वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-24, verse-2

दर्शनीयां हि यां रक्षः कन्यां स्त्रीं वाथ पश्यति ।
हत्वा बन्धुजनं तस्या विमाने संन्यवेशयत् ॥२॥

2. darśanīyāṃ hi yāṃ rakṣaḥ kanyāṃ strīṃ vātha paśyati ,
hatvā bandhujanaṃ tasyā vimāne saṃnyaveśayat.

2. darśanīyām hi yām rakṣaḥ kanyām strīm vā atha
paśyati hatvā bandhujanam tasyāḥ vimāne saṃnyaveśayat

2. hi rakṣaḥ yām darśanīyām kanyām vā strīm atha
paśyati tasyāḥ bandhujanam hatvā vimāne saṃnyaveśayat

2. Indeed, any beautiful maiden or woman whom the rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) sees, he places her in his aerial car after killing her relatives.

Words meanings summery:

• दर्शनीयाम् (darśanīyām) - worth seeing, beautiful, lovely

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• याम् (yām) - whom, which

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa (demon, rākṣasa)

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl, daughter

• स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

• वा (vā) - or

• अथ (atha) - then, and, also, or

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

• बन्धुजनम् (bandhujanam) - kinsfolk, relatives

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

• विमाने (vimāne) - in Rāvaṇa's aerial car (vimāna) (in the aerial car, in the palace)

• संन्यवेशयत् (saṁnyaveśayat) - he placed, he settled, he made to enter

Words meanings and morphology

दर्शनीयाम् (darśanīyām) - worth seeing, beautiful, lovely

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of darśanīya

darśanīya - beautiful, lovely, worth seeing

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from root dṛś with suffix -anīya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: modifies kanyām and strīm

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

याम् (yām) - whom, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: relative pronoun, refers to kanyām or strīm

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa (demon, rākṣasa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa

Note: implied subject, Rāvaṇa

कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl, daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

Note: object of paśyati

स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

Note: object of paśyati

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Note: connects kanyām and strīm

अथ (atha) - then, and, also, or

(indeclinable)

Note: functions as an alternative or continuation marker

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, beholds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present Tense

3rd person singular present active from root dṛś (Pāṇinian class 1, paśya-)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, by killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root han with suffix -tvā

Root: han (class 2)

बन्धुजनम् (bandhujanam) - kinsfolk, relatives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bandhujana

bandhujana - relatives, kinsfolk

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bandhu+jana)

• bandhu – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)
• jana – person, people, community
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: object of hatvā

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: modifies bandhujanam

विमाने (vimāne) - in Rāvaṇa's aerial car (vimāna) (in the aerial car, in the palace)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vimāna

vimāna - aerial car, flying chariot, palace, temple

Note: location where she is placed

संन्यवेशयत् (saṁnyaveśayat) - he placed, he settled, he made to enter

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of saṃnyaveśaya

Causative Imperfect

3rd person singular imperfect active of the causative of root viś (to enter) with upasargas sam and ni

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: viś (class 6)