वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-12, verse-24

तौ तु तेनाभ्यनुज्ञातौ कृतपादाभिवन्दनौ ।
तदाश्रमात् पञ्चवटीं जग्मतुः सह सीतया ॥२४॥

24. tau tu tenābhyanujñātau kṛtapādābhivandanau ,
tadāśramāt pañcavaṭīṃ jagmatuḥ saha sītayā.

24. tau tu tena abhyanujñātau kṛtapādābhivandanau
tadāśramāt pañcavaṭīṃ jagmatuḥ saha sītayā

24. tau tu tena abhyanujñātau kṛtapādābhivandanau
sītayā saha tadāśramāt pañcavaṭīṃ jagmatuḥ

24. Having been granted permission by him and having paid their respects at his feet, the two of them went from that hermitage to Pancavati with Sita.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two, they two

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• तेन (tena) - by Agastya (by him, by that)

• अभ्यनुज्ञातौ (abhyanujñātau) - permitted by the sage Agastya (permitted, allowed, given leave)

• कृतपादाभिवन्दनौ (kṛtapādābhivandanau) - who had offered reverence at the feet, having saluted the feet

• तदाश्रमात् (tadāśramāt) - from Agastya's hermitage (from that hermitage)

• पञ्चवटीं (pañcavaṭīṁ) - to Pancavati

• जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two, they two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by Agastya (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभ्यनुज्ञातौ (abhyanujñātau) - permitted by the sage Agastya (permitted, allowed, given leave)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of abhyanujñāta

abhyanujñāta - permitted, allowed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of abhi-anu-jñā (to permit)

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

कृतपादाभिवन्दनौ (kṛtapādābhivandanau) - who had offered reverence at the feet, having saluted the feet

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛtapādābhivandana

kṛtapādābhivandana - one who has performed reverence at the feet

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (kṛta+pādābhivandana)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• pādābhivandana – salutation of feet
  noun (neuter)

तदाश्रमात् (tadāśramāt) - from Agastya's hermitage (from that hermitage)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tadāśrama

tadāśrama - that hermitage

Compound type : Tatpurusha (tad+āśrama)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• āśrama – hermitage, retreat, abode
  noun (masculine)

पञ्चवटीं (pañcavaṭīṁ) - to Pancavati

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pañcavaṭī

pañcavaṭī - Pancavati (a place name, literally 'five banyan trees')

जग्मतुः (jagmatuḥ) - they two went

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect Tense (Lit)

3rd person dual active

Root: gam (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama)

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