वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-15, verse-28

तां दृष्ट्वा हनुमान् सीतां मृगशावनिभेक्षणाम् ।
मृगकन्यामिव त्रस्तां वीक्षमाणां समन्ततः ॥२८॥

28. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā hanumān sītāṃ mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām ,
mṛgakanyāmiva trastāṃ vīkṣamāṇāṃ samantataḥ.

28. tām dṛṣṭvā hanumān sītām mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām
mṛgakanyām iva trastām vīkṣamāṇām samantataḥ

28. tām sītām mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām dṛṣṭvā hanumān
mṛgakanyām iva trastām samantataḥ vīkṣamāṇām

28. Having seen that Sītā, whose eyes resembled those of a deer-fawn, Hanumān observed her, frightened like a young deer, looking all around.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (Sītā) (that, her (accusative feminine singular))

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• मृगशावनिभेक्षणाम् (mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām) - Sītā, with eyes resembling a young deer's (one whose eyes are like those of a deer-fawn)

• मृगकन्याम् (mṛgakanyām) - like a fearful young deer (a deer-maiden, a young deer)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• त्रस्ताम् (trastām) - Sītā, appearing frightened (frightened, terrified)

• वीक्षमाणाम् (vīkṣamāṇām) - Sītā, looking around nervously (looking, observing, watching)

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

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (Sītā) (that, her (accusative feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from √dṛś + -tvā suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हनुमान् (hanumān) - Hanumān

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (name of the monkey deity, son of the wind-god)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

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

मृगशावनिभेक्षणाम् (mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇām) - Sītā, with eyes resembling a young deer's (one whose eyes are like those of a deer-fawn)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇā

mṛgaśāvanibhekṣaṇā - one whose eyes are like those of a deer-fawn

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (mṛga+śāva+nibha+īkṣaṇa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• śāva – fawn, young animal, cub
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
• īkṣaṇa – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (neuter)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मृगकन्याम् (mṛgakanyām) - like a fearful young deer (a deer-maiden, a young deer)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgakanyā

mṛgakanyā - deer-maiden, doe, young deer

Compound type : Tatpurusha (mṛga+kanyā)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• kanyā – maiden, girl, daughter
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

त्रस्ताम् (trastām) - Sītā, appearing frightened (frightened, terrified)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of trastā

trastā - frightened, terrified, startled

Past Passive Participle

From √tras (to tremble, be frightened)

Root: tras (class 4)

वीक्षमाणाम् (vīkṣamāṇām) - Sītā, looking around nervously (looking, observing, watching)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vīkṣamāṇā

vīkṣamāṇā - looking, observing, seeing, contemplating

Present Participle (Ātmanepada)

From vi- + √īkṣ (to see, look at)

Prefix: vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, on all sides

(indeclinable)

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