वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-16, verse-5

किमिदं यन्निमित्तं मे न च गच्छति पुष्पकम् ।
पर्वतस्योपरिस्थस्य कस्य कर्म त्विदं भवेत् ॥५॥

5. kimidaṃ yannimittaṃ me na ca gacchati puṣpakam ,
parvatasyoparisthasya kasya karma tvidaṃ bhavet.

5. kim idam yat nimittam me na ca gacchati puṣpakam
parvatasya uparisthasya kasya karma tu idam bhavet

5. kim idam nimittam yat (yena) me puṣpakam na ca gacchati?
parvatasya uparisthasya kasya tu idam karma bhavet?

5. What is this cause by which my Puṣpaka (chariot) does not move? Whose action (karma) could this be, associated with the mountain situated above?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• यत् (yat) - by which, for which reason (that which, by which, because)

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, motive, sign

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and (here, perhaps implying emphasis or simply connecting clauses) (and, also, moreover, but, even)

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

• पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - Rāvaṇa's aerial chariot (the Puṣpaka (a celestial aerial chariot))

• पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

• उपरिस्थस्य (uparisthasya) - of the one situated above, of the one standing on top

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, may be, should be

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, why, how

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

यत् (yat) - by which, for which reason (that which, by which, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yad - who, which, what; since, because, in order that

Note: Implies an instrumental meaning here (by which).

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - cause, reason, motive, sign

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, motive, sign, omen, mark

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (here, perhaps implying emphasis or simply connecting clauses) (and, also, moreover, but, even)

(indeclinable)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of gam

Present Tense, Parasmaipada

root gam, 1st conjugation, present stem gaccha

Root: gam (class 1)

पुष्पकम् (puṣpakam) - Rāvaṇa's aerial chariot (the Puṣpaka (a celestial aerial chariot))

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of puṣpaka

puṣpaka - the Puṣpaka chariot (originally belonging to Kubera, later taken by Rāvaṇa); a flower-like ornament or vehicle

पर्वतस्य (parvatasya) - of the mountain

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill, rock

उपरिस्थस्य (uparisthasya) - of the one situated above, of the one standing on top

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of uparistha

uparistha - situated above, standing on top, supreme

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (upari+stha)

• upari – above, on, over, upon
  indeclinable
• stha – standing, situated, abiding
  suffix (masculine)
  Agent noun suffix
  from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

कर्म (karma) - action, deed, work, ritual

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate resulting from actions

from root kṛ (to do, make) + man suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

भवेत् (bhavet) - might be, may be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhū

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada

root bhū, 1st conjugation

Root: bhū (class 1)