वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-35, verse-8

रामं दशरथं विद्धि मां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम् ।
अयोध्यामटवीं विद्धि गच्छ तात यथासुखम् ॥८॥

8. rāmaṃ daśarathaṃ viddhi māṃ viddhi janakātmajām ,
ayodhyāmaṭavīṃ viddhi gaccha tāta yathāsukham.

8. rāmam daśaratham viddhi mām viddhi janakātmajām
Ayodhyām aṭavīm viddhi gaccha tāta yathāsukham

8. tvam rāmam daśaratham viddhi mām janakātmajām viddhi
aṭavīm Ayodhyām viddhi tāta yathāsukham gaccha

8. Consider Rāma to be Daśaratha, and know me to be Janaka's daughter. Regard the forest as Ayodhyā. Go forth, my dear one, as comfortably as you wish.

Words meanings summery:

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma (accusative)

• दशरथम् (daśaratham) - as Daśaratha (Daśaratha (accusative))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

• माम् (mām) - me

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

• जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sītā, Janaka's daughter (Janaka's daughter (accusative))

• अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhyā (accusative)

• अटवीम् (aṭavīm) - as the forest (forest, wilderness (accusative))

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go forth (go, proceed, depart)

• तात (tāta) - my dear one (term of endearment, often from elder to younger) (father, dear one, sir)

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as comfortably as you wish (according to pleasure, comfortably, as one wishes)

Words meanings and morphology

रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of the eldest son of Daśaratha)

Note: Object of 'viddhi' (know).

दशरथम् (daśaratham) - as Daśaratha (Daśaratha (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha (king of Ayodhyā, father of Rāma)

Note: The second object of 'viddhi' in a 'know X as Y' construction.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (1st person pronoun)

Accusative singular of asmad.

Note: Object of 'viddhi'.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sītā, Janaka's daughter (Janaka's daughter (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka

Feminine form of 'janakātmaja'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From 'ātman' (self) + 'ja' (born) in feminine form.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: The second object of 'viddhi' in a 'know X as Y' construction.

अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) - Ayodhyā (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of Ayodhyā

Ayodhyā - Ayodhyā (the capital city of Daśaratha's kingdom)

Note: Object of 'viddhi' (know).

अटवीम् (aṭavīm) - as the forest (forest, wilderness (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aṭavī

aṭavī - forest, wood, wilderness

Note: The second object of 'viddhi' in a 'know X as Y' construction.

विद्धि (viddhi) - know, consider (know, understand, realize)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: vid (class 2)

गच्छ (gaccha) - go forth (go, proceed, depart)

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

तात (tāta) - my dear one (term of endearment, often from elder to younger) (father, dear one, sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected person (vocative often used for any dear relation)

Vocative singular.

Note: Used as a term of endearment, in the Rāmāyaṇa, Sītā often uses it for Lakṣmaṇa.

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as comfortably as you wish (according to pleasure, comfortably, as one wishes)

(indeclinable)

Formed by 'yathā' (as, according to) + 'sukham' (pleasure, happiness).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• sukha – pleasure, happiness, comfort
  noun (neuter)

Note: An adverbial compound modifying the verb 'gaccha'.