वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-48, verse-24

किं नु शक्यं मया कर्तुं गतौ दूरं नृपात्मजौ ।
क्षिप्रं त्वं नश्यसे नीच तयोर्भीतो न संशयः ॥२४॥

24. kiṃ nu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ gatau dūraṃ nṛpātmajau ,
kṣipraṃ tvaṃ naśyase nīca tayorbhīto na saṃśayaḥ.

24. kim nu śakyam mayā kartum gatau dūram nṛpātmajau
kṣipram tvam naśyase nīca tayoḥ bhītaḥ na saṃśayaḥ

24. nṛpātmajau dūram gatau (yatastataḥ) mayā kim nu kartum śakyam? nīca! tvam tayoḥ bhītaḥ kṣipram naśyase,
saṃśayaḥ na (asti)

24. What indeed can I do, since the two princes (nṛpātmajau) have gone far? You, vile one, will surely perish quickly, out of fear of them, there is no doubt.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now, then

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, capable, fit to be done

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• गतौ (gatau) - gone, departed

• दूरम् (dūram) - far, distant, away

• नृपात्मजौ (nṛpātmajau) - the two sons of the king, the two princes

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• नश्यसे (naśyase) - you perish, you are destroyed, you disappear

• नीच (nīca) - O vile one! (addressing a despicable person) (low, vile, ignoble, wicked, base person)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them (two)

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, frightened, fearful

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, why, how

नु (nu) - indeed, surely, now, then

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, capable, fit to be done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, fit to be done

Gerundive

Derived from root śak (to be able).

Root: śak (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive of root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

गतौ (gatau) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived at

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

दूरम् (dūram) - far, distant, away

(indeclinable)

नृपात्मजौ (nṛpātmajau) - the two sons of the king, the two princes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of nṛpātmaja

nṛpātmaja - king's son, prince

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+ātmaja)

• nṛpa – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – self-born, son
  noun (masculine)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नश्यसे (naśyase) - you perish, you are destroyed, you disappear

(verb)

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

Root: naś (class 4)

नीच (nīca) - O vile one! (addressing a despicable person) (low, vile, ignoble, wicked, base person)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nīca

nīca - low, vile, ignoble, wicked, base person

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of them (two)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, frightened, fearful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, frightened, fearful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)