वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-52, verse-8

सिद्धार्थः खलु सूत त्वं येन दृष्टौ ममात्मजौ ।
वनान्तं प्रविशन्तौ तावश्विनाविव मन्दरम् ॥८॥

8. siddhārthaḥ khalu sūta tvaṃ yena dṛṣṭau mamātmajau ,
vanāntaṃ praviśantau tāvaśvināviva mandaram.

8. siddhārthaḥ khalu sūta tvam yena dṛṣṭau mama ātmajau
vanāntam praviśantau tau aśvinau iva mandaram

8. sūta,
tvam khalu siddhārthaḥ yena mama ātmajau vanāntam praviśantau tau aśvinau iva mandaram dṛṣṭau

8. O charioteer (sūta), you are truly blessed, for you have seen my two sons entering the depths of the forest, just as the two Aśvins might enter Mount Mandara.

Words meanings summery:

• सिद्धार्थः (siddhārthaḥ) - blessed (having seen the sons) (successful, having achieved one's purpose, blessed)

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

• सूत (sūta) - O charioteer

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• येन (yena) - because of whom, since you (charioteer) have seen (by whom, by which, because of whom)

• दृष्टौ (dṛṣṭau) - (the two sons were) seen (seen)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आत्मजौ (ātmajau) - my two sons (sons, born of oneself)

• वनान्तम् (vanāntam) - the depths of the forest (forest interior, edge of the forest)

• प्रविशन्तौ (praviśantau) - (those two) entering (entering)

• तौ (tau) - (my two sons) those two (those two)

• अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Aśvins

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mount Mandara

Words meanings and morphology

सिद्धार्थः (siddhārthaḥ) - blessed (having seen the sons) (successful, having achieved one's purpose, blessed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siddhārtha

siddhārtha - one whose aim is accomplished, successful, prosperous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (siddha+artha)

• siddha – accomplished, fulfilled, perfected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root sidh (4th class) with the suffix -kta
  Root: sidh (class 4)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

सूत (sūta) - O charioteer

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun

येन (yena) - because of whom, since you (charioteer) have seen (by whom, by which, because of whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who

Relative pronoun

दृष्टौ (dṛṣṭau) - (the two sons were) seen (seen)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (1st class) with the suffix -kta

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person pronoun

आत्मजौ (ātmajau) - my two sons (sons, born of oneself)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, daughter, born of oneself (ātman)

Compound of ātman + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jan (4th class) with suffix -ḍa
  Root: jan (class 4)

वनान्तम् (vanāntam) - the depths of the forest (forest interior, edge of the forest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vanānta

vanānta - border of a forest, inner part of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+anta)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, border, limit, interior
  noun (masculine)

प्रविशन्तौ (praviśantau) - (those two) entering (entering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of praviśant

praviśant - entering, going into

Present Active Participle

Derived from root viś (6th class) with upasarga pra and suffix -śatṛ

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

तौ (tau) - (my two sons) those two (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun

अश्विनौ (aśvinau) - the two Aśvins

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of aśvin

aśvin - the divine twin horsemen, celestial physicians

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

मन्दरम् (mandaram) - Mount Mandara

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mount Mandara (a mythical mountain used in the churning of the ocean)