वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-24, verse-5

यदि त्वं प्रस्थितो दुर्गं वनमद्यैव राघव ।
अग्रतस्ते गमिष्यामि मृद्नन्ती कुशकण्टकान् ॥५॥

5. yadi tvaṃ prasthito durgaṃ vanamadyaiva rāghava ,
agrataste gamiṣyāmi mṛdnantī kuśakaṇṭakān.

5. yadi tvam prasthitaḥ durgam vanam adya eva
rāghava agrataḥ te gamiṣyāmi mṛdnantī kuśakaṇṭakān

5. rāghava yadi tvam adya eva durgam vanam prasthitaḥ
agrataḥ te kuśakaṇṭakān mṛdnantī gamiṣyāmi

5. O descendent of Raghu, if you are indeed setting out today for the difficult forest, I will go ahead of you, trampling down the thorns of kuśa grass.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

• प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed, gone forth

• दुर्गम् (durgam) - difficult to access, inaccessible, rugged

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• अद्य (adya) - today

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O descendent of Raghu)

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead

• ते (te) - of you (Rama) (of you, your)

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• मृद्नन्ती (mṛdnantī) - trampling, crushing, treading down

• कुशकण्टकान् (kuśakaṇṭakān) - thorns of Kuśa grass

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you (Rama) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvad

tvad - you

प्रस्थितः (prasthitaḥ) - set out, departed, gone forth

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prasthita

prasthita - departed, set out, gone forth, started

Past Passive Participle

from root √sthā (to stand) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

दुर्गम् (durgam) - difficult to access, inaccessible, rugged

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durga

durga - difficult, inaccessible, hard to traverse, fortified place

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O descendent of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendent of Raghu, a name for Rama

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - in front, ahead

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - of you (Rama) (of you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tvad

tvad - you

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

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

Root: gam (class 1)

मृद्नन्ती (mṛdnantī) - trampling, crushing, treading down

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛdnat

mṛdnat - trampling, crushing, bruising

Present Active Participle

from root √mṛd (to crush, to press) + -ant

Root: mṛd (class 9)

कुशकण्टकान् (kuśakaṇṭakān) - thorns of Kuśa grass

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kuśakaṇṭaka

kuśakaṇṭaka - thorn of Kuśa grass

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuśa+kaṇṭaka)

• kuśa – kuśa grass (Poa cynosuroides), sacred grass
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle, impediment
  noun (masculine)