वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-6

गतिं खर इवाश्वस्य तार्क्ष्यस्येव पतत्रिणः ।
अनुगन्तुं न शक्तिर्मे गतिं तव महीपते ॥६॥

6. gatiṃ khara ivāśvasya tārkṣyasyeva patatriṇaḥ ,
anugantuṃ na śaktirme gatiṃ tava mahīpate.

6. gatim kharaḥ iva aśvasya tārkṣyasya iva patatriṇaḥ
anugantum na śaktiḥ me gatim tava mahīpate

6. mahīpate me śaktiḥ tava gatim anugantum na kharaḥ
aśvasya gatim iva patatriṇaḥ tārkṣyasya iva

6. O King, my ability (śakti) is not sufficient to follow your pace, just as a donkey cannot follow the speed of a horse, or a common bird the speed of Tārkṣya (Garuda).

Words meanings summery:

• गतिम् (gatim) - pace, speed (movement, speed, course, state, destiny)

• खरः (kharaḥ) - donkey, ass

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अश्वस्य (aśvasya) - of a horse

• तार्क्ष्यस्य (tārkṣyasya) - of Garuda (of Tārkṣya)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - of a common bird (in contrast to Garuda) (of a bird, of a winged creature)

• अनुगन्तुम् (anugantum) - to follow, to imitate

• न (na) - not, no

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, ability, capacity, energy (śakti)

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• गतिम् (gatim) - pace, speed (movement, speed, course, state, destiny)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O king!

Words meanings and morphology

गतिम् (gatim) - pace, speed (movement, speed, course, state, destiny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, speed, course, way, access, refuge, state, condition, destiny

Root: gam (class 1)

खरः (kharaḥ) - donkey, ass

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khara

khara - donkey, ass, sharp, hard, cruel

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अश्वस्य (aśvasya) - of a horse

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśva

aśva - horse

तार्क्ष्यस्य (tārkṣyasya) - of Garuda (of Tārkṣya)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tārkṣya

tārkṣya - Tārkṣya (a name of Garuḍa, the mythical eagle), belonging to Tṛkṣa

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - of a common bird (in contrast to Garuda) (of a bird, of a winged creature)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of patatrin

patatrin - bird, winged creature, arrow, the sun

Root: pat (class 1)

अनुगन्तुम् (anugantum) - to follow, to imitate

(verb)

infinitive of anugam

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the verb anu-gam

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, ability, capacity, energy (śakti)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, ability, capacity, faculty, energy, strength (śakti)

Root: śak (class 5)

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

गतिम् (gatim) - pace, speed (movement, speed, course, state, destiny)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - movement, speed, course, way, access, refuge, state, condition, destiny

Root: gam (class 1)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

महीपते (mahīpate) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, ruler (lord of the earth)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)