वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-2, verse-23

तौ त्वया प्राकृतेनैव गत्वा ज्ञेयौ प्लवंगम ।
शङ्कितानां प्रकारैश्च रूपव्याभाषणेन च ॥२३॥

23. tau tvayā prākṛtenaiva gatvā jñeyau plavaṃgama ,
śaṅkitānāṃ prakāraiśca rūpavyābhāṣaṇena ca.

23. tau tvayā prākṛtena eva gatvā jñeyau plavaṅgama
| śaṅkitānām prakāraiḥ ca rūpavyābhāṣaṇena ca

23. plavaṅgama,
tvayā prākṛtena eva gatvā tau jñeyau śaṅkitānām prakāraiḥ ca rūpavyābhāṣaṇena ca

23. O monkey, you must go and identify those two, acting as an ordinary person. Recognize them by the various signs of suspicious individuals, as well as by their appearance and manner of speaking.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two, them (dual)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• प्राकृतेन (prākṛtena) - by an ordinary person, in an ordinary manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• ज्ञेयौ (jñeyau) - should be known, are to be recognized (dual)

• प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (vocative)

• शङ्कितानाम् (śaṅkitānām) - of the suspicious ones, of those who are suspected

• प्रकारैः (prakāraiḥ) - by signs, by kinds, by manners

• च (ca) - and, also

• रूपव्याभाषणेन (rūpavyābhāṣaṇena) - by appearance and speech/conversation

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two, them (dual)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those; he, she, it, they

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्राकृतेन (prākṛtena) - by an ordinary person, in an ordinary manner

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, original, common, ordinary, vulgar

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root gam (to go) with suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

ज्ञेयौ (jñeyau) - should be known, are to be recognized (dual)

(adjective)

masculine, dual of jñeya

jñeya - to be known, to be recognized, to be understood

Gerundive

Derived from root jñā (to know) with suffix -eya.

Root: jñā (class 9)

प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama) - O monkey (vocative)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of plavaṅgama

plavaṅgama - monkey (literally, 'going by jumping')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (plava+gama)

• plava – jumping, hopping; a float, a boat
  noun (masculine)
  From root plu (to float, jump).
  Root: plu (class 1)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root gam (to go) with suffix -a.
  Root: gam (class 1)

शङ्कितानाम् (śaṅkitānām) - of the suspicious ones, of those who are suspected

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śaṅkita

śaṅkita - apprehended, doubted, suspected; suspicious, fearful

Past Passive Participle

From root śaṅk (to doubt, fear) with suffix -ita.

Root: śaṅk (class 1)

प्रकारैः (prakāraiḥ) - by signs, by kinds, by manners

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prakāra

prakāra - manner, way, mode, kind, sort; sign, mark

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रूपव्याभाषणेन (rūpavyābhāṣaṇena) - by appearance and speech/conversation

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rūpavyābhāṣaṇa

rūpavyābhāṣaṇa - appearance and speech/conversation

Compound type : dvandva (rūpa+vyābhāṣaṇa)

• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
• vyābhāṣaṇa – speaking, conversation, address
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhāṣ (to speak) with prefix vyā (vi-ā).
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)