वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-65, verse-7

दिदृक्षमाणौ वैदेहीं तद्वनं तौ विचिक्यतुः ।
तत्र तत्रावतिष्ठन्तौ सीताहरणकर्शितौ ॥७॥

7. didṛkṣamāṇau vaidehīṃ tadvanaṃ tau vicikyatuḥ ,
tatra tatrāvatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau.

7. didr̥kṣamāṇau vaidehīm tat vanam tau vicikyatuḥ
tatra tatra avatiṣṭhantau sītāharaṇakarśitau

7. sītāharaṇakarśitau vaidehīm didr̥kṣamāṇau tau
tatra tatra avatiṣṭhantau tat vanam vicikyatuḥ

7. Those two, desirous of finding Vaidehi (Sita) and distressed by her abduction, searched that forest, pausing frequently here and there.

Words meanings summery:

• दिद्र्̥क्षमाणौ (didr̥kṣamāṇau) - desirous of finding (wishing to see, desirous of seeing)

• वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehi (Sita)

• तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

• तौ (tau) - those two (Rama and Lakshmana) (those two)

• विचिक्यतुः (vicikyatuḥ) - they two searched (they two searched, investigated)

• तत्र (tatra) - here and there (repeated) (there, in that place)

• तत्र (tatra) - here and there (repeated) (there, in that place)

• अवतिष्ठन्तौ (avatiṣṭhantau) - pausing (standing, staying, pausing)

• सीताहरणकर्शितौ (sītāharaṇakarśitau) - distressed by the abduction of Sita (distressed by Sita's abduction)

Words meanings and morphology

दिद्र्̥क्षमाणौ (didr̥kṣamāṇau) - desirous of finding (wishing to see, desirous of seeing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of didr̥kṣamāṇa

didr̥kṣamāṇa - wishing to see, desirous of seeing

Present Active Desiderative Participle

Desiderative stem of dr̥ś (to see), with -māna suffix for active participle.

Root: dr̥ś (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the subjects (Rama and Lakshmana).

वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehi (Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Vaidehi, daughter of Videha (Janaka), epithet of Sita

Feminine patronymic from Videha.

Note: Object of 'didr̥kṣamāṇau'.

तत् (tat) - that (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Adjective modifying 'vanam'.

वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Root: van (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vicikyatuḥ'.

तौ (tau) - those two (Rama and Lakshmana) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of 'vicikyatuḥ'.

विचिक्यतुः (vicikyatuḥ) - they two searched (they two searched, investigated)

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd dual

Perfect tense form of verb ci, with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: ci (class 5)

तत्र (tatra) - here and there (repeated) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative from tad.

तत्र (tatra) - here and there (repeated) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial derivative from tad.

अवतिष्ठन्तौ (avatiṣṭhantau) - pausing (standing, staying, pausing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of avatiṣṭhant

avatiṣṭhant - standing, staying, pausing, abiding

Present Active Participle

Present participle of ava-sthā (to stand, remain).

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the subjects (Rama and Lakshmana).

सीताहरणकर्शितौ (sītāharaṇakarśitau) - distressed by the abduction of Sita (distressed by Sita's abduction)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sītāharaṇakarśita

sītāharaṇakarśita - emaciated/distressed by the abduction of Sita

Compound of Sītāharaṇa (Sita's abduction) and karśita (distressed).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sītā+haraṇa+karśita)

• sītā – Sita (name of Janaka's daughter, Rama's wife)
  proper noun (feminine)
• haraṇa – taking away, abduction, removal
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root hr̥ (to take) + lyuṭ suffix
  Root: hr̥ (class 1)
• karśita – emaciated, distressed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kr̥ś (to emaciate, distress)
  Root: kr̥ś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tau'.