वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-29, verse-4

लङ्कां चालोकयिष्यामो निलयं तस्य रक्षसः ।
येन मे मरणान्ताय हृता भार्या दुरात्मना ॥४॥

4. laṅkāṃ cālokayiṣyāmo nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ ,
yena me maraṇāntāya hṛtā bhāryā durātmanā.

4. laṅkām ca ālokayiṣyāmaḥ nilayam tasya rakṣasaḥ
yena me maraṇāntāya hṛtā bhāryā durātmanā

4. 'And we shall survey Lankā, the dwelling of that Rākṣasa, by whom my wife was abducted—a deed which will lead to a fateful end for him—by that evil-minded one.'

Words meanings summery:

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lankā

• च (ca) - and, also

• आलोकयिष्यामः (ālokayiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall survey (we shall see, we shall behold, we shall survey)

• निलयम् (nilayam) - dwelling (abode, dwelling, home)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa) (of that)

• रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of that Rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) (of the Rākṣasa)

• येन (yena) - by whom (Rāvaṇa) (by whom, by which)

• मे (me) - my (wife) (my, to me, for me)

• मरणान्ताय (maraṇāntāya) - leading to a fateful end (for the abductor) (for the purpose of death, leading to a fatal end)

• हृता (hṛtā) - abducted (carried away, abducted, stolen)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (Sītā) (wife)

• दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by that evil-minded one (Rāvaṇa) (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked one)

Words meanings and morphology

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Lankā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lankā (name of Rāvaṇa's city)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आलोकयिष्यामः (ālokayiṣyāmaḥ) - we shall survey (we shall see, we shall behold, we shall survey)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of ālok

causative stem ā-lok + future

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 1)

निलयम् (nilayam) - dwelling (abode, dwelling, home)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nilaya

nilaya - abode, dwelling, home

from ni-lī 'to cling to, hide in'

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: In apposition to Laṅkām

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Rākṣasa) (of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with rakṣasaḥ

रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of that Rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) (of the Rākṣasa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - Rākṣasa, demon

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa

येन (yena) - by whom (Rāvaṇa) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasa

मे (me) - my (wife) (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Alternative form for mama

मरणान्ताय (maraṇāntāya) - leading to a fateful end (for the abductor) (for the purpose of death, leading to a fatal end)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of maraṇānta

maraṇānta - ending in death, resulting in death, unto death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+anta)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  from root mṛ 'to die'
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

Note: Dative of purpose or consequence.

हृता (hṛtā) - abducted (carried away, abducted, stolen)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - carried off, stolen, abducted

Past Passive Participle

from root hṛ 'to carry, seize' + kta

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhāryā

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife (Sītā) (wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife (lit. 'she who is to be supported')

Gerundive

from root bhṛ 'to bear, support' + ṇyaT

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

दुरात्मना (durātmanā) - by that evil-minded one (Rāvaṇa) (by the evil-minded one, by the wicked one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked, malicious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+ātman)

• dur – bad, difficult, evil
  indeclinable
  prefix
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, mind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa)