वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-31, verse-9

व्यञ्जनानि हि ते यानि लक्षणानि च लक्षये ।
महिषी भूमिपालस्य राजकन्यासि मे मता ॥९॥

9. vyañjanāni hi te yāni lakṣaṇāni ca lakṣaye ,
mahiṣī bhūmipālasya rājakanyāsi me matā.

9. vyañjanāni hi te yāni lakṣaṇāni ca lakṣaye
| mahiṣī bhūmipālasya rājakanyā asi me matā

9. hi,
yāni vyañjanāni ca lakṣaṇāni te lakṣaye,
(tena tvam) bhūmipālasya mahiṣī vā rājakanyā asi,
iti me matā.

9. Indeed, by the distinguishing marks and auspicious signs that I perceive in you, I believe you are the chief queen of a king or a princess.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यञ्जनानि (vyañjanāni) - distinguishing marks, characteristics, signs

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• ते (te) - your, in you

• यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

• लक्षणानि (lakṣaṇāni) - auspicious signs, characteristics, symptoms

• च (ca) - and

• लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive, I observe

• महिषी (mahiṣī) - chief queen, empress

• भूमिपालस्य (bhūmipālasya) - of a king, of a ruler of the earth

• राजकन्या (rājakanyā) - princess, king's daughter

• असि (asi) - you are

• मे (me) - by me (as an agent in a passive construction) (by me, to me, for me)

• मता (matā) - believed, thought, considered

Words meanings and morphology

व्यञ्जनानि (vyañjanāni) - distinguishing marks, characteristics, signs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vyañjana

vyañjana - distinguishing mark, sign, indication, characteristic

From vi + añj (to anoint, manifest)

Prefix: vi

Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Object of lakṣaye.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, in you

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Enclitic form for genitive/locative singular of yuṣmad; here indicating possession or location ('in you').

यानि (yāni) - which (neuter plural)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, what

Note: Relative pronoun, refers to vyañjanāni and lakṣaṇāni.

लक्षणानि (lakṣaṇāni) - auspicious signs, characteristics, symptoms

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, good omen

From root lakṣ (to mark, observe)

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

Note: Object of lakṣaye.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

लक्षये (lakṣaye) - I perceive, I observe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Root lakṣ (to see, mark, characterize) is often 1st or 10th class. lakṣaye is 1st person singular present middle voice.

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

महिषी (mahiṣī) - chief queen, empress

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - chief queen, empress, buffalo cow

Feminine form of mahiṣa (buffalo, powerful).

Note: Predicate nominative with asi.

भूमिपालस्य (bhūmipālasya) - of a king, of a ruler of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūmipāla

bhūmipāla - king, ruler of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūmi+pāla)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  derived from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

राजकन्या (rājakanyā) - princess, king's daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājakanyā

rājakanyā - princess, king's daughter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+kanyā)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj
• kanyā – daughter, maiden, girl
  noun (feminine)

Note: Predicate nominative with asi.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - by me (as an agent in a passive construction) (by me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of the singular genitive/dative of asmad. Used here with the passive participle matā.

मता (matā) - believed, thought, considered

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mata

mata - thought, considered, believed, regarded

Past Passive Participle

derived from root man (to think, believe)

Root: man (class 4)