वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-48

न च संकुचितः पन्था येन वाली हतो गतः ।
समये तिष्ठ सुग्रीवमा वालिपथमन्वगाः ॥४८॥

48. na ca saṃkucitaḥ panthā yena vālī hato gataḥ ,
samaye tiṣṭha sugrīvamā vālipathamanvagāḥ.

48. na ca saṃkucitaḥ panthāḥ yena vālī hataḥ gataḥ
samaye tiṣṭha sugrīva mā vālipatham anvagāḥ

48. ca yena vālī hataḥ gataḥ panthāḥ na saṃkucitaḥ.
sugrīva samaye tiṣṭha.
vālipatham mā anvagāḥ.

48. And the path by which Vāli was killed and departed is not at all constricted. Sugrīva, abide by your promise! Do not follow Vāli's path!

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• संकुचितः (saṁkucitaḥ) - constricted, narrowed, contracted

• पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, road

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• वाली (vālī) - Vali

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

• समये (samaye) - in due course, according to the agreement (in time, on the occasion, in season)

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - abide by your promise (stand, remain, abide)

• सुग्रीव (sugrīva) - Sugrīva

• मा (mā) - do not, not

• वालिपथम् (vālipatham) - the path of Vali

• अन्वगाः (anvagāḥ) - you followed, you went after

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'saṃkucitaḥ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects clauses.

संकुचितः (saṁkucitaḥ) - constricted, narrowed, contracted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkucita

saṁkucita - contracted, constricted, narrow, shrunk

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kuc with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: kuc (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'panthāḥ'.

पन्थाः (panthāḥ) - path, road

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

Note: Subject of the first clause.

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to the 'path'.

वाली (vālī) - Vali

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (name of the monkey king, Sugriva's brother)

Note: Subject of the participial phrase 'hataḥ gataḥ'.

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'vālī'.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'vālī'.

समये (samaye) - in due course, according to the agreement (in time, on the occasion, in season)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samaya

samaya - time, season, proper moment, agreement

Note: Refers to the agreed time or promise.

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - abide by your promise (stand, remain, abide)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Command to Sugrīva.

सुग्रीव (sugrīva) - Sugrīva

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sugrīva

sugrīva - Sugrīva (name of the monkey king)

Note: Addresses Sugrīva.

मा (mā) - do not, not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist for prohibition.

वालिपथम् (vālipatham) - the path of Vali

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vālipatha

vālipatha - the path of Vali, the way Vali took

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vālin+patha)

• vālin – Vali (name of the monkey king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• patha – path, road
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'anvagāḥ'.

अन्वगाः (anvagāḥ) - you followed, you went after

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of anugam

Derived from root gam with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used with 'mā' for prohibition.