वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-32, verse-9

यथा यथा समीपं स हनूमानुपसर्पति ।
तथा तथा रावणं सा तं सीता परिशङ्कते ॥९॥

9. yathā yathā samīpaṃ sa hanūmānupasarpati ,
tathā tathā rāvaṇaṃ sā taṃ sītā pariśaṅkate.

9. yathā yathā samīpam saḥ hanūmān upasarpati
tathā tathā rāvaṇam sā tam sītā pariśaṅkate

9. As Hanuman drew closer and closer, Sītā increasingly suspected him to be Rāvaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

• समीपम् (samīpam) - near, proximity

• सः (saḥ) - he

• हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

• उपसर्पति (upasarpati) - approaches, draws near

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa (accusative)

• सा (sā) - she

• तम् (tam) - him (accusative)

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• परिशङ्कते (pariśaṅkate) - suspects, doubts

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in whichever way

(indeclinable)

समीपम् (samīpam) - near, proximity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hanūmat

hanūmat - Hanuman (name of a prominent Vanara deity in Hinduism)

उपसर्पति (upasarpati) - approaches, draws near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of upa-sṛp

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛp (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so, in that way, accordingly

(indeclinable)

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the antagonist of the Rāmāyaṇa)

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

तम् (tam) - him (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of the wife of Rāma)

परिशङ्कते (pariśaṅkate) - suspects, doubts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (Laṭ) of pari-śaṅk

Prefix: pari

Root: śaṅk (class 1)