in the hermitage (āśrama)—how can she bring me joy today?

Words meanings summery:

• सारसारवसंनादैः (sārasāravasaṁnādaiḥ) - by the resounding cries of cranes

• सारसारवनादिनी (sārasāravanādinī) - one who sounds like the cries of cranes, echoing crane calls

• या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage

• रमते (ramate) - used to delight (in the past) (she delights, she enjoys)

• बाला (bālā) - young woman, girl

• सा (sā) - she (feminine)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• रमते (ramate) - can she delight? (she delights, she enjoys)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

Words meanings and morphology

सारसारवसंनादैः (sārasāravasaṁnādaiḥ) - by the resounding cries of cranes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sārasāravasaṃnāda

sārasāravasaṁnāda - resounding cry of cranes

Compound word, masculine instrumental plural

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sārasa+rava+saṃnāda)

• sārasa – crane (bird)
  noun (masculine)
• rava – cry, sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root √ru (to cry, to roar)
  Root: ru (class 2)
• saṃnāda – loud cry, resounding sound
  noun (masculine)
  From root √nad (to sound) + sam- (prefix) + ghañ suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nad (class 1)

सारसारवनादिनी (sārasāravanādinī) - one who sounds like the cries of cranes, echoing crane calls

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sārasāravanādin

sārasāravanādin - sounding like the cries of cranes, one who makes crane-like sounds (feminine)

Agent Noun

Compound word, feminine form of 'sārasāravanādin', nominative singular

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sārasa+rava+nādin)

• sārasa – crane (bird)
  noun (masculine)
• rava – cry, sound, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root √ru (to cry, to roar)
  Root: ru (class 2)
• nādin – sounding, making noise, crying out (adjective/noun)
  adjective
  Agent Noun
  From root √nad (to sound) + ṇini suffix
  Root: nad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bālā'.

या (yā) - who, which (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Relative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, retreat, stage of life (āśrama)

From root √śram (to toil, to exert) + ā- (prefix) + maṇ suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

रमते (ramate) - used to delight (in the past) (she delights, she enjoys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ram

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice, from root √ram

Root: ram (class 1)

बाला (bālā) - young woman, girl

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young woman, girl

Feminine form of 'bāla' (young, child), nominative singular

Note: Subject of the clause 'yā āśrame ramate bālā'.

सा (sā) - she (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

Feminine nominative singular, correlates with 'yā'

Note: Subject of the main question.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of dative or genitive singular, from 'aham'

Note: Expresses 'for me' or 'to me'.

रमते (ramate) - can she delight? (she delights, she enjoys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of ram

Present Indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice, from root √ram

Root: ram (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

Note: Interrogative particle.