वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-41, verse-41

तेषु सर्वेषु दुर्गेषु सरःसु च सरित्सु च ।
रावणः सह वैदेह्या मार्गितव्यस्ततस्ततः ॥४१॥

41. teṣu sarveṣu durgeṣu saraḥsu ca saritsu ca ,
rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgitavyastatastataḥ.

41. teṣu sarveṣu durgeṣu saraḥsu ca saritsu ca
rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgītavyaḥ tataḥ tataḥ

41. rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā teṣu sarveṣu durgeṣu ca
saraḥsu ca saritsu ca tataḥ tataḥ mārgītavyaḥ

41. Rāvaṇa, together with Vaidehī, must be searched for everywhere—in all those difficult places, as well as in lakes and rivers.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those

• सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in everyone

• दुर्गेषु (durgeṣu) - in difficult places, in fortresses, in inaccessible regions

• सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in lakes, in ponds

• च (ca) - and, also

• सरित्सु (saritsu) - in rivers

• च (ca) - and, also

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - The demon king of Laṅkā (Rāvaṇa (proper name))

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• वैदेह्या (vaidehyā) - Sītā, daughter of the king of Videha, Janaka (with Vaidehī (Sītā))

• मार्गीतव्यः (mārgītavyaḥ) - should be searched for, must be sought

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, from that place, in every direction

• ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, from that place, in every direction

Words meanings and morphology

तेषु (teṣu) - in those

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to durgeṣu, saraḥsu, saritsu

सर्वेषु (sarveṣu) - in all, in everyone

(adjective)

Locative, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every

Pronomial adjective

Note: Agrees with teṣu, durgeṣu, saraḥsu, saritsu

दुर्गेषु (durgeṣu) - in difficult places, in fortresses, in inaccessible regions

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of durga

durga - difficult to access, fortress, difficult place, adverse situation

Derived from dur-√gam (to go with difficulty)

Prefix: dur

Root: gam (class 1)

सरःसु (saraḥsu) - in lakes, in ponds

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of saras

saras - lake, pond, pool

Root: sṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

सरित्सु (saritsu) - in rivers

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river, stream

Feminine noun from sṛ (to flow)

Root: sṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - The demon king of Laṅkā (Rāvaṇa (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king)

Note: Subject of the search

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Preposition/adverb governing instrumental case

वैदेह्या (vaidehyā) - Sītā, daughter of the king of Videha, Janaka (with Vaidehī (Sītā))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - (Princess) of Videha, Sītā (daughter of Janaka)

Feminine derivative of videha

Note: Used with saha

मार्गीतव्यः (mārgītavyaḥ) - should be searched for, must be sought

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārgītavya

mārgītavya - to be searched, to be sought

Gerundive (kṛtya)

Formed from mārg (to seek, search) + suffix -tavya

Root: mārg (class 10)

Note: Agrees with rāvaṇaḥ

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, from that place, in every direction

(indeclinable)

Avyaya (indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, there, from that place, in every direction

(indeclinable)

Avyaya (indeclinable)