वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-31, verse-2

का नु पद्मपलाशाक्षी क्लिष्टकौशेयवासिनी ।
द्रुमस्य शाखामालम्ब्य तिष्ठसि त्वमनिन्दिता ॥२॥

2. kā nu padmapalāśākṣī kliṣṭakauśeyavāsinī ,
drumasya śākhāmālambya tiṣṭhasi tvamaninditā.

2. kā nu padma-palāśa-akṣī kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī
drumasya śākhām ālambya tiṣṭhasi tvam aninditā

2. aninditā padma-palāśa-akṣī kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī
tvam drumasya śākhām ālambya tiṣṭhasi kā nu

2. Who are you, O blameless one, whose eyes resemble lotus petals, clad in worn silk garments, standing while leaning on a tree branch?

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - who (feminine)

• नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, pray (interrogative particle)

• पद्म-पलाश-अक्षी (padma-palāśa-akṣī) - having beautiful eyes resembling lotus petals (whose eyes are like lotus petals)

• क्लिष्ट-कौशेय-वासिनी (kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī) - wearing garments of silk that are worn or soiled (wearing worn silk garments)

• द्रुमस्य (drumasya) - of the tree

• शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having leaned upon, holding onto

• तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - O blameless lady (used in a vocative sense) (O blameless one, faultless)

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - who (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, pray (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

पद्म-पलाश-अक्षी (padma-palāśa-akṣī) - having beautiful eyes resembling lotus petals (whose eyes are like lotus petals)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of padma-palāśa-akṣī

padma-palāśa-akṣī - having eyes like lotus petals

Compound type : bahuvrihi (padma+palāśa+akṣī)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• palāśa – petal, leaf
  noun (neuter)
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)

क्लिष्ट-कौशेय-वासिनी (kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī) - wearing garments of silk that are worn or soiled (wearing worn silk garments)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī

kliṣṭa-kauśeya-vāsinī - wearing worn-out silk garments

Compound type : descriptive compound with agent suffix (kliṣṭa+kauśeya+vāsinī)

• kliṣṭa – distressed, afflicted, worn, soiled (past passive participle)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kliś' (to suffer, be distressed)
  Root: kliś (class 4)
• kauśeya – silk, silken garment
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'kośa' (cocoon)
• vāsinī – wearing, dwelling (feminine agent noun)
  noun (feminine)
  Agent Noun
  Derived from root 'vas' (to wear/to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 2)

द्रुमस्य (drumasya) - of the tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of druma

druma - tree, wood

शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough, limb

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having leaned upon, holding onto

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'lamb' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

तिष्ठसि (tiṣṭhasi) - you stand, you remain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - O blameless lady (used in a vocative sense) (O blameless one, faultless)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - unblamed, faultless, irreproachable

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+nindita)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• nindita – blamed, censured (past passive participle)
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nid' (to blame)
  Root: nid (class 1)

Note: Used in a vocative sense, addressing the listener as 'O blameless one'.