वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-7, verse-9

तावदिच्छामहे गन्तुमित्युक्त्वा चरणौ मुनेः ।
ववन्दे सहसौमित्रिः सीतया सह राघवः ॥९॥

9. tāvadicchāmahe gantumityuktvā caraṇau muneḥ ,
vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ.

9. tāvat icchāmahe gantum iti uktvā caraṇau muneḥ
vavande sahasumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ

9. iti uktvā tāvat gantum icchāmahe rāghavaḥ
sahasumitriḥ sītayā saha muneḥ caraṇau vavande

9. Declaring, 'We wish to depart now,' Rama (rāghavaḥ), accompanied by Lakshmana (saumitriḥ) and Sita, bowed down to the sage's feet.

Words meanings summery:

• तावत् (tāvat) - now, so long (so long, so much, then, meanwhile)

• इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish (we desire, we wish)

• गन्तुम् (gantum) - to depart (to go, to proceed, to reach)

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, declaring (having said, having spoken)

• चरणौ (caraṇau) - the (two) feet (two feet, by the feet (dual))

• मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, from the sage)

• ववन्दे (vavande) - bowed down to (bowed down to, worshipped, saluted)

• सहसुमित्रिः (sahasumitriḥ) - accompanied by Lakshmana (saumitriḥ) (accompanied by Saumitri (Lakshmana), having Saumitri with him)

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

• सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by, together)

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (rāghavaḥ) (Rama, descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

तावत् (tāvat) - now, so long (so long, so much, then, meanwhile)

(indeclinable)

इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish (we desire, we wish)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present middle

Root iṣ (class 6) becomes icch in the present stem. 1st person plural middle voice ending -mahe.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

गन्तुम् (gantum) - to depart (to go, to proceed, to reach)

(verb)

active, infinitive of gam

infinitive

From root √gam (to go) with infinitive suffix -tum.

Root: gam (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus (introducing direct speech) (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, declaring (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

From root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā, with vṛddhi and samprasāraṇa.

Root: vac (class 2)

चरणौ (caraṇau) - the (two) feet (two feet, by the feet (dual))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, leg, movement, a division of a stanza

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the sage's feet.

मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, from the sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit

Genitive singular of 'muni' (i-stem).

ववन्दे (vavande) - bowed down to (bowed down to, worshipped, saluted)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of vand

perfect middle

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular middle voice, reduplicated form of root √vand.

Root: vand (class 1)

सहसुमित्रिः (sahasumitriḥ) - accompanied by Lakshmana (saumitriḥ) (accompanied by Saumitri (Lakshmana), having Saumitri with him)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahasumitri

sahasumitri - accompanied by Saumitri, having Saumitri with him

Bahuvrihi compound 'sa' (with) + 'saumitri' (Saumitri, i.e., Lakshmana).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+saumitri)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment.
• saumitri – son of Sumitra (Lakshmana)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Patronymic from Sumitrā.

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

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (name of Rama's wife), furrow

Instrumental singular of 'Sītā' (ā-stem).

सह (saha) - with (with, accompanied by, together)

(indeclinable)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama (rāghavaḥ) (Rama, descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - Rama, descendant of Raghu

Patronymic from Raghu.