वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-7, verse-11

अरिष्टं गच्छ पन्थानं राम सौमित्रिणा सह ।
सीतया चानया सार्धं छाययेवानुवृत्तया ॥११॥

11. ariṣṭaṃ gaccha panthānaṃ rāma saumitriṇā saha ,
sītayā cānayā sārdhaṃ chāyayevānuvṛttayā.

11. ariṣṭam gaccha panthānam rāma saumitriṇā saha
sītayā ca anayā sārdham chāyayā iva anuvṛttayā

11. rāma saumitriṇā saha anayā ca chāyayā iva
anuvṛttayā sītayā sārdham ariṣṭam panthānam gaccha

11. O Rāma, go on a safe path along with Saumitri and with Sītā, who accompanies you like a shadow.

Words meanings summery:

• अरिष्टम् (ariṣṭam) - safe, unobstructed (path) (unharmed, safe, auspicious, unobstructed, prosperous)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed (go, proceed, move)

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way (path, way, road)

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Rāma (a proper name), pleasant, charming)

• सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) (by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), with Saumitri)

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

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अनया (anayā) - with this (Sītā) (by this, with this (feminine))

• सार्धम् (sārdham) - along with (with, together with, along with)

• छायया (chāyayā) - like a shadow (by a shadow, with a shadow, like a shadow)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अनुवृत्तया (anuvṛttayā) - who accompanies/follows (followed, accompanied, constantly present)

Words meanings and morphology

अरिष्टम् (ariṣṭam) - safe, unobstructed (path) (unharmed, safe, auspicious, unobstructed, prosperous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ariṣṭa

ariṣṭa - unharmed, safe, auspicious, unobstructed, prosperous, a good omen

From a- (negation) + riṣṭa (from √riṣ 'to hurt')

Root: riṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies panthānam.

गच्छ (gaccha) - go, proceed (go, proceed, move)

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd Person Singular

Root gam (to go), 1st class, Parasmaipada, Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: gam (class 1)

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way (path, way, road)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, way, road, course

Irregular stem ending in -in

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (Rāma (a proper name), pleasant, charming)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name), pleasant, charming, dark, beautiful

सौमित्रिणा (saumitriṇā) - with Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa) (by Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), with Saumitri)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa)

Patronymic from Sumitrā

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

(indeclinable)

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

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name, daughter of Janaka, wife of Rāma), furrow

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अनया (anayā) - with this (Sītā) (by this, with this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

Demonstrative pronoun, feminine, instrumental singular

Note: Refers to Sītā.

सार्धम् (sārdham) - along with (with, together with, along with)

(indeclinable)

छायया (chāyayā) - like a shadow (by a shadow, with a shadow, like a shadow)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of chāyā

chāyā - shadow, shade, reflection, image

Note: Used with iva to form a simile.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अनुवृत्तया (anuvṛttayā) - who accompanies/follows (followed, accompanied, constantly present)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of anuvṛtta

anuvṛtta - followed, accompanied, practiced, customary

Past Passive Participle

From anu- (prefix) + √vṛt (to turn, exist). P.P.P. (kta)

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies sītayā and anayā.