वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-54, verse-9

स ते जीवितशेषस्य राघवो ऽन्तकरो बली ।
पशोर्यूपगतस्येव जीवितं तव दुर्लभम् ॥९॥

9. sa te jīvitaśeṣasya rāghavo'ntakaro balī ,
paśoryūpagatasyeva jīvitaṃ tava durlabham.

9. saḥ te jīvitaśeṣasya rāghavaḥ antakaraḥ balī
paśoḥ yūpagatasya iva jīvitam tava durlabham

9. saḥ balī rāghavaḥ te jīvitaśeṣasya antakaraḥ
tava jīvitam yūpagatasya paśoḥ iva durlabham

9. That powerful Rāghava will be the terminator of what remains of your life. Your life is as precarious as that of an animal tied to a sacrificial post.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma) (he, that)

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

• जीवितशेषस्य (jīvitaśeṣasya) - of the remainder of life, of the remaining life

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

• अन्तकरः (antakaraḥ) - destroyer, bringer of end

• बली (balī) - strong, powerful, mighty

• पशोः (paśoḥ) - of an animal, of a beast

• यूपगतस्य (yūpagatasya) - of one gone to the sacrificial post, of one tied to a sacrificial post

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• तव (tava) - your (referring to Rāvaṇa) (your, of you)

• दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to obtain, rare, precarious

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Rāghava (Rāma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Note: Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun.

जीवितशेषस्य (jīvitaśeṣasya) - of the remainder of life, of the remaining life

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jīvitaśeṣa

jīvitaśeṣa - remainder of life

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+śeṣa)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jīv + kta
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• śeṣa – remainder, residue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Raghu, Rāma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rāma

अन्तकरः (antakaraḥ) - destroyer, bringer of end

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antakara

antakara - destroyer, making an end

Compound type : tatpurusha (anta+kara)

• anta – end, death
  noun (masculine)
• kara – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṛ + a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often used as an epithet for Yama, the god of death.

बली (balī) - strong, powerful, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty

suffixed with -in

पशोः (paśoḥ) - of an animal, of a beast

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśu

paśu - animal, beast, cattle

यूपगतस्य (yūpagatasya) - of one gone to the sacrificial post, of one tied to a sacrificial post

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yūpagata

yūpagata - tied to a sacrificial post

Compound type : tatpurusha (yūpa+gata)

• yūpa – sacrificial post
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root gam + kta
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Often refers to an animal destined for sacrifice.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living

Past Passive Participle

from root jīv + kta, used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

तव (tava) - your (referring to Rāvaṇa) (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you

दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to obtain, rare, precarious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare, precarious

Gerundive

from root labh with prefix dur-, suffix -a (khal)

Compound type : pravādi (dur+labha)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• labha – getting, obtaining
  noun (masculine)
  from root labh + a
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jīvitam'.