वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-1, verse-15

यद्यप्येष तु वृत्तान्तो वैदेह्या गदितो मम ।
समुद्रपारगमने हरीणां किमिवोत्तरम् ॥१५॥

15. yadyapyeṣa tu vṛttānto vaidehyā gadito mama ,
samudrapāragamane harīṇāṃ kimivottaram.

15. yadyapi eṣaḥ tu vṛttāntaḥ vaidehyā gaditaḥ mama
samudra-pāra-gamane harīṇām kim iva uttaram

15. yadyapi tu eṣaḥ vṛttāntaḥ vaidehyā mama gaditaḥ
samudra-pāra-gamane harīṇām uttaram kim iva

15. Even though this account has been told to me by Vaidehī (Sītā), what solution is there for the monkeys regarding crossing the ocean?

Words meanings summery:

• यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• वृत्तान्तः (vṛttāntaḥ) - account, story, narrative

• वैदेह्या (vaidehyā) - by Vaidehī (Sītā)

• गदितः (gaditaḥ) - told, spoken

• मम (mama) - to me, my

• समुद्र-पार-गमने (samudra-pāra-gamane) - regarding crossing the ocean, in the matter of going across the sea

• हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the monkeys

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, solution, recourse

Words meanings and morphology

यद्यपि (yadyapi) - even if, although

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

वृत्तान्तः (vṛttāntaḥ) - account, story, narrative

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - news, report, story, narrative, incident

वैदेह्या (vaidehyā) - by Vaidehī (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - daughter of the king of Videha, Sītā

गदितः (gaditaḥ) - told, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gadita

gadita - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from the root √gad (to speak, tell)

Root: gad (class 1)

मम (mama) - to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

समुद्र-पार-गमने (samudra-pāra-gamane) - regarding crossing the ocean, in the matter of going across the sea

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of samudra-pāra-gamana

samudra-pāra-gamana - the act of going across the ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samudra+pāra+gamana)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• pāra – the other side, across, bank
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• gamana – going, motion, journey
  noun (neuter)
  noun from root
  Derived from the root √gam (to go) with the suffix -ana
  Root: gam (class 1)

हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, tawny, lion, Viṣṇu

किम् (kim) - what?

(interrogative pronoun)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - answer, solution, recourse

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - answer, reply, solution, north, later, superior