वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-16, verse-2

स पितुश्चरणौ पूर्वमभिवाद्य विनीतवत् ।
ततो ववन्दे चरणौ कैकेय्याः सुसमाहितः ॥२॥

2. sa pituścaraṇau pūrvamabhivādya vinītavat ,
tato vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ.

2. saḥ pituḥ caraṇau pūrvam abhivādya vinītavat
| tataḥ vavande caraṇau kaikeyyāḥ susamāhitaḥ

2. saḥ pūrvam pituḥ caraṇau vinītavat abhivādya
tataḥ susamāhitaḥ kaikeyyāḥ caraṇau vavande

2. First, he humbly saluted his father's feet, and then, being very composed, he saluted Kaikeyī's feet.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted respectfully

• विनीतवत् (vinītavat) - humbly, respectfully

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• ववन्दे (vavande) - he saluted, he bowed

• चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

• कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyī

• सुसमाहितः (susamāhitaḥ) - very composed, very attentive, well-concentrated

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, limb, going

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Also nominative dual. Context implies accusative.

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - first, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted respectfully

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root 'vad' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'ā'

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Indeclinable participle (absolutive/gerund).

विनीतवत् (vinītavat) - humbly, respectfully

(indeclinable)

from 'vinīta' (past passive participle of 'vi-nī') + suffix '-vat' for adverbial use

Note: Adverbial form, from `vinīta` (modest) + `vat` suffix.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

ववन्दे (vavande) - he saluted, he bowed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vand

Root: vand (class 1)

चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, limb, going

Root: car (class 1)

कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyī

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyī (proper name)

Note: Also ablative singular. Context implies genitive.

सुसमाहितः (susamāhitaḥ) - very composed, very attentive, well-concentrated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of susamāhita

susamāhita - well-composed, very attentive, serene

past passive participle

From 'samāhita' (composed) with prefix 'su-' (well, very)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+samāhita)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• samāhita – composed, collected, concentrated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhā' with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to 'saḥ' (He).