वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-41, verse-18

यथैते नियमं पौराः कुर्वन्त्यस्मन्निवर्तने ।
अपि प्राणानसिष्यन्ति न तु त्यक्ष्यन्ति निश्चयम् ॥१८॥

18. yathaite niyamaṃ paurāḥ kurvantyasmannivartane ,
api prāṇānasiṣyanti na tu tyakṣyanti niścayam.

18. yathā ete niyamam paurāḥ kurvanti asmad nivartane
api prāṇān asiṣyanti na tu tyakṣyanti niścayam

18. yathā ete paurāḥ asmad nivartane niyamam kurvanti,
api prāṇān asiṣyanti,
tu niścayam na tyakṣyanti

18. Just as these citizens (paurāḥ) are determined concerning our return, they will even give up their lives, but they will certainly not abandon their resolve.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• एते (ete) - these (citizens) (these)

• नियमम् (niyamam) - a solemn resolve (rule, vow, restraint, discipline)

• पौराः (paurāḥ) - the citizens (citizens, townsmen)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they make (a resolve) (they do, they make)

• अस्मद् (asmad) - our (our, of us)

• निवर्तने (nivartane) - in our return, regarding our return (in returning, in turning back, in stopping)

• अपि (api) - even (implies "even if") (even, also)

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

• असिष्यन्ति (asiṣyanti) - they will give up (their lives) (they will throw, they will give up, they will abandon)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon (their resolve) (they will abandon, they will forsake)

• निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainly, definitely (certainty, determination, resolution)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

adverb, conjunction

एते (ete) - these (citizens) (these)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

Note: Refers to paurāḥ.

नियमम् (niyamam) - a solemn resolve (rule, vow, restraint, discipline)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niyama

niyama - rule, vow, restraint, self-control, fixed principle, discipline (niyama)

From ni-yam root.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Object of kurvanti.

पौराः (paurāḥ) - the citizens (citizens, townsmen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, townsman, urban dweller

from pura (city).

Note: Subject of kurvanti.

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they make (a resolve) (they do, they make)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present active

3rd person plural present active of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is paurāḥ.

अस्मद् (asmad) - our (our, of us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

pronominal stem used in compounds or for genitive/ablative.

Note: First part of a tatpuruṣa compound asmadnivartane.

निवर्तने (nivartane) - in our return, regarding our return (in returning, in turning back, in stopping)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nivartana

nivartana - return, turning back, cessation, causing to return

from ni-vṛt root, nominalized.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Second part of the asmadnivartane compound.

अपि (api) - even (implies "even if") (even, also)

(indeclinable)

particle

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

from pra-an root.

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of asiṣyanti.

असिष्यन्ति (asiṣyanti) - they will give up (their lives) (they will throw, they will give up, they will abandon)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of as

future active

3rd person plural future active of root as

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Subject is paurāḥ.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

Note: Negates tyakṣyanti.

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

(indeclinable)

particle

त्यक्ष्यन्ति (tyakṣyanti) - they will abandon (their resolve) (they will abandon, they will forsake)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of tyaj

future active

3rd person plural future active of root tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Subject is paurāḥ.

निश्चयम् (niścayam) - certainly, definitely (certainty, determination, resolution)

(indeclinable)

from nis-ci root.

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Functions as an adverb.