वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-11, verse-23

गत्वा तु यदि काकुत्स्थं वक्ष्यामि परमप्रियम् ।
न दृष्टेति मया सीता ततस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति जीवितम् ॥२३॥

23. gatvā tu yadi kākutsthaṃ vakṣyāmi paramapriyam ,
na dṛṣṭeti mayā sītā tatastyakṣyanti jīvitam.

23. gatvā tu yadi kākutstham vakṣyāmi paramapriyam
na dṛṣṭā iti mayā sītā tataḥ tyakṣyanti jīvitam

23. yadi gatvā tu paramapriyam kākutstham mayā sītā
na dṛṣṭā iti vakṣyāmi tataḥ jīvitam tyakṣyanti

23. If, upon returning, I tell the highly beloved son of Kakutstha (Rāma) that Sītā has not been seen by me, then they (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) will surely abandon their lives.

Words meanings summery:

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• यदि (yadi) - if

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to the descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say, I will speak

• परमप्रियम् (paramapriyam) - most dear, highly beloved

• न (na) - not

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• मया (mayā) - by me

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon, they will forsake

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

Words meanings and morphology

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root gam (to go) with suffix -tvā.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - to the descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rāma)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say, I will speak

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

परमप्रियम् (paramapriyam) - most dear, highly beloved

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paramapriya

paramapriya - very dear, most beloved

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+priya)

• parama – highest, supreme, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'kākutstham'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ta.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sītā'.

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (wife of Rāma)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon, they will forsake

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, alive