वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-42, verse-57

न कथं चन गन्तव्यं कुरूणामुत्तरेण वः ।
अन्येषामपि भूतानां नातिक्रामति वै गतिः ॥५७॥

57. na kathaṃ cana gantavyaṃ kurūṇāmuttareṇa vaḥ ,
anyeṣāmapi bhūtānāṃ nātikrāmati vai gatiḥ.

57. na katham cana gantavyam kurūṇām uttareṇa vaḥ
anyeṣām api bhūtānām na atikrāmati vai gatiḥ

57. vaḥ kurūṇām uttareṇa katham cana na gantavyam
anyeṣām api bhūtānām gatiḥ vai na atikrāmati

57. You must not, by any means, go north of the Kurus. Indeed, the passage of other beings also does not transgress that limit.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

• चन (cana) - any, ever (used with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns or adverbs)

• गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - that which should be gone to, to be gone, should be reached

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the region or people known as Kurus (of the Kurus)

• उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - beyond the north of (a boundary) (to the north, in the north, by the north)

• वः (vaḥ) - by you (plural)

• अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिक्रामति (atikrāmati) - transgresses, goes beyond, crosses over

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - passage, movement across a boundary (movement, path, course, access, destiny)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner, why

(indeclinable)

चन (cana) - any, ever (used with interrogatives to form indefinite pronouns or adverbs)

(indeclinable)

गन्तव्यम् (gantavyam) - that which should be gone to, to be gone, should be reached

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gantavya

gantavya - to be gone, that which should be gone or reached

Gerundive

Derived from root 'gam' with suffix '-tavya'.

Root: gam (class 1)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the region or people known as Kurus (of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kuru

kuru - name of an ancient Vedic tribe, their king, or their territory

उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - beyond the north of (a boundary) (to the north, in the north, by the north)

(indeclinable)

Instrumental form of 'uttara' used adverbially.

वः (vaḥ) - by you (plural)

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Used here with gerundive 'gantavyam' implying an agent in the instrumental case.

अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings, of creatures

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past (as participle of 'bhū')

Past Passive Participle (of 'bhū')

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिक्रामति (atikrāmati) - transgresses, goes beyond, crosses over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of atikram

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, surely

(indeclinable)

गतिः (gatiḥ) - passage, movement across a boundary (movement, path, course, access, destiny)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, path, course, access, means, condition, destiny, goal

Derived from root 'gam' ('to go').

Root: gam (class 1)