वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-26, verse-4

अहं वास्य रणे मृत्युरेष वा समरे मम ।
विनिवर्त्य रणोत्साहं मुहूर्तं प्राश्निको भव ॥४॥

4. ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyureṣa vā samare mama ,
vinivartya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava.

4. aham vā asya raṇe mṛtyuḥ eṣaḥ vā samare mama |
vinivartya raṇa-utsāham muhūrtam prāśnikaḥ bhava

4. aham vā asya raṇe mṛtyuḥ,
vā eṣaḥ samare mama [mṛtyuḥ] raṇa-utsāham vinivartya,
muhūrtam prāśnikaḥ bhava

4. Either I shall be his death in battle, or he shall be my death in combat. Abandon your enthusiasm for battle for a moment and become an impartial judge.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death, the god of death

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

• वा (vā) - or, either

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• विनिवर्त्य (vinivartya) - having turned away, having abandoned, having stopped

• रण-उत्साहम् (raṇa-utsāham) - enthusiasm for battle, warlike zeal

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, a short while

• प्राश्निकः (prāśnikaḥ) - an interrogator, an impartial judge

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

From √raṇ (to delight, rejoice, also to sound, clang)

Root: raṇ (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death, the god of death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, god of death

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, he, she, it

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

From sam-√ṛ (to meet, encounter)

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 3)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

विनिवर्त्य (vinivartya) - having turned away, having abandoned, having stopped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with upasargas vi-ni and suffix -ya

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Absolutive

रण-उत्साहम् (raṇa-utsāham) - enthusiasm for battle, warlike zeal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of raṇa-utsāha

raṇa-utsāha - enthusiasm for battle, warlike zeal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raṇa+utsāha)

• raṇa – battle, combat, war
  noun (masculine)
  Root: raṇ (class 1)
• utsāha – enthusiasm, zeal, energy
  noun (masculine)
  From ud-√sah (to be able)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: sah (class 1)

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, a short while

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a short time, an instant

Note: Used adverbially.

प्राश्निकः (prāśnikaḥ) - an interrogator, an impartial judge

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāśnika

prāśnika - an interrogator, an examiner, an impartial judge, an umpire

From praśna (question) + ika

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Imperative

2nd person singular imperative

Root: bhū (class 1)