वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-45, verse-5

ततो ऽहं तत्र निक्षिप्तो गुहाद्वारिविनीतवत् ।
न च निष्क्रमते वाली तदा संवत्सरे गते ॥५॥

5. tato'haṃ tatra nikṣipto guhādvārivinītavat ,
na ca niṣkramate vālī tadā saṃvatsare gate.

5. tataḥ aham tatra nikṣiptaḥ guhādvārivinītavat
na ca niṣkramate vālī tadā saṃvatsare gate

5. tataḥ aham tatra guhādvārivinītavat nikṣiptaḥ
tadā saṃvatsare gate vālī ca na niṣkramate

5. Then I was stationed at the cave entrance, as instructed. But Vali did not emerge, even after a year had passed.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• निक्षिप्तः (nikṣiptaḥ) - placed, thrown, stationed

• गुहाद्वारिविनीतवत् (guhādvārivinītavat) - at the cave entrance, as instructed/dutifully (like a dutiful person at the cave entrance)

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and

• निष्क्रमते (niṣkramate) - comes out, emerges

• वाली (vālī) - Vali (proper name)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• संवत्सरे (saṁvatsare) - in the year, after the year

• गते (gate) - gone, passed

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, therefore

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

निक्षिप्तः (nikṣiptaḥ) - placed, thrown, stationed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nikṣipta

nikṣipta - placed, thrown, deposited

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √kṣip with ni

Prefix: ni

Root: √kṣip (class 6)

गुहाद्वारिविनीतवत् (guhādvārivinītavat) - at the cave entrance, as instructed/dutifully (like a dutiful person at the cave entrance)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guhādvāravinītavat

guhādvāravinītavat - like one who is humble/disciplined/dutiful at the cave entrance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (guhādvāra+vinītavat)

• guhādvāra – cave entrance
  compound (neuter)
• vinītavat – like a disciplined/humble/dutiful person
  adjective (masculine)
  possessive suffix -vat from vinīta (PPP of vi-√nī)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √nī (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to modify the state of 'I'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निष्क्रमते (niṣkramate) - comes out, emerges

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of niṣ-√kram

Prefix: nis

Root: √kram (class 1)

Note: ātmanepada form

वाली (vālī) - Vali (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (a monkey king in the Rāmāyaṇa)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

संवत्सरे (saṁvatsare) - in the year, after the year

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year

गते (gate) - gone, passed

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, passed, reached

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √gam

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'saṃvatsare'