वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-16

न हि पश्यामि सदृशं चिन्तयन्ती प्लवंगम ।
मत्प्रियाख्यानकस्येह तव प्रत्यभिनन्दनम् ॥१६॥

16. na hi paśyāmi sadṛśaṃ cintayantī plavaṃgama ,
matpriyākhyānakasyeha tava pratyabhinandanam.

16. na hi paśyāmi sadṛśam cintayantī plavaṅgama
mat-priya-ākhyānakasya iha tava pratyabhinandanam

16. hi plavaṅgama cintayantī mat-priya-ākhyānakasya
iha tava sadṛśam pratyabhinandanam na paśyāmi

16. Indeed, O monkey (plavaṅgama), though I ponder, I do not see any suitable reward for you here, who brought me this dear news.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - suitable (reward) (similar, equal, comparable, suitable)

• चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - while I (feminine) am thinking/pondering (thinking, pondering, considering)

• प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (Hanuman) (monkey, 'one who goes by leaping')

• मत्-प्रिय-आख्यानकस्य (mat-priya-ākhyānakasya) - of the teller of my dear news, of the one narrating my beloved message

• इह (iha) - here (in this place/situation) (here, in this world, in this case)

• तव (tava) - for you (your, to you)

• प्रत्यभिनन्दनम् (pratyabhinandanam) - suitable reward (welcome, salutation, recognition, reward)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - suitable (reward) (similar, equal, comparable, suitable)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, equal, comparable, suitable

Root: dṛś (class 1)

चिन्तयन्ती (cintayantī) - while I (feminine) am thinking/pondering (thinking, pondering, considering)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintayat

cintayat - thinking, considering

Present Active Participle

formed from root cint

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Refers to the speaker (Sītā).

प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (Hanuman) (monkey, 'one who goes by leaping')

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey, 'one who goes by leaping'

Compound type : karmadhāraya (plava+gama)

• plava – leaping, jumping, swimming
  noun (masculine)
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

मत्-प्रिय-आख्यानकस्य (mat-priya-ākhyānakasya) - of the teller of my dear news, of the one narrating my beloved message

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of matpriyākhyānaka

matpriyākhyānaka - teller of my dear news

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mat+priya+ākhyānaka)

• mad – my, mine
  pronoun
  ablative/genitive form of 'aham' used as possessive adjective
• priya – dear, beloved
  adjective (masculine)
• ākhyānaka – teller, narrator, one who informs
  noun (masculine)
  from ā-khyā (to tell)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (in this place/situation) (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

तव (tava) - for you (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Also serves as dative in some contexts.

प्रत्यभिनन्दनम् (pratyabhinandanam) - suitable reward (welcome, salutation, recognition, reward)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyabhinandana

pratyabhinandana - welcome, salutation, recognition, reward

Root: nad (class 1)

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