वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-25

तौ पुत्रमात्मनः स्पृष्ट्वा तमासाद्य तपस्विनौ ।
निपेततुः शरीरे ऽस्य पिता चास्येदमब्रवीत् ॥२५॥

25. tau putramātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tamāsādya tapasvinau ,
nipetatuḥ śarīre'sya pitā cāsyedamabravīt.

25. tau putram ātmanaḥ spṛṣṭvā tam āsādya tapasvinau
nipetatuḥ śarīre asya pitā ca asya idam abravīt

25. tau tapasvinau ātmanaḥ putram spṛṣṭvā tam āsādya
asya śarīre nipetatuḥ ca asya pitā idam abravīt

25. Having touched their own son and reached him, those two ascetics fell upon his body. And his father said this:

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two parents (father and mother) (those two (masculine dual nominative/accusative))

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (son) (of oneself, one's own)

• स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

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

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained

• तपस्विनौ (tapasvinau) - the two parents, who are ascetics (ascetics, renunciates (dual))

• निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they two fell down

• शरीरे (śarīre) - on his (the son's) body (on the body)

• अस्य (asya) - his (the son's) (of him, his)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - his (the son's) (of him, his)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two parents (father and mother) (those two (masculine dual nominative/accusative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - their own (son) (of oneself, one's own)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit; oneself

Declension of ātman acting as a reflexive possessive pronoun.

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Possessive, referring to tau.

स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with suffix ktvā

Root: spṛś (class 6)

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of āsādya.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sad (to sit, reach) with prefix ā and suffix lyap

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

तपस्विनौ (tapasvinau) - the two parents, who are ascetics (ascetics, renunciates (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, renunciate, performing austerities

Derived from tapas (austerity) with possessive suffix vin.

निपेततुः (nipetatuḥ) - they two fell down

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pat

perfect tense (liṭ)

Root pat with prefix ni. Third person dual perfect. ni-pet-atuḥ.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject is tau.

शरीरे (śarīre) - on his (the son's) body (on the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

Root: śṝ (class 9)

Note: Location of falling.

अस्य (asya) - his (the son's) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

masculine/neuter singular genitive of idam.

Note: Possessive, modifies śarīre.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Subject of abravīt.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

अस्य (asya) - his (the son's) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

masculine/neuter singular genitive of idam.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

neuter singular accusative of idam.

Note: Refers to the speech that follows.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Root brū (or vac). Third person singular imperfect. a-brav-īt.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject is pitā.