वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-20, verse-17

तस्मादेष महाब्रह्मन् वैवस्वतवधोद्यतः ।
गच्छामि दक्षिणामाशां यत्र सूर्यात्मजो नृपः ॥१७॥

17. tasmādeṣa mahābrahman vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ ,
gacchāmi dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ yatra sūryātmajo nṛpaḥ.

17. tasmāt eṣaḥ mahābrahman vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ
gacchāmi dakṣiṇām āśām yatra sūryātmajaḥ nṛpaḥ

17. mahābrahman tasmāt eṣaḥ vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ
dakṣiṇām āśām gacchāmi yatra sūryātmajaḥ nṛpaḥ

17. Therefore, O great brahmin, being intent on slaying Vaivasvata, I am going to the southern direction, where Sūrya's son is king.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from him

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

• महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great brahmin, O great priest

• वैवस्वतवधोद्यतः (vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ) - intent on killing Vaivasvata (Yama)

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I proceed

• दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, to the south

• आशाम् (āśām) - southern direction (direction, region)

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• सूर्यात्मजः (sūryātmajaḥ) - son of Sūrya; Yama

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that, from him

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, he

महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great brahmin, O great priest

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābrahman

mahābrahman - a great brahmin, a great priest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+brahman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• brahman – a brahmin, priest
  noun (masculine)

वैवस्वतवधोद्यतः (vaivasvatavadhodyataḥ) - intent on killing Vaivasvata (Yama)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaivasvatavadhodyata

vaivasvatavadhodyata - ready to kill Vaivasvata

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaivasvata+vadha+udyata)

• vaivasvata – son of Vivasvat; Yama
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from Vivasvat
• vadha – killing, slaughter, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)
• udyata – ready, prepared, intent on
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ud-yam (to raise, to be ready)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'I'.

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I go, I proceed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

दक्षिणाम् (dakṣiṇām) - southern, to the south

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dakṣiṇā

dakṣiṇā - southern, right (direction)

आशाम् (āśām) - southern direction (direction, region)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āśā

āśā - direction, region, hope, desire

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

सूर्यात्मजः (sūryātmajaḥ) - son of Sūrya; Yama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūryātmaja

sūryātmaja - son of Sūrya (the sun god); Yama

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūrya+ātmaja)

• sūrya – the sun, the sun god
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yama.

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, monarch, ruler

Root: nṛ