वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-3

किं करिष्यावहे वत्स क्व वा गच्छाव लक्ष्मण ।
केनोपायेन पश्येयं सीतामिति विचिन्तय ॥३॥

3. kiṃ kariṣyāvahe vatsa kva vā gacchāva lakṣmaṇa ,
kenopāyena paśyeyaṃ sītāmiti vicintaya.

3. kim kariṣyāvahe vatsa kva vā gacchāva lakṣmaṇa
kena upāyena paśyeyam sītām iti vicintaya

3. vatsa lakṣmaṇa,
kim kariṣyāvahe? vā kva gacchāva? kena upāyena sītām paśyeyam iti vicintaya.

3. My dear son (vatsa), what are we to do? Or where are we to go, Lakshmana? Consider this: by what means might I see Sita?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (action)? (what?)

• करिष्यावहे (kariṣyāvahe) - what are we to do? (we two shall do, we two will make)

• वत्स (vatsa) - O dear Lakshmana (O child, O dear one)

• क्व (kva) - where (shall we go)? (where?)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• गच्छाव (gacchāva) - where are we to go? (we two go, we two shall go)

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

• केन (kena) - by what (by what, by whom)

• उपायेन (upāyena) - by what means (by means, by a method)

• पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I might see (I might see, I should see)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (Rama's wife) (Sita)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quotation) (thus, so)

• विचिन्तय (vicintaya) - consider (this problem) (think, consider, deliberate)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (action)? (what?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Object of kariṣyāvahe.

करिष्यावहे (kariṣyāvahe) - what are we to do? (we two shall do, we two will make)

(verb)

1st person , dual, middle, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Deliberative future.

वत्स (vatsa) - O dear Lakshmana (O child, O dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, dear one, darling

Note: Term of endearment for Lakshmana.

क्व (kva) - where (shall we go)? (where?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb of place.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

गच्छाव (gacchāva) - where are we to go? (we two go, we two shall go)

(verb)

1st person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here in a deliberative or hortatory sense, similar to an optative or injunctive.

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (Rama's brother)

केन (kena) - by what (by what, by whom)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with upāyena.

उपायेन (upāyena) - by what means (by means, by a method)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of upaya

upaya - means, method, resource, stratagem

Derived from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

पश्येयम् (paśyeyam) - I might see (I might see, I should see)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Expresses possibility or desire.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (Rama's wife) (Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita, name of the wife of Rama

Note: Object of paśyeyam.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quotation) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotation marker.

विचिन्तय (vicintaya) - consider (this problem) (think, consider, deliberate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vicint

Root 'cint' (to think) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: cint (class 10)