वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-41, verse-25

मुहूर्तं त्वरितं गत्वा निर्गतय रथं पुनः ।
यथा न विद्युः पौरा मां तथा कुरु समाहितः ॥२५॥

25. muhūrtaṃ tvaritaṃ gatvā nirgataya rathaṃ punaḥ ,
yathā na vidyuḥ paurā māṃ tathā kuru samāhitaḥ.

25. muhūrtam tvaritam gatvā nirgataya ratham punaḥ |
yathā na vidyuḥ paurāḥ mām tathā kuru samāhitaḥ

25. tvaritam muhūrtam gatvā,
ratham punaḥ nirgataya paurāḥ mām yathā na vidyuḥ tathā samāhitaḥ kuru

25. After going a short distance quickly, turn the chariot back. Act attentively so that the citizens may not perceive me.

Words meanings summery:

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short time

• त्वरितम् (tvaritam) - quickly, swiftly, speedily

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• निर्गतय (nirgataya) - turn back, bring out, cause to go out

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

• यथा (yathā) - so that, in such a way that, as

• न (na) - not, no

• विद्युः (vidyuḥ) - they may know, they should know

• पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens, townspeople

• माम् (mām) - me

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - attentive, composed, concentrated, absorbed

Words meanings and morphology

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, a period of time (48 minutes)

Note: used adverbially to denote extent of time

त्वरितम् (tvaritam) - quickly, swiftly, speedily

(indeclinable)

past passive participle

from root tvar + ita

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: used adverbially, modifying gatvā

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root gam + tvā (for absolutive)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: absolutive (gerund) indicating prior action

निर्गतय (nirgataya) - turn back, bring out, cause to go out

(verb)

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

causative imperative

from root gam + prefix nir + aya (causative stem) + a (imperative ending)

Prefix: nis

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: causative of 'nir-gam' (to go out, to go back)

रथम् (ratham) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back, moreover

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - so that, in such a way that, as

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

विद्युः (vidyuḥ) - they may know, they should know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: optative 3rd plural of root vid

पौराः (paurāḥ) - citizens, townspeople

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, belonging to a town

from pura (town) + aṇ (taddhita suffix)

Note: subject of 'vidyuḥ'

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - attentive, composed, concentrated, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - collected, composed, attentive, absorbed in (meditation)

past passive participle

from root dhā + prefixes sam + ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)