वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-30, verse-2

सा तु दृष्ट्वा हरिश्रेष्ठं विनीतवदुपस्थितम् ।
मैथिली चिन्तयामास स्वप्नो ऽयमिति भामिनी ॥२॥

2. sā tu dṛṣṭvā hariśreṣṭhaṃ vinītavadupasthitam ,
maithilī cintayāmāsa svapno'yamiti bhāminī.

2. sā tu dṛṣṭvā hariśreṣṭham vinītavat upasthitam
maithilī cintayāmāsa svapnaḥ ayam iti bhāminī

2. tu maithilī sā bhāminī,
vinītavat upasthitam hariśreṣṭham dṛṣṭvā,
ayam svapnaḥ iti cintayāmāsa

2. But Sītā, the noble lady, seeing the best of monkeys who had appeared humbly, thought, "This must be a dream."

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

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

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen)

• हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - the best of monkeys (Hanumān) (best of monkeys, chief monkey)

• विनीतवत् (vinītavat) - humbly (humbly, respectfully)

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - appeared (approached, appeared, standing near)

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sītā (princess of Mithilā, Sītā)

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she thought (she thought, she pondered)

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream (dream, sleep)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• भामिनी (bhāminī) - the noble lady (passionate woman, angry woman, beautiful woman, noble lady)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

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

(indeclinable)

Particle

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) with suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हरिश्रेष्ठम् (hariśreṣṭham) - the best of monkeys (Hanumān) (best of monkeys, chief monkey)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hariśreṣṭha

hariśreṣṭha - best of monkeys (or lions), chief monkey

Tatpuruṣa compound: hari (monkey/lion) + śreṣṭha (best).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hari+śreṣṭha)

• hari – monkey, lion, Vishnu, green, yellow
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, superior
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of praśasya (praiseworthy).
  Root: praśas

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'.

विनीतवत् (vinītavat) - humbly (humbly, respectfully)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from adjective vinīta (humble) with suffix -vat.

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - appeared (approached, appeared, standing near)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, standing near, appeared, approached

Past Passive Participle

From upa-sthā (to stand near, be present).

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sītā (princess of Mithilā, Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithilā, Sītā

Feminine patronymic from Mithila.

Note: Subject of 'cintayāmāsa'.

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - she thought (she thought, she pondered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of cint

Perfect (Lit)

Reduplicated past tense form. Causative from cit.

Root: cit (class 10)

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - a dream (dream, sleep)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, dreaming

From root svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'ayam'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of implied 'is'.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Particle introducing or concluding a quotation or thought.

भामिनी (bhāminī) - the noble lady (passionate woman, angry woman, beautiful woman, noble lady)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - an angry woman, a passionate woman, a beautiful woman, a noble lady

From bhāmā (beautiful, angry).

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Appositive for 'maithilī'.

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