वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-38, verse-13

तद्गच्छत विचिन्वध्वं पुत्रका भद्रमस्तु वः ।
समुद्रमालिनीं सर्वां पृथिवीमनुगच्छत ॥१३॥

13. tadgacchata vicinvadhvaṃ putrakā bhadramastu vaḥ ,
samudramālinīṃ sarvāṃ pṛthivīmanugacchata.

13. tat gacchata vicinvadhvam putrakāḥ bhadram astu
vaḥ samudramālinīm sarvām pṛthivīm anugacchata

13. tat putrakāḥ gacchata vicinvadhvam vaḥ bhadram
astu samudramālinīm sarvām pṛthivīm anugacchata

13. Therefore, go forth and search, my dear sons; may good fortune be upon you. Traverse the entire earth, which is garlanded by the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

• गच्छत (gacchata) - go forth (go (you all))

• विचिन्वध्वम् (vicinvadhvam) - search (search, seek out, investigate (you all))

• पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - my dear sons (dear sons, little sons)

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (welfare, good fortune, auspiciousness)

• अस्तु (astu) - may there be (let it be, may it be)

• वः (vaḥ) - for you (to you, for you (plural))

• समुद्रमालिनीम् (samudramālinīm) - which is garlanded by the ocean (ocean-garlanded (feminine))

• सर्वाम् (sarvām) - entire (entire, all (feminine))

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (earth)

• अनुगच्छत (anugacchata) - traverse, go along (follow, go along (you all))

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore, so)

(indeclinable)

Often used as an emphatic or anaphoric particle.

गच्छत (gacchata) - go forth (go (you all))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Present active imperative 2nd person plural

From root gam, takes 'gaccha' stem in present system.

Root: gam (class 1)

विचिन्वध्वम् (vicinvadhvam) - search (search, seek out, investigate (you all))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vicin

Present middle imperative 2nd person plural

From root ci (5th class) with upasarga vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - my dear sons (dear sons, little sons)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of putrakā

putrakā - dear son, little son (diminutive of putra)

Diminutive form of putra.

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune (welfare, good fortune, auspiciousness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, fortunate, good, excellent; welfare, good fortune (as a noun)

Often used as an adjective, but here as a noun.

अस्तु (astu) - may there be (let it be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Present active imperative 3rd person singular

From root as (to be).

Root: as (class 2)

वः (vaḥ) - for you (to you, for you (plural))

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic form of yuṣmad.

Note: Functions as dative here.

समुद्रमालिनीम् (samudramālinīm) - which is garlanded by the ocean (ocean-garlanded (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of samudramālinī

samudramālinī - having the ocean as a garland

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samudra+mālinī)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• mālinī – garlanded, adorned with a garland
  adjective (feminine)
  From mālin (having a garland)

सर्वाम् (sarvām) - entire (entire, all (feminine))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - the earth (earth)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

अनुगच्छत (anugacchata) - traverse, go along (follow, go along (you all))

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of anugam

Present active imperative 2nd person plural

From root gam with upasarga anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: This is the same form as gacchata but with anu prefix.