वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-48, verse-22

युध्यस्व यदि शूरो ऽसि मुहूर्तं तिष्ठ रावण ।
शयिष्यसे हतो भूमौ यथापूर्वं खरस्तथा ॥२२॥

22. yudhyasva yadi śūro'si muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭha rāvaṇa ,
śayiṣyase hato bhūmau yathāpūrvaṃ kharastathā.

22. yudhyasva yadi śūraḥ asi muhūrtam tiṣṭha rāvaṇa
śayiṣyase hataḥ bhūmau yathā pūrvam kharaḥ tathā

22. rāvaṇa yadi śūraḥ asi yudhyasva muhūrtam
tiṣṭha hataḥ bhūmau yathā pūrvam kharaḥ tathā

22. O Rāvaṇa, if you are truly brave, then fight! Stand your ground for just a moment. Otherwise, you will lie slain on the earth, just as Khara did before.

Words meanings summery:

• युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight, contend

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - brave, valiant, heroic

• असि (asi) - you are

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

• तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand your ground (stand, remain, halt)

• रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

• शयिष्यसे (śayiṣyase) - you will lie slain (you will lie down, you will sleep)

• हतः (hataḥ) - slain, killed, struck

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

• खरः (kharaḥ) - Khara (name of a demon)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

Words meanings and morphology

युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight, contend

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada form

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

शूरः (śūraḥ) - brave, valiant, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, heroic, hero, warrior

Note: Agrees with implicit subject 'you' (`tvam`)

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - moment, instant, period of time (48 minutes)

Note: Used adverbially to indicate duration

तिष्ठ (tiṣṭha) - stand your ground (stand, remain, halt)

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Lanka)

शयिष्यसे (śayiṣyase) - you will lie slain (you will lie down, you will sleep)

(verb)

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

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Ātmanepada form

हतः (hataḥ) - slain, killed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han- 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implicit subject 'you' (`tvam`)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - before, formerly, previously

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

खरः (kharaḥ) - Khara (name of a demon)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khara

khara - Khara (name of a Rākṣasa, Rāvaṇa's brother-in-law, slain by Rama)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)