वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-46

अहमाकाशमासक्ता उपर्युपरि सागरम् ।
प्रपतेयं हि ते पृष्ठाद्भयाद्वेगेन गच्छतः ॥४६॥

46. ahamākāśamāsaktā uparyupari sāgaram ,
prapateyaṃ hi te pṛṣṭhādbhayādvegena gacchataḥ.

46. aham ākāśam āsaktā upari upari sāgaram |
prapateyam hi te pṛṣṭhāt bhayāt vegena gacchataḥ

46. Clinging to you, high above the ocean in the sky, I would surely fall from your back out of fear, as you travel at great speed.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky, in the sky

• आसक्ता (āsaktā) - attached, clinging, fixed (feminine)

• उपरि (upari) - above, on top, over

• उपरि (upari) - repetition emphasizes 'very high above' (above, on top, over)

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

• प्रपतेयम् (prapateyam) - I might fall down, I would fall down

• हि (hi) - surely, indeed, because

• ते (te) - your, from your

• पृष्ठात् (pṛṣṭhāt) - from the back, from the surface

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, due to fear

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, quickly

• गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - of you who are going (referring to Hanumān) (of one going, while going)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky, in the sky

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether, atmosphere

Note: Accusative used adverbially to denote location (into/in the sky)

आसक्ता (āsaktā) - attached, clinging, fixed (feminine)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsakta

āsakta - attached, clinging, devoted, fixed on

Past Passive Participle

From ā + sañj (to cling, attach)

Prefix: ā

Root: sañj (class 1)

उपरि (upari) - above, on top, over

(indeclinable)

उपरि (upari) - repetition emphasizes 'very high above' (above, on top, over)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

प्रपतेयम् (prapateyam) - I might fall down, I would fall down

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pat

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

हि (hi) - surely, indeed, because

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - your, from your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

पृष्ठात् (pṛṣṭhāt) - from the back, from the surface

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭha

pṛṣṭha - back (of a body), surface, top, rear

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, due to fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impetus, current, force

From root vij (to move rapidly) or viñj (to move, tremble)

Root: vij (class 6)

गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - of you who are going (referring to Hanumān) (of one going, while going)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving, proceeding

Present Active Participle

Present participle of root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)