वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-30, verse-3

सा तं समीक्ष्यैव भृशं विसंज्ञा गतासुकल्पेव बभूव सीता ।
चिरेण संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य चैव विचिन्तयामास विशालनेत्रा ॥३॥

3. sā taṃ samīkṣyaiva bhṛśaṃ visaṃjñā gatāsukalpeva babhūva sītā ,
cireṇa saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya caiva vicintayāmāsa viśālanetrā.

3. sā tam samīkṣya eva bhṛśam visaṃjñā
gatāsu-kalpā iva babhūva
sītā cireṇa saṃjñām pratilabhya
ca eva vicintayāmāsa viśāla-netrā

3. sītā tam samīkṣya eva bhṛśam
visaṃjñā gatāsu-kalpā iva babhūva
ca viśāla-netrā cireṇa saṃjñām
pratilabhya eva vicintayāmāsa

3. Upon seeing him, Sītā became deeply unconscious, as if she had almost lost her life. After a long time, having regained her senses, the wide-eyed Sītā began to ponder deeply.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• तम् (tam) - him (Hanumān) (him, that (masculine))

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having perceived

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much

• विसंज्ञा (visaṁjñā) - unconscious, senseless, bewildered

• गतासु-कल्पा (gatāsu-kalpā) - almost dead, like one whose life breath has departed

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, for a long time

• संज्ञाम् (saṁjñām) - consciousness, recognition, name

• प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, having obtained, having received

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• विचिन्तयामास (vicintayāmāsa) - began to ponder, thought deeply, reflected

• विशाल-नेत्रा (viśāla-netrā) - Sītā, who is wide-eyed (wide-eyed, having large eyes)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

तम् (tam) - him (Hanumān) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, very much

(indeclinable)

विसंज्ञा (visaṁjñā) - unconscious, senseless, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of visaṃjñā

visaṁjñā - unconscious, senseless, bewildered, having lost senses

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vi+saṃjñā)

• vi – apart, asunder, away, without
  indeclinable
• saṃjñā – consciousness, knowledge, understanding, name
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

गतासु-कल्पा (gatāsu-kalpā) - almost dead, like one whose life breath has departed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gatāsu-kalpa

gatāsu-kalpa - almost dead, like one whose life breath has departed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi-like (with suffix kalpa) (gata+asu+kalpa)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• asu – breath, vital air, life, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling, almost
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix -kalpa

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

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

चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, for a long time

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting a long time

संज्ञाम् (saṁjñām) - consciousness, recognition, name

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃjñā

saṁjñā - consciousness, knowledge, understanding, name

Prefix: sam

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, having obtained, having received

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: prati

Root: labh (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

विचिन्तयामास (vicintayāmāsa) - began to ponder, thought deeply, reflected

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of cint

Causative stem cintaya + perfect ending

Prefix: vi

Root: cit (class 10)

विशाल-नेत्रा (viśāla-netrā) - Sītā, who is wide-eyed (wide-eyed, having large eyes)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśāla-netra

viśāla-netra - wide-eyed, large-eyed

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (viśāla+netra)

• viśāla – large, wide, extensive, spacious
  adjective (masculine)
• netra – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: nī (class 1)

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