वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-23, verse-26

अहं पुत्रसहाया त्वामुपासे गतचेतनम् ।
सिंहेन निहतं सद्यो गौः सवत्सेव गोवृषम् ॥२६॥

26. ahaṃ putrasahāyā tvāmupāse gatacetanam ,
siṃhena nihataṃ sadyo gauḥ savatseva govṛṣam.

26. aham putrasahāyā tvām upāse gatacetanam
siṃhena nihatam sadyaḥ gauḥ savatsā iva govṛṣam

26. aham putrasahāyā gatacetanam tvām upāse
savatsā gauḥ iva siṃhena nihatam govṛṣam sadyaḥ

26. I, accompanied by my son, attend to you who are lifeless, just as a cow with her calf would immediately approach a bull instantly slain by a lion.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I, me

• पुत्रसहाया (putrasahāyā) - accompanied by a son, with a son

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• उपासे (upāse) - I attend to, I lament over (I attend to, I sit near, I serve, I worship)

• गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - one whose consciousness has departed, unconscious, lifeless

• सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

• निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down, killed, slain

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

• गौः (gauḥ) - a cow

• सवत्सा (savatsā) - with its calf, having a calf

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• गोवृषम् (govṛṣam) - a bull, a chief bull

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I, me

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

पुत्रसहाया (putrasahāyā) - accompanied by a son, with a son

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of putrasahāya

putrasahāya - accompanied by a son, having a son as helper

Compound type : bahuvrihi (putra+sahāya)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• sahāya – companion, helper, aid
  noun (masculine)
  From sa-hā, one who goes with.
  Prefix: sa
  Root: hi (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

उपासे (upāse) - I attend to, I lament over (I attend to, I sit near, I serve, I worship)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upās

Present Tense

Ātmanepada, 1st person singular

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

गतचेतनम् (gatacetanam) - one whose consciousness has departed, unconscious, lifeless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gatacetana

gatacetana - unconscious, senseless, lifeless, dead

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+cetana)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cetana – consciousness, mind, spirit
  noun (neuter)
  Root: cit (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tvām'

सिंहेन (siṁhena) - by a lion

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

Note: Agent of nihatam

निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down, killed, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'govṛṣam'

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, instantly, at once

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying nihatam

गौः (gauḥ) - a cow

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, earth, ray of light

Note: Subject of the simile

सवत्सा (savatsā) - with its calf, having a calf

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of savatsa

savatsa - having a calf, with its calf

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+vatsa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• vatsa – calf, offspring, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'gauḥ'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

गोवृषम् (govṛṣam) - a bull, a chief bull

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of govṛṣa

govṛṣa - a bull, a chief bull, a great man

Compound type : tatpurusha (go+vṛṣa)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• vṛṣa – bull, male, chief, best
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of nihatam