वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-3, verse-9

क्षुद्र धिक् त्वां तु हीनार्थं मृत्युमन्वेषसे ध्रुवम् ।
रणे संप्राप्स्यसे तिष्ठ न मे जीवन् गमिष्यसि ॥९॥

9. kṣudra dhik tvāṃ tu hīnārthaṃ mṛtyumanveṣase dhruvam ,
raṇe saṃprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvan gamiṣyasi.

9. kṣudra dhik tvām tu hīnārtham mṛtyum anveṣase dhruvam
raṇe samprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvan gamiṣyasi

9. kṣudra dhik tvām hīnārtham mṛtyum dhruvam anveṣase
raṇe samprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvan gamiṣyasi

9. O base wretch! Fie on you for certainly seeking death with such a contemptible purpose. You will meet death in battle. Stop! You will not escape from me alive.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षुद्र (kṣudra) - O base one, O vile wretch (base, vile, mean, small, insignificant)

• धिक् (dhik) - Fie! Shame! (fie, shame, woe, alas, an expression of contempt or disgust)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• तु (tu) - indeed (for emphasis) (but, on the other hand, indeed, however)

• हीनार्थम् (hīnārtham) - with a contemptible purpose (having a contemptible or ignoble purpose; of mean intent)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death (death (accusative))

• अन्वेषसे (anveṣase) - you seek (you seek, you search for, you look for)

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (certainly, surely, fixedly, constantly)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

• सम्प्राप्स्यसे (samprāpsyase) - you will meet (death) (you will obtain, you will reach, you will meet)

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - Stop! (stand, stop, remain, stay)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, my, from me, by me)

• जीवन् (jīvan) - alive, while living (living, while living, alive)

• गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go (escape) (you will go, you will depart)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षुद्र (kṣudra) - O base one, O vile wretch (base, vile, mean, small, insignificant)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣudra

kṣudra - small, minute, insignificant, base, vile, mean, cruel, miserly

Note: Used as a vocative noun.

धिक् (dhik) - Fie! Shame! (fie, shame, woe, alas, an expression of contempt or disgust)

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you (pronoun, 2nd person)

तु (tu) - indeed (for emphasis) (but, on the other hand, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

हीनार्थम् (hīnārtham) - with a contemptible purpose (having a contemptible or ignoble purpose; of mean intent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hīnārtha

hīnārtha - having a base or contemptible purpose, ignoble, mean-spirited

Compound formed from hīna (base, low) and artha (purpose, meaning).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hīna+artha)

• hīna – left, abandoned, deprived, base, low, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hā (to abandon, forsake)
  Root: hā (class 3)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying the action of seeking death, or as an adjective modifying 'tvām'.

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death (death (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Yama (god of death)

Derived from root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अन्वेषसे (anveṣase) - you seek (you seek, you search for, you look for)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anveṣ

Root iṣ with upasargas anu and vi.

Prefixes: anu+vi

Root: iṣ (class 6)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly (certainly, surely, fixedly, constantly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in conflict)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict, combat

सम्प्राप्स्यसे (samprāpsyase) - you will meet (death) (you will obtain, you will reach, you will meet)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of samprāp

Root āp with upasargas sam and pra.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - Stop! (stand, stop, remain, stay)

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - from me (to me, for me, my, from me, by me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun, 1st person)

Note: Can imply 'from me' or 'by my hand' in this context.

जीवन् (jīvan) - alive, while living (living, while living, alive)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Modifies implied 'you'.

गमिष्यसि (gamiṣyasi) - you will go (escape) (you will go, you will depart)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

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