वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-11, verse-15

अथ वा निहिता मन्ये रावणस्य निवेशने ।
नूनं लालप्यते मन्दं पञ्जरस्थेव शारिका ॥१५॥

15. atha vā nihitā manye rāvaṇasya niveśane ,
nūnaṃ lālapyate mandaṃ pañjarastheva śārikā.

15. atha vā nihitā manye rāvaṇasya niveśane |
nūnam lālapyate mandam pañjarasthā iva śārikā

15. atha vā manye (sā) rāvaṇasya niveśane nihitā
nūnam sā pañjarasthā śārikā iva mandam lālapyate

15. Alternatively, I believe she is being held in Rāvaṇa's residence. Surely, she must be lamenting softly there, like a starling confined to a cage.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - alternatively, or (now, then, moreover, thus, or)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• निहिता (nihitā) - kept, held (feminine nominative singular, referring to Sītā) (placed, deposited, hidden, kept)

• मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe)

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• निवेशने (niveśane) - in the residence (in the abode, in the residence, in the house)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly (surely, certainly, indeed, perhaps)

• लालप्यते (lālapyate) - she is lamenting softly (she laments repeatedly, she wails continuously)

• मन्दम् (mandam) - softly (modifying lamenting) (slowly, softly, gently, dimly)

• पञ्जरस्था (pañjarasthā) - like a caged (bird) (situated in a cage, caged)

• इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

• शारिका (śārikā) - a starling (a mynah bird, a starling)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - alternatively, or (now, then, moreover, thus, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

निहिता (nihitā) - kept, held (feminine nominative singular, referring to Sītā) (placed, deposited, hidden, kept)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nihita

nihita - placed, deposited, hidden, kept

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhā' (to place) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Used as a predicative adjective.

मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I believe)

(verb)

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

present tense

Present 1st person singular, middle voice.

Root: man (class 4)

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper noun)

निवेशने (niveśane) - in the residence (in the abode, in the residence, in the house)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - abode, residence, house, encampment

From ni-viś (to enter, settle).

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly (surely, certainly, indeed, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

लालप्यते (lālapyate) - she is lamenting softly (she laments repeatedly, she wails continuously)

(verb)

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

intensive (yaṅ-luk) + present tense

Reduplicated (intensive) form of root 'lap', 3rd person singular, middle voice, present tense.

Root: lap (class 1)

मन्दम् (mandam) - softly (modifying lamenting) (slowly, softly, gently, dimly)

(indeclinable)

पञ्जरस्था (pañjarasthā) - like a caged (bird) (situated in a cage, caged)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pañjarastha

pañjarastha - caged, situated in a cage

Compound: pañjara (cage) + stha (standing, situated).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pañjara+stha)

• pañjara – cage, skeleton
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, situated, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -stha from root sthā (to stand).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शारिका (śārikā) - a starling (a mynah bird, a starling)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śārikā

śārikā - mynah bird, starling