वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-25, verse-9

चतुर्दशसमाः सौम्य ग्रामं वा यदि वा पुरम् ।
न प्रवेक्ष्यामि हनुमन्पितुर्निर्देशपालकः ॥९॥

9. caturdaśasamāḥ saumya grāmaṃ vā yadi vā puram ,
na pravekṣyāmi hanumanpiturnirdeśapālakaḥ.

9. caturdaśa samāḥ saumya grāmam vā yadi vā puram
na pravekṣyāmi hanuman pituḥ nirdeśapālakaḥ

9. saumya hanuman,
pituḥ nirdeśapālakaḥ (aham) caturdaśa samāḥ grāmam vā yadi vā puram na pravekṣyāmi.

9. O gentle Hanumān, I, as a follower of my father's command, will not enter any village or city for fourteen years.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O mild one

• ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

• वा (vā) - or

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

• हनुमन् (hanuman) - O Hanumān

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• निर्देशपालकः (nirdeśapālakaḥ) - follower of commands, obeyer of instructions

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Note: Adjective modifying 'samāḥ'

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

Note: Denotes duration, hence accusative case

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O mild one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, auspicious, relating to the moon

Note: Addressing Hanumān

ग्रामम् (grāmam) - village

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grāma

grāma - village, hamlet

Note: Object of 'pravekṣyāmi'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here in conjunction with 'vā' to mean 'or else' or 'alternatively'

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुरम् (puram) - city, town

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fort

Note: Object of 'pravekṣyāmi'

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle

प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of praveś

Future Active

From pra + √viś (to enter)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

हनुमन् (hanuman) - O Hanumān

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (proper noun)

Note: Addressing Hanumān

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive, refers to Rāma's father Daśaratha

निर्देशपालकः (nirdeśapālakaḥ) - follower of commands, obeyer of instructions

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirdeśapālaka

nirdeśapālaka - follower of instructions, obeyer of commands

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nirdeśa+pālaka)

• nirdeśa – command, instruction, direction
  noun (masculine)
  From nir + √diś (to point out)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: diś (class 6)
• pālaka – protector, guardian, follower
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root pāl (to protect)
  Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Qualifies implied 'I' (Rāma)