वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-10, verse-21

नागकन्या वरारोहाः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः ।
दृष्टा हनूमता तत्र न तु सीता सुमध्यमा ॥२१॥

21. nāgakanyā varārohāḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ ,
dṛṣṭā hanūmatā tatra na tu sītā sumadhyamā.

21. nāgakanyāḥ varārohāḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ
dṛṣṭā hanūmatā tatra na tu sītā sumadhyamā

21. Nāga maidens (nāgakanyā), with beautiful, shapely hips and faces resembling the full moon, were seen there by Hanumān, but not Sītā, the slender-waisted.

Words meanings summery:

• नागकन्याः (nāgakanyāḥ) - Nāga maidens, celestial serpent maidens

• वरारोहाः (varārohāḥ) - having excellent hips, with beautiful hips or thighs

• पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः (pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ) - having faces like the full moon

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - refers to Sītā (implied subject in the second clause) (seen, observed, perceived)

• हनूमता (hanūmatā) - by Hanumān

• तत्र (tatra) - in Laṅkā (where Hanumān is searching) (there, in that place)

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

• सीता (sītā) - Wife of Rāma, daughter of Janaka (Sītā (proper name))

• सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - describing Sītā (slender-waisted, graceful)

Words meanings and morphology

नागकन्याः (nāgakanyāḥ) - Nāga maidens, celestial serpent maidens

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nāgakanyā

nāgakanyā - daughter of a Nāga (serpent deity); a Nāga maiden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+kanyā)

• nāga – serpent, snake; a class of semi-divine beings with human faces and serpent tails
  noun (masculine)
• kanyā – maiden, girl, daughter
  noun (feminine)

वरारोहाः (varārohāḥ) - having excellent hips, with beautiful hips or thighs

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of varārohā

varārohā - having beautiful hips/thighs; a woman with shapely hips

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+āroha)

• vara – excellent, best, finest
  adjective
• āroha – hip, flank (of a woman)
  noun (masculine)

पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः (pūrṇacandranibhānanāḥ) - having faces like the full moon

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pūrṇacandranibhānanā

pūrṇacandranibhānanā - having a face like the full moon

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pūrṇa+candra+nibha+ānana)

• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - refers to Sītā (implied subject in the second clause) (seen, observed, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हनूमता (hanūmatā) - by Hanumān

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanumān (name of a prominent Vanara deity)

तत्र (tatra) - in Laṅkā (where Hanumān is searching) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, however

(indeclinable)

सीता (sītā) - Wife of Rāma, daughter of Janaka (Sītā (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of the wife of Rāma, daughter of Janaka)

सुमध्यमा (sumadhyamā) - describing Sītā (slender-waisted, graceful)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - slender-waisted, graceful; a slender-waisted woman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well, excellent (prefix)
  indeclinable
• madhyamā – middle (feminine); a woman of middle age or proportions
  noun (feminine)