वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-54, verse-3

निवर्तय रथं शीघ्रं दण्डकान्नय मामपि ।
अथ तान्नानुगच्छामि गमिष्यामि यमक्षयम् ॥३॥

3. nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ daṇḍakānnaya māmapi ,
atha tānnānugacchāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam.

3. nivartaya ratham śīghram daṇḍakān naya mām api
atha tān na anugacchāmi gamiṣyāmi yamakṣayam

3. śīghram ratham nivartaya mām api daṇḍakān naya.
atha tān na anugacchāmi yamakṣayam gamiṣyāmi

3. Turn back the chariot quickly, and take me also to the Dandaka forest. Otherwise, if I do not follow them, I shall go to the abode of Yama (yamakṣaya).

Words meanings summery:

• निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, bring back, cause to return

• रथम् (ratham) - chariot

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• दण्डकान् (daṇḍakān) - to the Dandakas (Dandaka forest)

• नय (naya) - lead, take, guide

• माम् (mām) - me

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अथ (atha) - otherwise (then, otherwise, if)

• तान् (tān) - them

• न (na) - not, no

• अनुगच्छामि (anugacchāmi) - I follow, I go after

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go, I will go

• यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to the abode of Yama (Death)

Words meanings and morphology

निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, bring back, cause to return

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of nivartay

Imperative Causative

2nd person singular imperative active of the causative stem of root 'vṛt' with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

रथम् (ratham) - chariot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car, vehicle

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

दण्डकान् (daṇḍakān) - to the Dandakas (Dandaka forest)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of daṇḍaka

daṇḍaka - Dandaka forest (a specific forest)

नय (naya) - lead, take, guide

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of nī

Imperative Active

2nd person singular imperative active of root 'nī'

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - otherwise (then, otherwise, if)

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - them

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अनुगच्छामि (anugacchāmi) - I follow, I go after

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of anugam

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular present active indicative of root 'gam' with prefix 'anu'

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go, I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Future Active Indicative

1st person singular future active indicative of root 'gam'

Root: gam (class 1)

यमक्षयम् (yamakṣayam) - to the abode of Yama (Death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yamakṣaya

yamakṣaya - abode of Yama, realm of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (yama+kṣaya)

• yama – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – abode, dwelling, destruction, end
  noun (masculine)