वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-63, verse-5

क्व सीता वर्तते देवी कथं च मयि वर्तते ।
एतन्मे सर्वमाख्यात वैदेहीं प्रति वानराः ॥५॥

5. kva sītā vartate devī kathaṃ ca mayi vartate ,
etanme sarvamākhyāta vaidehīṃ prati vānarāḥ.

5. kva sītā vartate devī katham ca mayi vartate |
etad me sarvam ākhyāta vaidehīm prati vānarāḥ

5. Where is the divine Sītā, and how does she feel about me? O monkeys, report all these details to me concerning Vaidehī.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• वर्तते (vartate) - she is (located), she fares (towards me) (she is, she exists, she fares, she behaves)

• देवी (devī) - divine lady (goddess, divine lady, queen)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, on me, towards me)

• वर्तते (vartate) - she is (located), she fares (towards me) (she is, she exists, she fares, she behaves)

• एतद् (etad) - this (report) (this)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (these things) (all, everything)

• आख्यात (ākhyāta) - (you all) relate/report! (relate!, report!, tell!)

• वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehī (Sītā)

• प्रति (prati) - regarding (towards, against, regarding, every)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys (O monkeys, monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife)

Note: Subject of vartate.

वर्तते (vartate) - she is (located), she fares (towards me) (she is, she exists, she fares, she behaves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present middle

From root vṛt (to be, exist), third person singular present middle.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Occurs twice in the verse with slightly different nuances.

देवी (devī) - divine lady (goddess, divine lady, queen)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine female, queen, royal lady

Feminine of deva.

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Appositive to sītā.

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मयि (mayi) - towards me (in me, on me, towards me)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Locative here indicates 'with respect to me' or 'towards me'.

वर्तते (vartate) - she is (located), she fares (towards me) (she is, she exists, she fares, she behaves)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present middle

From root vṛt (to be, exist), third person singular present middle.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Occurs twice in the verse with slightly different nuances.

एतद् (etad) - this (report) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Direct object of ākhyāta.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun (enclitic dative/genitive).

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (these things) (all, everything)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Universal pronoun/adjective.

Note: Direct object of ākhyāta.

आख्यात (ākhyāta) - (you all) relate/report! (relate!, report!, tell!)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of ākhyā

imperative active

From ā (upasarga) + khyā (root), second person plural imperative active.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Subject is vānarāḥ (implied 'you all').

वैदेहीम् (vaidehīm) - Vaidehī (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha (Sītā)

Feminine patronymic from videha.

प्रति (prati) - regarding (towards, against, regarding, every)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/prefix governing accusative case.

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - O monkeys (O monkeys, monkeys)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, belonging to monkeys

From vana (forest).

Note: Direct address.