वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-51

नगरीं त्वां गतं दृष्ट्वा जननी मे यवीयसी ।
कैकेयी प्रत्ययं गच्छेदिति रामो वनं गतः ॥५१॥

51. nagarīṃ tvāṃ gataṃ dṛṣṭvā jananī me yavīyasī ,
kaikeyī pratyayaṃ gacchediti rāmo vanaṃ gataḥ.

51. nagarīm tvām gatam dṛṣṭvā jananī me yavīyasī
kaikeyī pratyayam gacchet iti rāmaḥ vanam gataḥ

51. tvām nagarīm gatam dṛṣṭvā me yavīyasī jananī
kaikeyī pratyayam gacchet iti rāmaḥ vanam gataḥ

51. (Rāma thought:) "Seeing you (Bharata) gone to the city, my younger mother Kaikeyī would feel assured." For this reason, Rāma went to the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• नगरीम् (nagarīm) - to the city, toward the city

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

• गतम् (gatam) - gone, having gone, reached

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• जननी (jananī) - mother

• मे (me) - my, to me

• यवीयसी (yavīyasī) - younger

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyī, the younger queen of Daśaratha and mother of Bharata. (Kaikeyī (proper noun))

• प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam) - confidence, assurance, belief

• गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would feel/gain (assurance) (would go, would obtain, would feel)

• इति (iti) - thus, thinking this, so

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma, the protagonist of the Rāmāyaṇa. (Rāma)

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

• गतः (gataḥ) - went, gone

Words meanings and morphology

नगरीम् (nagarīm) - to the city, toward the city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गतम् (gatam) - gone, having gone, reached

(adjective)

Accusative, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvām'

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जननी (jananī) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother

Root: jan (class 4)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of the genitive/dative singular.

यवीयसी (yavīyasī) - younger

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yavīyas

yavīyas - younger, more youthful

Comparative degree of yuvan (young)

Note: Agrees with 'jananī'

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyī, the younger queen of Daśaratha and mother of Bharata. (Kaikeyī (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyī (daughter of the King of Kekayas)

प्रत्ययम् (pratyayam) - confidence, assurance, belief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pratyaya

pratyaya - confidence, belief, assurance, conviction

Prefixes: prati+i

Root: i (class 2)

गच्छेत् (gacchet) - would feel/gain (assurance) (would go, would obtain, would feel)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of gam

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

Third person singular, active voice.

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, thinking this, so

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma, the protagonist of the Rāmāyaṇa. (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - pleasing, charming, Rāma (proper name)

Root: ram (class 1)

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

गतः (gataḥ) - went, gone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'gam' (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as the main verb here, agreeing with 'rāmaḥ'.

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