वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-29

यावज्जानामि वैदेहीं यदि जीवति वा न वा ।
तत्रैव चिन्तयिष्यामि दृष्ट्वा तां जनकात्मजाम् ॥२९॥

29. yāvajjānāmi vaidehīṃ yadi jīvati vā na vā ,
tatraiva cintayiṣyāmi dṛṣṭvā tāṃ janakātmajām.

29. yāvat jānāmi vaidehīm yadi jīvati vā na vā
tatra eva cintayiṣyāmi dṛṣṭvā tām janakātmajām

29. yāvat vaidehīm jīvati vā na vā yadi jānāmi
tām janakātmajām dṛṣṭvā tatra eva cintayiṣyāmi

29. Until I know whether Vaidehi is alive or not, I will deliberate there only after seeing that daughter of Janaka.

Words meanings summery:

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

• जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

• वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Sita, daughter of Videha (Vaidehi (Sita))

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case

• जीवति (jīvati) - she lives, he lives, it lives

• वा (vā) - or

• न (na) - not, no

• वा (vā) - or

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I will think, I will deliberate, I will ponder

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)

• जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (Janaka's daughter)

Words meanings and morphology

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, as much as

(indeclinable)

जानामि (jānāmi) - I know, I understand

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Sita, daughter of Videha (Vaidehi (Sita))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - daughter of Videha, Sita

यदि (yadi) - if, in case

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - she lives, he lives, it lives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयिष्यामि (cintayiṣyāmi) - I will think, I will deliberate, I will ponder

(verb)

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

Causative of root cit

Root: cit (class 10)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine singular accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (Janaka's daughter)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name, father of Sita)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter (born from oneself)
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: ātman
  Root: jan (class 4)