वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-66, verse-42

स स्ववृत्तिं समास्थाय पिता ते तत्तथाकरोत् ।
रामश्च सहसौमित्रिः प्रेषितः सह सीतया ॥४२॥

42. sa svavṛttiṃ samāsthāya pitā te tattathākarot ,
rāmaśca sahasaumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā.

42. saḥ svavṛttim samāsthāya pitā te tat tathā akarot
rāmaḥ ca sahasraumitriḥ preṣitaḥ saha sītayā

42. te pitā saḥ svavṛttim samāsthāya tat tathā akarot.
ca rāmaḥ sahasraumitriḥ saha sītayā preṣitaḥ

42. Your father, abiding by his own (dharma) (duty), acted in that manner. And Rama, accompanied by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) and Sītā, was sent forth.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (your father) (he, that)

• स्ववृत्तिम् (svavṛttim) - his own course of action (dharma) (one's own course of conduct, one's own duty)

• समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having adopted, abiding by (having stood firm, having undertaken, having adopted)

• पिता (pitā) - father (King Daśaratha) (father)

• ते (te) - your

• तत् (tat) - that (the requested actions) (that, it)

• तथा (tathā) - accordingly, in that manner (thus, so, in that manner)

• अकरोत् (akarot) - did, carried out (did, made, performed)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• सहसौमित्रिः (sahasaumitriḥ) - with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)

• प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent forth (into exile) (sent, dispatched, ordered)

• सह (saha) - along with (with, together with)

• सीतया (sītayā) - Sītā (by Sītā, with Sītā)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (your father) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्ववृत्तिम् (svavṛttim) - his own course of action (dharma) (one's own course of conduct, one's own duty)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svavṛtti

svavṛtti - one's own course of conduct, one's own business/duty, one's own means of livelihood

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sva+vṛtti)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• vṛtti – course of action, conduct, behavior, profession, livelihood
  noun (feminine)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Object of 'samāsthāya'.

समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having adopted, abiding by (having stood firm, having undertaken, having adopted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

Absolutive form of the root sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam- and ā-.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Connects to the main verb 'akarot'.

पिता (pitā) - father (King Daśaratha) (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Subject of 'akarot'.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, refers to 'पिता'.

तत् (tat) - that (the requested actions) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Direct object of 'akarot'.

तथा (tathā) - accordingly, in that manner (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'akarot'.

अकरोत् (akarot) - did, carried out (did, made, performed)

(verb)

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

imperfect (laṅ)

3rd person singular, active voice, imperfect tense.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name); pleasing, charming

Note: Subject of 'preṣitaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

सहसौमित्रिः (sahasaumitriḥ) - with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasaumitri

sahasaumitri - accompanied by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saha+saumitri)

• saha – with, together with
  indeclinable
• saumitri – son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
  patronymic
  Derived from Sumitrā (mother) + i (suffix for son).

Note: Agrees with Rāmaḥ.

प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent forth (into exile) (sent, dispatched, ordered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of preṣita

preṣita - sent, dispatched, ordered, urged

past passive participle

Derived from the root iṣ (to send) with prefix pra- and causative s.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Main predicate of the second clause.

सह (saha) - along with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

सीतया (sītayā) - Sītā (by Sītā, with Sītā)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name, wife of Rama); furrow

Note: Governed by 'saha'.