वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-57, verse-22

जनकस्यात्मजां राज्ञस्तस्यां द्रक्ष्यथ मैथिलीम् ।
लङ्कायामथ गुप्तायां सागरेण समन्ततः ॥२२॥

22. janakasyātmajāṃ rājñastasyāṃ drakṣyatha maithilīm ,
laṅkāyāmatha guptāyāṃ sāgareṇa samantataḥ.

22. janakasya ātmajām rājñaḥ tasyām drakṣyatha
maithilīm laṅkāyām atha guptāyām sāgareṇa samantataḥ

22. atha sāgareṇa samantataḥ guptāyām laṅkāyām tasyām
rājñaḥ janakasya ātmajām maithilīm drakṣyatha

22. In that [city] Laṅkā, which is guarded on all sides by the ocean, you will see Maithilī, the daughter of King Janaka.

Words meanings summery:

• जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

• आत्मजाम् (ātmajām) - daughter

• राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that city (Laṅkā) (in that)

• द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you (all) will see

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā, princess of Mithilā)

• लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Laṅkā

• अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

• गुप्तायाम् (guptāyām) - protected, guarded, hidden

• सागरेण (sāgareṇa) - by the ocean, by the sea

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides

Words meanings and morphology

जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - Janaka (proper name, king of Videha, father of Sītā)

आत्मजाम् (ātmajām) - daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ātmajā

ātmajā - daughter (literally 'self-born' or 'born from oneself')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born from, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -ja
  Derived from root jan- 'to be born'
  Root: jan (class 4)

राज्ञः (rājñaḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that city (Laṅkā) (in that)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्रक्ष्यथ (drakṣyatha) - you (all) will see

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā, princess of Mithilā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithilī (epithet of Sītā, referring to her origin from the Mithilā kingdom)

लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Laṅkā

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (name of the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

अथ (atha) - and, then, moreover

(indeclinable)

गुप्तायाम् (guptāyām) - protected, guarded, hidden

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of gupta

gupta - protected, guarded, hidden

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root gup- ('to protect, hide')

Root: gup (class 1)

सागरेण (sāgareṇa) - by the ocean, by the sea

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides

(indeclinable)

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