वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-28, verse-14

प्रहर त्वं यथाकामं कुरु यत्नं कुलाधम ।
अद्य ते पातयिष्यामि शिरस्तालफलं यथा ॥१४॥

14. prahara tvaṃ yathākāmaṃ kuru yatnaṃ kulādhama ,
adya te pātayiṣyāmi śirastālaphalaṃ yathā.

14. prahara tvam yathākāmam kuru yatnam kulādhama
adya te pātayiṣyāmi śiraḥ tālapalam yathā

14. tvam kulādhama yathākāmam prahara yatnam kuru
adya te śiraḥ tālapalam yathā pātayiṣyāmi

14. O wretch of your lineage, strike as you desire, and exert yourself! Today I will fell your head just like a palmyra fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रहर (prahara) - strike, hit, attack

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, as wished, according to one's will

• कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

• कुलाधम (kulādhama) - lowest of the family, wretch of the lineage

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• ते (te) - your

• पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - I will make fall, I will fell

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• तालपलम् (tālapalam) - palmyra fruit, fruit of the palm tree

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

प्रहर (prahara) - strike, hit, attack

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice

Derived from root `hṛ` (to take, carry) with prefix `pra` (forth, forward), meaning to strike.

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, as wished, according to one's will

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound of yathā (as) and kāmam (desire).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāma)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kam` (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially.

कुरु (kuru) - do, make, perform

(verb)

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

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular, active voice

From root `kṛ`, 8th class verb.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

From root `yat` (to strive).

Root: yat (class 1)

कुलाधम (kulādhama) - lowest of the family, wretch of the lineage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kulādhama

kulādhama - the lowest of a family, a wretch of one's race, a disgrace to one's family

Tatpuruṣa compound: kula (family) + adhama (lowest).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kula+adhama)

• kula – family, lineage, race, clan
  noun (neuter)
• adhama – lowest, mean, vile, bad, inferior
  adjective (masculine)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Formed from `idam` (this) + suffix `dyas`.

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Genitive case, 2nd person singular of `yuṣmad`. Equivalent to `tava`.

Note: Used as a possessive pronoun ('your').

पातयिष्यामि (pātayiṣyāmi) - I will make fall, I will fell

(verb)

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

Future tense, 1st person singular, active voice (causative stem)

Causative stem `pātay` (to cause to fall, to fell) + future ending `iṣyāmi`.

Root: pat (class 1)

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top, peak

Neuter s-stem noun.

Note: The nominative and accusative singular forms are identical for neuter s-stem nouns ending in `as`.

तालपलम् (tālapalam) - palmyra fruit, fruit of the palm tree

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tālapala

tālapala - a palmyra fruit, fruit of the palm tree

Tatpuruṣa compound: tāla (palm tree) + pala (fruit).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tāla+pala)

• tāla – palm tree, palmyra tree
  noun (masculine)
• pala – fruit, flesh, a specific weight measure
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as object of comparison with `yathā`.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of comparison.