वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-25, verse-3

सीते यथा त्वां वक्ष्यामि तथा कार्यं त्वयाबले ।
वने दोषा हि बहवो वदतस्तान्निबोध मे ॥३॥

3. sīte yathā tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tathā kāryaṃ tvayābale ,
vane doṣā hi bahavo vadatastānnibodha me.

3. sīte yathā tvām vakṣyāmi tathā kāryam tvayā
abale vane doṣā hi bahavaḥ vadatas tān nibodha me

3. sīte,
abale,
yathā tvām vakṣyāmi,
tathā tvayā kāryam (bhavet) hi vane bahavaḥ doṣāḥ (santi) vadataḥ me tān nibodha

3. "O Sita, just as I shall instruct you, so must it be done by you, O delicate one. For there are indeed many dangers in the forest; hear them from me as I speak."

Words meanings summery:

• सीते (sīte) - O princess Sita (O Sita)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like, in which way)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall instruct (you) (I will say, I will speak, I will tell)

• तथा (tathā) - so (must it be done) (so, thus, in that manner)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - it must be done (to be done, duty, action)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अबले (abale) - O delicate one (Sita) (O weak one, O powerless one)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - dangers, hardships (faults, defects, dangers, evils)

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

• बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

• वदतस् (vadatas) - from me as I speak (of him speaking, from the one speaking)

• तान् (tān) - those dangers (those (masculine accusative plural))

• निबोध (nibodha) - hear and understand (understand, perceive, know, learn)

• मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, by me, from me)

Words meanings and morphology

सीते (sīte) - O princess Sita (O Sita)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Janaka's daughter, Rama's wife)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like, in which way)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall instruct (you) (I will say, I will speak, I will tell)

(verb)

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

Future Active

Future tense 1st person singular of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so (must it be done) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - it must be done (to be done, duty, action)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, business, action, work

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root 'kṛ' (to do) with ṇyat suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent in passive construction

अबले (abale) - O delicate one (Sita) (O weak one, O powerless one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of abalā

abalā - woman, weak one, powerless one, delicate one

From 'a' (negation) + 'bala' (strength)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+balā)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• balā – strength, power, force
  noun (feminine)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - dangers, hardships (faults, defects, dangers, evils)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin, evil, danger

Root: duṣ (class 4)

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

(indeclinable)

बहवः (bahavaḥ) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, abundant, great

वदतस् (vadatas) - from me as I speak (of him speaking, from the one speaking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

From root 'vad' (to speak) with śatṛ suffix

Root: vad (class 1)

तान् (tān) - those dangers (those (masculine accusative plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निबोध (nibodha) - hear and understand (understand, perceive, know, learn)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Imperative Active

Imperative 2nd person singular of root 'budh' (to know) with upasarga 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, by me, from me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Functions as ablative.