वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-54, verse-12

पथि पृच्छति वैदेही ग्रामांश्च नगराणि च ।
गतिं दृष्ट्वा नदीनां च पादपान् विविधानपि ॥१२॥

12. pathi pṛcchati vaidehī grāmāṃśca nagarāṇi ca ,
gatiṃ dṛṣṭvā nadīnāṃ ca pādapān vividhānapi.

12. pathi pṛcchati vaidehī grāmān ca nagarāṇi ca
gatim dṛṣṭvā nadīnām ca pādapān vividhān api

12. pathi vaidehī nadīnām ca vividhān pādapān ca
gatim dṛṣṭvā grāmān ca nagarāṇi ca pṛcchati

12. On the path, Vaidehī asks about villages and cities, having observed the course of rivers and various trees.

Words meanings summery:

• पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the way

• पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, inquires

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita (Vaidehī, princess of Videha (Sita))

• ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages

• च (ca) - and

• नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities, towns

• च (ca) - and

• गतिम् (gatim) - movement, course, flow

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - of rivers

• च (ca) - and

• पादपान् (pādapān) - trees

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold

• अपि (api) - also, even, and

Words meanings and morphology

पथि (pathi) - on the path, on the way

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of path

path - path, road, way

Note: irregular declension for locative singular

पृच्छति (pṛcchati) - asks, inquires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pṛcch

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita (Vaidehī, princess of Videha (Sita))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sita

ग्रामान् (grāmān) - villages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of grāma

grāma - village, community

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

नगराणि (nagarāṇi) - cities, towns

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nagara

nagara - city, town

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गतिम् (gatim) - movement, course, flow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, moving, course, state

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root 'dṛś' with suffix '-tvā'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नदीनाम् (nadīnām) - of rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nadī

nadī - river

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पादपान् (pādapān) - trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pādapa

pādapa - tree (lit. 'drinking with feet')

विविधान् (vividhān) - various, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

अपि (api) - also, even, and

(indeclinable)