वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-24

अथाहमेकस्तं देशं नीत्वा तौ भृशदुःखितौ ।
अस्पर्शयमहं पुत्रं तं मुनिं सह भार्यया ॥२४॥

24. athāhamekastaṃ deśaṃ nītvā tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau ,
asparśayamahaṃ putraṃ taṃ muniṃ saha bhāryayā.

24. atha aham ekaḥ tam deśam nītvā tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau
asparśayam aham putram tam munim saha bhāryayā

24. atha aham ekaḥ tau bhṛśaduḥkhitau tam deśam nītvā
aham putram tam munim saha bhāryayā asparśayam

24. Then I, alone, having led those two intensely grieved individuals (the parents) to that place, caused them to touch that son, that sage, who was accompanied by his wife.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

• देशम् (deśam) - place, region, spot

• नीत्वा (nītvā) - having led, having carried

• तौ (tau) - those two intensely grieved parents (those two (masculine dual accusative/nominative))

• भृशदुःखितौ (bhṛśaduḥkhitau) - intensely grieved, very sorrowful

• अस्पर्शयम् (asparśayam) - I caused to touch

• अहम् (aham) - Emphasizing the speaker, or a poetic repetition. (I)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

• मुनिम् (munim) - The deceased son, who was a sage. (sage, ascetic)

• सह (saha) - with, together with, accompanied by

• भार्यया (bhāryayā) - with his (the son's/sage's) wife (by/with the wife)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, sole, alone

Note: Agrees with aham.

तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to deśam.

देशम् (deśam) - place, region, spot

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of nītvā.

नीत्वा (nītvā) - having led, having carried

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root nī (to lead) with suffix ktvā

Root: nī (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two intensely grieved parents (those two (masculine dual accusative/nominative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of nītvā and indirect object of asparśayam.

भृशदुःखितौ (bhṛśaduḥkhitau) - intensely grieved, very sorrowful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of bhṛśaduḥkhita

bhṛśaduḥkhita - intensely grieved

Karmadhāraya compound

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (bhṛśa+duḥkhita)

• bhṛśa – intense, excessive, very
  adjective
• duḥkhita – grieved, distressed, sorrowful
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'duḥkh' (to suffer)
  Root: duḥkh (class 10)

Note: Agrees with tau.

अस्पर्शयम् (asparśayam) - I caused to touch

(verb)

1st person , singular, active (causative), past (luṅ) of spṛś

causative aorist (luṅ)

Causal stem sparśaya- + augment a- + first person singular ending. a-sparśaya-m.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: The a prefix is for aorist.

अहम् (aham) - Emphasizing the speaker, or a poetic repetition. (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तम् (tam) - that (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुनिम् (munim) - The deceased son, who was a sage. (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative person

Root: man (class 4)

सह (saha) - with, together with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing instrumental case.

भार्यया (bhāryayā) - with his (the son's/sage's) wife (by/with the wife)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported

Gerundive (passive future participle)

Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support) with ṇyat suffix, implying 'one to be supported'. Feminine form.

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Accompaniment for the touching action or descriptive of the scene/object.