वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-15

ते लक्ष्मण इव क्षिप्रं सपत्न्यः सहबान्धवाः ।
गच्छन्तमनुगच्छामो येन गच्छति राघवः ॥१५॥

15. te lakṣmaṇa iva kṣipraṃ sapatnyaḥ sahabāndhavāḥ ,
gacchantamanugacchāmo yena gacchati rāghavaḥ.

15. te lakṣmaṇa iva kṣipram sapatnyaḥ sahabāndhavāḥ
gacchantam anugacchāmaḥ yena gacchati rāghavaḥ

15. te sapatnyaḥ sahabāndhavāḥ lakṣmaṇa iva kṣipram
yena rāghavaḥ gacchati gacchantam anugacchāmaḥ

15. We, along with our co-wives and relatives, will quickly follow him, just like Lakṣmaṇa, wherever Rāghava goes.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - we (the women speaking, referring to themselves collectively) (they, those)

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakṣmaṇa

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• सपत्न्यः (sapatnyaḥ) - co-wives, female rivals

• सहबान्धवाः (sahabāndhavāḥ) - with relatives, accompanied by relatives

• गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - Rāma, who is going into exile (him who is going, the one who is going)

• अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - let us follow, we should follow

• येन (yena) - where, by which path (by which, by whom, where, in which way)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - he/she/it goes, goes

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, refers to Rāma))

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - we (the women speaking, referring to themselves collectively) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Here, `te` is used in a collective sense by the women speaking, implying 'we'.

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)

Note: Used as the standard of comparison in 'like Lakṣmaṇa'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially from the neuter singular accusative/nominative form of the adjective.

सपत्न्यः (sapatnyaḥ) - co-wives, female rivals

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, female rival

सहबान्धवाः (sahabāndhavāḥ) - with relatives, accompanied by relatives

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sahabāndhava

sahabāndhava - accompanied by relatives

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (saha+bāndhava)

• saha – with, together, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• bāndhava – relative, kinsman
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adjectivally with 'sapatnyaḥ'.

गच्छन्तम् (gacchantam) - Rāma, who is going into exile (him who is going, the one who is going)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going (present participle)

Present active participle

Derived from root `gam` with suffix `-śatṛ`.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to Rāma.

अनुगच्छामः (anugacchāmaḥ) - let us follow, we should follow

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of anugam

Present tense, Imperative mood

Root `gam` (to go) with prefix `anu-`. 1st person plural.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

येन (yena) - where, by which path (by which, by whom, where, in which way)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'where' or 'by which way'.

गच्छति (gacchati) - he/she/it goes, goes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present tense, Indicative mood

Root `gam` (to go), 3rd person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, refers to Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

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