वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-37, verse-14

वाहनानां च मुख्यानां वहतां तं ममात्मजम् ।
पदानि पथि दृश्यन्ते स महात्मा न दृश्यते ॥१४॥

14. vāhanānāṃ ca mukhyānāṃ vahatāṃ taṃ mamātmajam ,
padāni pathi dṛśyante sa mahātmā na dṛśyate.

14. vāhanānām ca mukhyānām vahatām tam mama ātmajam
| padāni pathi dṛśyante saḥ mahātmā na dṛśyate

14. mama ātmajam tam mukhyānām vāhanānām vahatam ca
padāni pathi dṛśyante saḥ mahātmā na dṛśyate

14. The footprints of the chief vehicles that carried my son are visible on the path, but that great soul (ātman) is not seen.

Words meanings summery:

• वाहनानाम् (vāhanānām) - of vehicles, of conveyances

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - of chief ones, of principal ones

• वहताम् (vahatām) - carrying, bearing

• तम् (tam) - Refers to Rama (him, that)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son, offspring

• पदानि (padāni) - footprints, steps

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, become visible

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to Rama (he, that)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - Referring to Rama (great soul, noble person)

• न (na) - not, no

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

Words meanings and morphology

वाहनानाम् (vāhanānām) - of vehicles, of conveyances

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of vāhana

vāhana - vehicle, conveyance, carrier

Root: vah (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मुख्यानाम् (mukhyānām) - of chief ones, of principal ones

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, main, primary

Note: Agrees with vāhanānām

वहताम् (vahatām) - carrying, bearing

(participle)

Genitive, plural of vahant

vahant - carrying, bearing, conveying

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'vah' (to carry)

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vāhanānām

तम् (tam) - Refers to Rama (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son, offspring

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, offspring, born from oneself

Derived from ātman (self) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

पदानि (padāni) - footprints, steps

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of pada

pada - footprint, step, foot, word

पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the road

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, become visible

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - Refers to Rama (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मा (mahātmā) - Referring to Rama (great soul, noble person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, noble spirit, exalted being

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)