वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-19, verse-5

अहमेव धनुष्पाणिर्गोप्ता समरमूर्धनि ।
यावत् प्राणान्धरिष्यामि तावद् योत्स्ये निशाचरैः ॥५॥

5. ahameva dhanuṣpāṇirgoptā samaramūrdhani ,
yāvat prāṇāndhariṣyāmi tāvad yotsye niśācaraiḥ.

5. aham eva dhanuṣpāṇiḥ goptā samaramūrdhani |
yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvat yotsye niśācaraiḥ

5. aham eva dhanuṣpāṇiḥ samaramūrdhani goptā
yāvat prāṇān dhariṣyāmi tāvat niśācaraiḥ yotsye

5. I myself, bow in hand, will be the protector at the forefront of battle. As long as I retain my life-breath, so long will I fight the night-stalkers.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, myself

• धनुष्पाणिः (dhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - bow in hand, armed with a bow

• गोप्ता (goptā) - protector, guardian

• समरमूर्धनि (samaramūrdhani) - in the forefront of battle, at the head of battle

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths, vital airs, lives

• धरिष्यामि (dhariṣyāmi) - I will hold, I will sustain, I will bear

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

• योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

• निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - with the night-wanderers, by the rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, myself

(indeclinable)

धनुष्पाणिः (dhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - bow in hand, armed with a bow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanuṣpāṇi

dhanuṣpāṇi - bow in hand, armed with a bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhanus+pāṇi)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

गोप्ता (goptā) - protector, guardian

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of goptṛ

goptṛ - protector, guardian, preserver

Agent Noun

from root gup

Root: gup (class 1)

समरमूर्धनि (samaramūrdhani) - in the forefront of battle, at the head of battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samaramūrdhan

samaramūrdhan - forefront of battle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samara+mūrdhan)

• samara – battle, war
  noun (masculine)
• mūrdhan – head, top, forefront
  noun (masculine)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as

(indeclinable)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths, vital airs, lives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

धरिष्यामि (dhariṣyāmi) - I will hold, I will sustain, I will bear

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, so much

(indeclinable)

योत्स्ये (yotsye) - I will fight

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

निशाचरैः (niśācaraiḥ) - with the night-wanderers, by the rākṣasas

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  from root car
  Root: car (class 1)