वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-26, verse-17

शोकाभितप्ता बहुधा विचिन्त्य सीताथ वेण्युद्ग्रथनं गृहीत्वा ।
उद्बध्य वेण्युद्ग्रथनेन शीघ्रमहं गमिष्यामि यमस्य मूलम् ॥१७॥

17. śokābhitaptā bahudhā vicintya sītātha veṇyudgrathanaṃ gṛhītvā ,
udbadhya veṇyudgrathanena śīghramahaṃ gamiṣyāmi yamasya mūlam.

17. śokābhitaptā bahudhā vicintya
sītā atha veṇyudgrathanam gṛhītvā
udbadhya veṇyudgrathanena
śīghram aham gamiṣyāmi yamasya mūlam

17. śokābhitaptā sītā bahudhā vicintya
atha veṇyudgrathanam gṛhītvā
veṇyudgrathanena udbadhya aham
śīghram yamasya mūlam gamiṣyāmi

17. Tormented by grief, Sītā, having reflected in many ways, then took hold of her braided hair. Quickly, I will tie myself with my braid and go to the abode of Yama.

Words meanings summery:

• शोकाभितप्ता (śokābhitaptā) - tormented by grief, distressed by sorrow

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

• विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought, having pondered, having reflected

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā (proper name)

• अथ (atha) - then, and then, so

• वेण्युद्ग्रथनम् (veṇyudgrathanam) - braid, hair-knot

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

• उद्बध्य (udbadhya) - having tied up, having suspended

• वेण्युद्ग्रथनेन (veṇyudgrathanena) - with the braid, with the hair-knot

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (the god of death)

• मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, base, abode

Words meanings and morphology

शोकाभितप्ता (śokābhitaptā) - tormented by grief, distressed by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokābhitapta

śokābhitapta - tormented by grief, consumed by sorrow

Compound type : tatpurusha (śoka+abhitapta)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From root śuc- (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• abhitapta – tormented, afflicted, heated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from abhi- + √tap (to heat, torment)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sītā

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

Derived from bahu- (many) with -dhā suffix.

Note: Adverbial usage

विचिन्त्य (vicintya) - having thought, having pondered, having reflected

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

Absolutive (lyap pratyaya) of root cint- (to think) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: cint (class 10)

Note: Absolutive participle

सीता (sītā) - Sītā (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (Rāma's wife); furrow

Note: Subject of the sentence

अथ (atha) - then, and then, so

(indeclinable)

वेण्युद्ग्रथनम् (veṇyudgrathanam) - braid, hair-knot

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of veṇyudgrathana

veṇyudgrathana - braid of hair, knot of hair

Compound type : tatpurusha (veṇī+udgrathana)

• veṇī – braid, plaited hair, stream
  noun (feminine)
• udgrathana – knotting, tying up, fastening
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From ud- + √grath (to tie, string)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: grath (class 1)

Note: Object of 'gṛhītvā'

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (ktvā pratyaya) of root grah-.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Absolutive participle

उद्बध्य (udbadhya) - having tied up, having suspended

(indeclinable)

absolutive (lyap)

Absolutive (lyap pratyaya) of root bandh- (to bind) with prefix ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Absolutive participle

वेण्युद्ग्रथनेन (veṇyudgrathanena) - with the braid, with the hair-knot

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of veṇyudgrathana

veṇyudgrathana - braid of hair, knot of hair

Compound type : tatpurusha (veṇī+udgrathana)

• veṇī – braid, plaited hair, stream
  noun (feminine)
• udgrathana – knotting, tying up, fastening
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From ud- + √grath (to tie, string)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: grath (class 1)

Note: Means or instrument of action (tying)

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

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

Future tense, first person singular

Root gam- (class 1, parasmaipada). Syā- suffix for future.

Root: gam (class 1)

यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (the god of death)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death); restraint, self-control

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Possessive, modifying 'mūlam'

मूलम् (mūlam) - root, origin, base, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, origin, base, foundation, abode

Note: Indicates direction towards an abode