वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-49, verse-21

लक्षितेयं मया सीता तथा शोकपरायणा ।
गृह्य यां नाभिजानासि पञ्चास्यामिव पन्नगीम् ॥२१॥

21. lakṣiteyaṃ mayā sītā tathā śokaparāyaṇā ,
gṛhya yāṃ nābhijānāsi pañcāsyāmiva pannagīm.

21. lakṣitā iyam mayā sītā tathā śokaparāyaṇā
gṛhya yām na abhijānāsi pañcāsyām iva pannagīm

21. This Sītā has been observed by me, profoundly immersed in grief. You do not recognize her true nature, just as one might not recognize a dangerous five-headed female serpent (pannagī).

Words meanings summery:

• लक्षिता (lakṣitā) - noticed, observed, perceived, marked

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• सीता (sītā) - Sita (proper name)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, moreover

• शोकपरायणा (śokaparāyaṇā) - deeply devoted to sorrow, overwhelmed by grief

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken, by seizing

• याम् (yām) - Sītā (whom, which (feminine accusative))

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजानासि (abhijānāsi) - you (Rāvaṇa) do not recognize (her true nature) (you recognize, you know, you perceive)

• पञ्चास्याम् (pañcāsyām) - five-faced, having five mouths

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पन्नगीम् (pannagīm) - female serpent, snake

Words meanings and morphology

लक्षिता (lakṣitā) - noticed, observed, perceived, marked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of lakṣita

lakṣita - noticed, observed, perceived, marked

Past Passive Participle

From root √lakṣ (to observe, to mark)

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

सीता (sītā) - Sita (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rama)

Literally 'furrow' (as in ploughed field), she was found in one.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'Sita' and 'śokaparāyaṇā'.

शोकपरायणा (śokaparāyaṇā) - deeply devoted to sorrow, overwhelmed by grief

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokaparāyaṇa

śokaparāyaṇa - deeply devoted to sorrow, overwhelmed by grief

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+parāyaṇa)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From √śuc (to grieve, to sorrow)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• parāyaṇa – chiefly devoted to, intent on, resting on
  adjective (masculine)
  From para (other, ultimate) + ayana (going, resort)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: i (class 2)

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken, by seizing

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From root √grah (to seize, take) with -ya suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

याम् (yām) - Sītā (whom, which (feminine accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to Sita.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजानासि (abhijānāsi) - you (Rāvaṇa) do not recognize (her true nature) (you recognize, you know, you perceive)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

From prefix 'abhi-' + root '√jñā' (to know)

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

पञ्चास्याम् (pañcāsyām) - five-faced, having five mouths

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pañcāsya

pañcāsya - five-faced, having five mouths

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pañcan+āsya)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• āsya – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पन्नगीम् (pannagīm) - female serpent, snake

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pannagī

pannagī - female serpent, snake

Feminine form of 'pannaga' (serpent, literally 'moving on its belly').

Root: gam (class 1)