वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-41, verse-19

यावदेव तु संसुप्तास्तावदेव वयं लघु ।
रथमारुह्य गच्छामः पन्थानमकुतोभयम् ॥१९॥

19. yāvadeva tu saṃsuptāstāvadeva vayaṃ laghu ,
rathamāruhya gacchāmaḥ panthānamakutobhayam.

19. yāvat eva tu saṃsuptāḥ tāvat eva vayam laghu
ratham āruhya gacchāmaḥ panthānam akutaḥbhayam

19. tu yāvat eva saṃsuptāḥ tāvat eva vayam laghu
ratham āruhya akutaḥbhayam panthānam gacchāmaḥ

19. As long as they are fast asleep, at that very moment, let us swiftly mount the chariot and proceed on a path free from all danger.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as far as, as much as)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed, certainly)

• तु (tu) - then (but, then, indeed)

• संसुप्ताः (saṁsuptāḥ) - deeply asleep (referring to the citizens) (deeply asleep, soundly asleep)

• तावत् (tāvat) - for that long (period) (so long, for that long, so much)

• एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed, certainly)

• वयम् (vayam) - we (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (we)

• लघु (laghu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, lightly)

• रथम् (ratham) - the chariot (chariot, car)

• आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted (having ascended, having mounted, having climbed)

• गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go (we go, let us go)

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path (path, road, way)

• अकुतःभयम् (akutaḥbhayam) - a path free from all danger (fearless, safe from all quarters, having no danger from any side)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as (as long as, as far as, as much as)

(indeclinable)

correlative adverb

Note: Correlates with tāvat.

एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

तु (tu) - then (but, then, indeed)

(indeclinable)

particle

संसुप्ताः (saṁsuptāḥ) - deeply asleep (referring to the citizens) (deeply asleep, soundly asleep)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsupta

saṁsupta - deeply asleep, soundly asleep, unconscious

past passive participle

from sam-sup root.

Prefix: sam

Root: svap (class 2)

Note: Refers to the citizens (paurāḥ/prakṛtīḥ from previous verses).

तावत् (tāvat) - for that long (period) (so long, for that long, so much)

(indeclinable)

correlative adverb

Note: Correlates with yāvat.

एव (eva) - just, indeed (just, only, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

वयम् (vayam) - we (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person plural nominative.

Note: Subject of gacchāmaḥ.

लघु (laghu) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, lightly)

(indeclinable)

Here used adverbially.

Root: lagh (class 1)

Note: Modifies gacchāmaḥ.

रथम् (ratham) - the chariot (chariot, car)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car, vehicle

Root: ramh (class 1)

Note: Object of āruhya.

आरुह्य (āruhya) - having mounted (having ascended, having mounted, having climbed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from ā-ruh root with -ya suffix for absolutive, after prefix.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

गच्छामः (gacchāmaḥ) - let us go (we go, let us go)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of gam

present active

1st person plural present active of root gam (present stem gacch). Here used in an optative/hortative sense.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is vayam.

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path (path, road, way)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way, course

n-stem noun.

Note: Object of gacchāmaḥ.

अकुतःभयम् (akutaḥbhayam) - a path free from all danger (fearless, safe from all quarters, having no danger from any side)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akutobhaya

akutobhaya - fearless, safe from all sides, having no fear from any quarter

compound adjective, a-kutaḥ-bhaya (not-whence-fear).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kutaḥ+bhaya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• kutaḥ – whence, from where, why
  indeclinable
  ablative of kim
• bhaya – fear, alarm, danger
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Adjective for panthānam.