वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-54, verse-25

वदतो वै वसिष्ठस्य मा भैष्टेति मुहुर्मुहुः ।
नाशयाम्यद्य गाधेयं नीहारमिव भास्करः ॥२५॥

25. vadato vai vasiṣṭhasya mā bhaiṣṭeti muhurmuhuḥ ,
nāśayāmyadya gādheyaṃ nīhāramiva bhāskaraḥ.

25. vadataḥ vai Vasiṣṭhasya mā bhaiṣṭa iti muhurmuhuḥ
nāśayāmi adya Gādheyam nīhāram iva bhāskaraḥ

25. Vasiṣṭhasya vadataḥ vai muhurmuhuḥ mā bhaiṣṭa
iti adya Gādheyam nāśayāmi nīhāram iva bhāskaraḥ

25. While Vasiṣṭha repeatedly declared, "Do not fear!", he then said, "Today, I will destroy the son of Gādhi (Viśvāmitra), just as the sun dispels mist."

Words meanings summery:

• वदतः (vadataḥ) - of Vasiṣṭha while he was speaking (speaking, while speaking, of the one speaking)

• वै (vai) - Emphatic particle (indeed, verily, surely)

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• मा (mā) - used with aorist imperative for prohibition (not, do not)

• भैष्ट (bhaiṣṭa) - do not fear (you plural)

• इति (iti) - Marks the end of a quote or direct speech. (thus, so, in this manner)

• मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

• नाशयामि (nāśayāmi) - I destroy, I will destroy

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• गाधेयम् (gādheyam) - Viśvāmitra, son of king Gādhi (son of Gādhi)

• नीहारम् (nīhāram) - mist, fog

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun, sun-maker

Words meanings and morphology

वदतः (vadataḥ) - of Vasiṣṭha while he was speaking (speaking, while speaking, of the one speaking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying (present active participle of vad)

Present Active Participle

From root 'vad' (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Form of present participle vadat.

वै (vai) - Emphatic particle (indeed, verily, surely)

(indeclinable)

particle

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of Vasiṣṭha

Vasiṣṭha - name of a renowned Vedic sage

मा (mā) - used with aorist imperative for prohibition (not, do not)

(indeclinable)

prohibitive particle

Note: Used with aorist imperative to express prohibition.

भैष्ट (bhaiṣṭa) - do not fear (you plural)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, aorist imperative (luṅ) of bhī

Aorist imperative 2nd person plural

Root aorist form

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Form of Aorist imperative.

इति (iti) - Marks the end of a quote or direct speech. (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

particle

मुहुर्मुहुः (muhurmuhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again

(indeclinable)

reduplication of muhuḥ (moment, instantly)

Compound type : avyayibhava (muhuḥ+muhuḥ)

• muhuḥ – at once, instantly, for a moment
  indeclinable
• muhuḥ – at once, instantly, for a moment
  indeclinable

Note: An adverbial iterative compound.

नाशयामि (nāśayāmi) - I destroy, I will destroy

(verb)

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

Present 1st person singular active (causative)

Causative stem of root naś (to perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Causative verb, 1st person singular. The future sense is implied by the context of declaration.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

adverb

गाधेयम् (gādheyam) - Viśvāmitra, son of king Gādhi (son of Gādhi)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Gādheya

Gādheya - son of Gādhi

patronymic (vṛddhi derivation from Gādhi)

Note: Object of "nāśayāmi".

नीहारम् (nīhāram) - mist, fog

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, dew, snow

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

particle

भास्करः (bhāskaraḥ) - the sun, sun-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, light-maker

Compound of bhās (light) and kara (maker)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
• kara – maker, doing, hand, ray
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agent of comparison.