वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-21, verse-6

कथं हि धेनुः स्वं वत्सं गच्छन्तं नानुगच्छति ।
अहं त्वानुगमिष्यामि यत्र पुत्र गमिष्यसि ॥६॥

6. kathaṃ hi dhenuḥ svaṃ vatsaṃ gacchantaṃ nānugacchati ,
ahaṃ tvānugamiṣyāmi yatra putra gamiṣyasi.

6. katham hi dhenuḥ svam vatsam gacchantam na
anugacchati aham tu anugamiṣyāmi yatra putra gamiṣyasi

6. dhenuḥ svam gacchantam vatsam katham hi na
anugacchati putra yatra gamiṣyasi aham tu anugamiṣyāmi

6. How indeed would a cow not follow its own calf as it goes? I, however, will follow wherever you, my son, go.

Words meanings summery:

• कथम् (katham) - how?

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

• धेनुः (dhenuḥ) - a cow, milch-cow

• स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own

• वत्सम् (vatsam) - calf, child

• गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, moving

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• अनुगमिष्यामि (anugamiṣyāmi) - I will follow

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• पुत्र (putra) - O son!

• गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go

Words meanings and morphology

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

धेनुः (dhenuḥ) - a cow, milch-cow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhenu

dhenu - cow, milch-cow

स्वम् (svam) - own, one's own

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - own, one's own; self; relative, kinsman

Note: Used as an adjective here, agreeing with 'vatsam'.

वत्सम् (vatsam) - calf, child

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, darling

गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - going, moving

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present Active Participle

From root gam (to go), present stem gaccha- + -at (suffix)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'vatsam'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of anugam

Present Indicative

Root gam with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

अनुगमिष्यामि (anugamiṣyāmi) - I will follow

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of anugam

Future Indicative

Root gam with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

पुत्र (putra) - O son!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future Indicative

From root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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