वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-4, verse-18

इहोपयात्यसौ रामो यावन्मां नाभिभाषते ।
निष्ठां नयत तावत्तु ततो मां द्रष्टुमर्हति ॥१८॥

18. ihopayātyasau rāmo yāvanmāṃ nābhibhāṣate ,
niṣṭhāṃ nayata tāvattu tato māṃ draṣṭumarhati.

18. iha upayāti asau rāmaḥ yāvat mām na abhibhāṣate
niṣṭhām nayata tāvat tu tataḥ mām draṣṭum arhati

18. asau rāmaḥ iha yāvat mām na abhibhāṣate tāvat
niṣṭhām nayata tu tataḥ mām draṣṭum arhati

18. Until this Rāma approaches here and addresses me, you all should bring this to a conclusion. Only after that will he be worthy of seeing me.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• उपयाति (upayāti) - approaches, comes near

• असौ (asau) - (referring to Rāma) (this, that)

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, while

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिभाषते (abhibhāṣate) - addresses, speaks to

• निष्ठाम् (niṣṭhām) - completion, conclusion, end, determination

• नयत (nayata) - bring to a conclusion, complete (bring, lead, accomplish, guide)

• तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, in the meantime

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

• ततः (tataḥ) - after that (temporal) (then, thereafter, from that place)

• माम् (mām) - me

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to perceive

• अर्हति (arhati) - is worthy, is able, deserves

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

उपयाति (upayāti) - approaches, comes near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upayā

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, indicative mood

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

असौ (asau) - (referring to Rāma) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

masculine nominative singular form

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma, a proper name; pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until, while

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

1st person singular pronoun

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिभाषते (abhibhāṣate) - addresses, speaks to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of abhibhāṣ

present middle

3rd person singular, present tense, middle voice, indicative mood

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

निष्ठाम् (niṣṭhām) - completion, conclusion, end, determination

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of niṣṭhā

niṣṭhā - completion, conclusion, end, determination, firmness, basis

From ni-√sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

नयत (nayata) - bring to a conclusion, complete (bring, lead, accomplish, guide)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

imperative active

2nd person plural, imperative mood, active voice. Can also be honorific singular.

Root: nī (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so long, until then, in the meantime

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - after that (temporal) (then, thereafter, from that place)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad, used adverbially

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

1st person singular pronoun

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to perceive

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Infinitives function as indeclinables.

अर्हति (arhati) - is worthy, is able, deserves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

present active

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice, indicative mood

Root: arh (class 1)