वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-16, verse-28

स तामसितकेशान्तां सुश्रोणीं संहतस्तनीम् ।
दिदृक्षुरसितापाङ्गीमुपावर्तत रावणः ॥२८॥

28. sa tāmasitakeśāntāṃ suśroṇīṃ saṃhatastanīm ,
didṛkṣurasitāpāṅgīmupāvartata rāvaṇaḥ.

28. saḥ tām asitakeśāntām suśroṇīm saṃhatastanīm
didṛkṣuḥ asitāpāṅgīm upāvartata rāvaṇaḥ

28. Rāvaṇa, wishing to behold her—with her dark hair ends, beautiful hips, close-set breasts, and dark-cornered eyes—approached.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Rāvaṇa (he)

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

• असितकेशान्ताम् (asitakeśāntām) - (Sītā) with dark hair tips (whose hair ends are dark)

• सुश्रोणीम् (suśroṇīm) - (Sītā) possessing beautiful hips (with beautiful hips)

• संहतस्तनीम् (saṁhatastanīm) - (Sītā) having close-set breasts (with close-set breasts)

• दिदृक्षुः (didṛkṣuḥ) - Rāvaṇa desiring to see Sītā (wishing to see, desirous of seeing)

• असितापाङ्गीम् (asitāpāṅgīm) - (Sītā) having dark-cornered eyes (with dark outer corners of the eyes)

• उपावर्तत (upāvartata) - Rāvaṇa approached Sītā (approached, came near)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the king of Laṅkā (Rāvaṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Rāvaṇa (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa, the subject of 'approached'.

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

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

Note: Object of 'didṛkṣuḥ' (wishing to see). Refers to Sītā.

असितकेशान्ताम् (asitakeśāntām) - (Sītā) with dark hair tips (whose hair ends are dark)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asitakeśāntā

asitakeśāntā - whose hair-ends are dark

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+keśa+anta)

• asita – dark, black
  adjective
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, tip
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes Sītā.

सुश्रोणीम् (suśroṇīm) - (Sītā) possessing beautiful hips (with beautiful hips)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of suśroṇī

suśroṇī - having beautiful hips

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+śroṇi)

• su – good, beautiful, well
  indeclinable
• śroṇi – hip, buttocks
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes Sītā.

संहतस्तनीम् (saṁhatastanīm) - (Sītā) having close-set breasts (with close-set breasts)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃhatastanī

saṁhatastanī - having close-set/firm breasts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃhata+stanī)

• saṃhata – compact, close-set, firm
  adjective
  past passive participle
  Derived from the root han 'to strike' with prefix sam, meaning 'joined, compact'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• stanī – breast
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes Sītā.

दिदृक्षुः (didṛkṣuḥ) - Rāvaṇa desiring to see Sītā (wishing to see, desirous of seeing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of didṛkṣu

didṛkṣu - wishing to see, desirous of seeing

desiderative participle (agent noun)

Derived from the desiderative stem of dṛś 'to see', with the suffix -u.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe Rāvaṇa.

असितापाङ्गीम् (asitāpāṅgīm) - (Sītā) having dark-cornered eyes (with dark outer corners of the eyes)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asitāpāṅgī

asitāpāṅgī - with dark outer corners of the eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+apāṅga)

• asita – dark, black
  adjective
• apāṅga – outer corner of the eye
  noun (masculine)

Note: Describes Sītā.

उपावर्तत (upāvartata) - Rāvaṇa approached Sītā (approached, came near)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of upāvart

imperfect, middle, 3rd singular

Imperfect (laṅ) form of root vṛt with prefixes upa and ā, in ātmanepada.

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the king of Laṅkā (Rāvaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (a proper noun, name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

Note: Subject of 'upāvartata'.