वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-40, verse-3

किं तु कर्तुं मया शक्यमेवं त्वयि दुरात्मनि ।
एष गच्छाम्यहं तात स्वस्ति ते ऽस्तु निशाचर ॥३॥

3. kiṃ tu kartuṃ mayā śakyamevaṃ tvayi durātmani ,
eṣa gacchāmyahaṃ tāta svasti te'stu niśācara.

3. kim tu kartum mayā śakyam evam tvayi durātmani
eṣaḥ gacchāmi aham tāta svasti te astu niśācara

3. kim tu mayā evam tvayi durātmani kartum śakyam
tāta aham eṣaḥ gacchāmi niśācara te svasti astu

3. But what can I possibly do to you, a wicked soul (durātman)? Now I depart, dear one; may you fare well, O night-roamer.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (is possible)? (what? why? what sort of?)

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

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

• मया (mayā) - by me

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (for me to do) (possible, capable of, able to be done)

• एवम् (evam) - in this situation (with you being wicked) (thus, in this manner, so)

• त्वयि (tvayi) - regarding you (Rāvaṇa) (in you, regarding you)

• दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - in you, who are evil-minded (Rāvaṇa) (in the wicked soul, in the evil-minded one)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - here (I go), now (this, here, he)

• गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I am leaving (I go, I walk, I proceed)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Mārīca) (I)

• तात (tāta) - dear one (addressing Rāvaṇa) (dear one, father, son)

• स्वस्ति (svasti) - may there be welfare/blessings (welfare, well-being, hail)

• ते (te) - to you (Rāvaṇa) (to you, for you, your)

• अस्तु (astu) - may it be (welfare) (may it be, let it be)

• निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-roamer (Rāvaṇa) (night-wanderer, demon, Rākṣasa)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (is possible)? (what? why? what sort of?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, what kind of

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

(indeclinable)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (for me to do) (possible, capable of, able to be done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, practicable, able to be done

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root śak (to be able) + suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

एवम् (evam) - in this situation (with you being wicked) (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

त्वयि (tvayi) - regarding you (Rāvaṇa) (in you, regarding you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

दुरात्मनि (durātmani) - in you, who are evil-minded (Rāvaṇa) (in the wicked soul, in the evil-minded one)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of durātman

durātman - evil-minded, wicked, base, vile, an evil person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+ātman)

• dus – bad, evil, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual soul, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - here (I go), now (this, here, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eṣa

eṣa - this, that, he, she, it (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

गच्छामि (gacchāmi) - I am leaving (I go, I walk, I proceed)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I (Mārīca) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

तात (tāta) - dear one (addressing Rāvaṇa) (dear one, father, son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear father, dear (term of affectionate address to elders or juniors)

स्वस्ति (svasti) - may there be welfare/blessings (welfare, well-being, hail)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with a dative to express 'may good come to X'

ते (te) - to you (Rāvaṇa) (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Enclitic form of the second person pronoun

अस्तु (astu) - may it be (welfare) (may it be, let it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

निशाचर (niśācara) - O night-roamer (Rāvaṇa) (night-wanderer, demon, Rākṣasa)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, a goblin, ghost, demon (specifically a Rākṣasa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wandering, an animal, a spy
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root car (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)