वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-37, verse-27

न त्वां पश्यामि कौसल्ये साधु मां पाणिना स्पृश ।
रामं मे ऽनुगता दृष्टिरद्यापि न निवर्तते ॥२७॥

27. na tvāṃ paśyāmi kausalye sādhu māṃ pāṇinā spṛśa ,
rāmaṃ me'nugatā dṛṣṭiradyāpi na nivartate.

27. na tvām paśyāmi kausalye sādhu mām pāṇinā spṛśa
rāmam me anugatā dṛṣṭiḥ adya api na nivartate

27. kausalye tvām na paśyāmi sādhu pāṇinā mām spṛśa
me dṛṣṭiḥ rāmam anugatā adya api na nivartate

27. O Kausalya, I cannot see you; please touch me with your hand. My gaze has followed Rama (rāma), and it does not return even now.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• कौसल्ये (kausalye) - O Kausalya

• साधु (sādhu) - good, proper, well, rightly, please

• माम् (mām) - me (accusative singular)

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

• स्पृश (spṛśa) - touch (imperative)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama (accusative singular)

• मे (me) - my, of me (genitive/dative singular)

• अनुगता (anugatā) - followed, gone after

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - sight, vision, gaze, eye

• अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• निवर्तते (nivartate) - it does not return, it does not turn back

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Object of `paśyāmi`.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Tense, First Person Singular

Root `dṛś` (class 1, uses `paśya` stem in present) + `mi` (1st singular ending).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Verb of the speaker (Dasaratha).

कौसल्ये (kausalye) - O Kausalya

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (name of Dasaratha's chief queen and Rama's mother)

Feminine noun ending in long `ā`.

Note: Addressed directly.

साधु (sādhu) - good, proper, well, rightly, please

(indeclinable)

Used here as an adverb meaning 'well' or 'please'.

Root: sādh (class 5)

माम् (mām) - me (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular)

Note: Object of `spṛśa`.

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

Masculine `i`-stem noun.

Note: Instrument of touching.

स्पृश (spṛśa) - touch (imperative)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood, Second Person Singular

Root `spṛś` (class 6, `spṛśa` stem) + `hi` (2nd singular imperative ending, which drops).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Command to Kausalya.

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama (accusative singular)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism)

Note: Object of `anugatā` (followed).

मे (me) - my, of me (genitive/dative singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular)

Note: Possessive, 'my eyesight'.

अनुगता (anugatā) - followed, gone after

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anugata

anugata - followed, gone after, accompanied

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` (to go) with prefix `anu`.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - sight, vision, gaze, eye

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - seeing, sight, vision, eye, view

Feminine `i`-stem noun.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Subject of `anugatā` and `nivartate`.

अद्य (adya) - today, now, at present

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `adya` to mean 'even now'.

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

निवर्तते (nivartate) - it does not return, it does not turn back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Tense, Third Person Singular, Middle Voice

From root `vṛt` (class 1, middle voice) with prefix `ni`. `te` is the 3rd singular middle voice ending.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Verb for `dṛṣṭiḥ`.