वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-66, verse-13

पितुर्ग्रहीष्ये चरणौ तं ममाख्याहि पृच्छतः ।
आहोस्विदम्ब ज्येष्ठायाः कौसल्याया निवेशने ॥१३॥

13. piturgrahīṣye caraṇau taṃ mamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ ,
āhosvidamba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyā niveśane.

13. pituḥ grahīṣye caraṇau tam mama ākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ
āhosvit amba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyāḥ niveśane

13. aham pituḥ caraṇau grahīṣye pṛcchataḥ mama tam
ākhyāhi āhosvit amba jyeṣṭhāyāḥ kausalyāyāḥ niveśane

13. I will touch my father's feet. Please tell me about him, since I am asking. Or is he, O mother, in the abode of the elder Kausalyā?

Words meanings summery:

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of father, from father

• ग्रहीष्ये (grahīṣye) - I will grasp, I will take, I will touch

• चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, narrate, relate

• पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - of one asking, while asking

• आहोस्वित् (āhosvit) - or perhaps, or else

• अम्ब (amba) - O mother!

• ज्येष्ठायाः (jyeṣṭhāyāḥ) - of the elder, of the oldest

• कौसल्यायाः (kausalyāyāḥ) - of Kausalyā

• निवेशने (niveśane) - in the abode, in the house, in the dwelling

Words meanings and morphology

पितुः (pituḥ) - of father, from father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

ग्रहीष्ये (grahīṣye) - I will grasp, I will take, I will touch

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of grah

Root: grah (class 9)

चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, leg, movement, conduct

Root: car (class 1)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell, narrate, relate

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - of one asking, while asking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, questioning

Present Active Participle

From root prach (to ask).

Root: prach (class 6)

आहोस्वित् (āhosvit) - or perhaps, or else

(indeclinable)

अम्ब (amba) - O mother!

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother

ज्येष्ठायाः (jyeṣṭhāyāḥ) - of the elder, of the oldest

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭhā

jyeṣṭhā - elder, oldest, chief, principal

Superlative of vṛddha (old).

कौसल्यायाः (kausalyāyāḥ) - of Kausalyā

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalyā (name of a queen, mother of Rama)

निवेशने (niveśane) - in the abode, in the house, in the dwelling

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - abode, dwelling, house, entering

From root viś (to enter) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)