वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-18, verse-5

अद्याहं मार्गणैः प्राणानादास्ये जीवितान्तकैः ।
सलिले क्षीरमासक्तं निष्पिबन्निव सारसः ॥५॥

5. adyāhaṃ mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇānādāsye jīvitāntakaiḥ ,
salile kṣīramāsaktaṃ niṣpibanniva sārasaḥ.

5. adya aham mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇān ādāsye jīvitāntakaiḥ
salile kṣīram āsaktam niṣpiban iva sārasaḥ

5. adya aham jīvitāntakaiḥ mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇān ādāsye,
sārasaḥ salile āsaktam kṣīram niṣpiban iva

5. Today I will take away their lives with my life-ending arrows, just as a crane drinks out (separates and drinks) milk mixed in water.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मार्गणैः (mārgaṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

• आदास्ये (ādāsye) - I will take away, I will seize

• जीवितान्तकैः (jīvitāntakaiḥ) - life-ending, life-destroying

• सलिले (salile) - in water

• क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

• आसक्तम् (āsaktam) - mixed, attached, involved

• निष्पिबन् (niṣpiban) - drinking out, separating and drinking

• इव (iva) - like, as, just as

• सारसः (sārasaḥ) - a crane (bird)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (personal pronoun)

मार्गणैः (mārgaṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mārgaṇa

mārgaṇa - arrow, searching, hunting

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit (prāṇa)

आदास्ये (ādāsye) - I will take away, I will seize

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of ā-dā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

जीवितान्तकैः (jīvitāntakaiḥ) - life-ending, life-destroying

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of jīvitāntaka

jīvitāntaka - ending life, life-destroying, deadly

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+antaka)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'jīv' (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, killer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mārgaṇaiḥ

सलिले (salile) - in water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, fluid

क्षीरम् (kṣīram) - milk

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣīra

kṣīra - milk, milky sap

आसक्तम् (āsaktam) - mixed, attached, involved

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsakta

āsakta - attached, fixed, mixed, involved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sañj' (to cling, to attach) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sañj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with kṣīram

निष्पिबन् (niṣpiban) - drinking out, separating and drinking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣpā

niṣpā - to drink out, to suck up, to separate and drink

Present Active Participle

Present active participle form of niṣ-pā (niṣpibat)

Prefix: nis

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with sārasaḥ

इव (iva) - like, as, just as

(indeclinable)

सारसः (sārasaḥ) - a crane (bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sārasa

sārasa - crane (bird)