वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-35

केनोपायेन पश्येयं मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ।
अदृष्टो राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना ॥३५॥

35. kenopāyena paśyeyaṃ maithilīṃ janakātmajām ,
adṛṣṭo rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena durātmanā.

35. kena upāyena paśyeyam maithilīm janakātmajām
| adṛṣṭaḥ rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena durātmanā

35. adṛṣṭaḥ kena upāyena rākṣasendreṇa durātmanā
rāvaṇena maithilīm janakātmajām paśyeyam?

35. By what means can I see Maithilī, Janaka's daughter, while remaining unseen by Rāvaṇa, the wicked-souled (durātman) lord of rākṣasas?

Words meanings summery:

• केन (kena) - by what, by which

• उपायेन (upāyena) - by means, by method, by way

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - may I see, should I see

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā, daughter of the king of Mithila)

• जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Janaka's daughter

• अदृष्टः (adṛṣṭaḥ) - remaining unseen by others (unseen, unobserved)

• राक्षसेन्द्रेण (rākṣasendreṇa) - by the lord of rākṣasas (demons)

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

• दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by Rāvaṇa, who has a wicked soul (durātman) (by the wicked-souled one, by the evil-minded one)

Words meanings and morphology

केन (kena) - by what, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

उपायेन (upāyena) - by means, by method, by way

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, resource, stratagem

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - may I see, should I see

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of paśyeyam

Optative

Optative form (vidhi liṅ) of the root √dṛś (to see), conjugated in the present stem (paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Maithilī (Sītā, daughter of the king of Mithila)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithilī (epithet of Sītā, indicating her origin from Mithila)

जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Janaka's daughter

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name, king of Mithila)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter, born from oneself
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from ātman (self) + √jan (to be born), feminine form
  Root: jan (class 4)

अदृष्टः (adṛṣṭaḥ) - remaining unseen by others (unseen, unobserved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adṛṣṭa

adṛṣṭa - unseen, invisible, unperceived

Past Passive Participle

Negative particle 'a' + Past Passive Participle from the root √dṛś (to see)

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

राक्षसेन्द्रेण (rākṣasendreṇa) - by the lord of rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - chief of rākṣasas, lord of demons

Compound type : Ṣaṣṭhī Tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – a rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, king
  noun (masculine)

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the antagonist in the Rāmāyaṇa)

दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by Rāvaṇa, who has a wicked soul (durātman) (by the wicked-souled one, by the evil-minded one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - wicked-souled, evil-minded, having a bad disposition

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (dur+ātman)

• dur – bad, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness
• ātman – soul (ātman), self (ātman), spirit (ātman), mind, essential nature
  noun (masculine)