वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-10, verse-13

अहत्वा नास्ति मे शक्तिः प्रतिगन्तुमितः पुरीम् ।
बिलद्वारि प्रतीक्ष त्वं यावदेनं निहन्म्यहम् ॥१३॥

13. ahatvā nāsti me śaktiḥ pratigantumitaḥ purīm ,
biladvāri pratīkṣa tvaṃ yāvadenaṃ nihanmyaham.

13. a-hatvā na asti me śaktiḥ pratigantum itaḥ purīm
bila-dvāri pratīkṣa tvam yāvat enam nihanmi aham

13. aham enam a-hatvā itaḥ purīm pratigantum me śaktiḥ na asti.
tvam bila-dvāri pratīkṣa yāvat aham enam nihanmi.

13. Without killing him, I have no strength (śakti) to return to the city from here. You wait at the cave's entrance until I kill him.

Words meanings summery:

• अ-हत्वा (a-hatvā) - without killing, not having killed

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मे (me) - my, to me

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, energy

• प्रतिगन्तुम् (pratigantum) - to return, for returning

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

• पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city, city

• बिल-द्वारि (bila-dvāri) - at the cave entrance

• प्रतीक्ष (pratīkṣa) - wait, await

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• यावत् (yāvat) - until, as long as

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I kill, I strike down

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

अ-हत्वा (a-hatvā) - without killing, not having killed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with negative prefix

Formed from the root √han (to strike, kill) with the suffix -tvā, negated by 'a-'.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Acts as an indeclinable past participle (absolutive/gerund).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Present indicative

3rd person singular, present tense, active voice.

Root: as (class 2)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Pronominal form for 'my' or 'to me'.

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power, strength, energy

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, strength, energy, capability (śakti)

From √śak (to be able)

Root: śak (class 5)

प्रतिगन्तुम् (pratigantum) - to return, for returning

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from prefix 'prati' + root 'gam' (to go) + infinitive suffix -tum.

Prefix: prati

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Infinitive expressing purpose.

इतः (itaḥ) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from 'idam' (this) with suffix -tas.

पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city, city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town

बिल-द्वारि (bila-dvāri) - at the cave entrance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bila-dvāra

bila-dvāra - cave entrance

Compound of 'bila' (cave) and 'dvāra' (door/entrance).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bila+dvāra)

• bila – cave, hole, burrow
  noun (neuter)
• dvāra – door, gate, entrance
  noun (neuter)

प्रतीक्ष (pratīkṣa) - wait, await

(verb)

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

Imperative

2nd person singular, imperative mood, active voice. Root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यावत् (yāvat) - until, as long as

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (emphatic pronoun)

Derived from 'i'.

Root: i

निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I kill, I strike down

(verb)

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

Present indicative

1st person singular, present tense, active voice. Root 'han' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I