वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-11, verse-49

यदि भिन्द्याद्भवान् सालानिमांस्त्वेकेषुणा ततः ।
जानीयां त्वां महाबाहो समर्थं वालिनो वधे ॥४९॥

49. yadi bhindyādbhavān sālānimāṃstvekeṣuṇā tataḥ ,
jānīyāṃ tvāṃ mahābāho samarthaṃ vālino vadhe.

49. yadi bhindyāt bhavān sālān imān tu ekeṣuṇā tataḥ
jānīyām tvām mahābāho samartham vālinaḥ vadhe

49. mahābāho,
yadi bhavān imān sālān tu ekeṣuṇā bhindyāt,
tataḥ tvām vālinaḥ vadhe samartham jānīyām.

49. O mighty-armed one, if you would pierce these Sala trees with a single arrow, then I would know you to be capable of killing Vali.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - you would pierce (you would pierce, he would pierce, one would pierce)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific) (your honor, you (honorific))

• सालान् (sālān) - Sala trees

• इमान् (imān) - these (Sala trees) (these)

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

• एकेषुणा (ekeṣuṇā) - with a single arrow

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• जानीयाम् (jānīyām) - I would know (I would know, I should know)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• समर्थम् (samartham) - capable (capable, able, competent, fit)

• वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vali

• वधे (vadhe) - in killing (in killing, in slaying, in destruction)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

भिन्द्यात् (bhindyāt) - you would pierce (you would pierce, he would pierce, one would pierce)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Used here in a conditional sense with 'bhavān' as subject.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific) (your honor, you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you, being, existing

Present Active Participle

Present participle of the root 'bhū' (to be), used as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Rama. Grammatically 3rd person, but semantically 2nd person honorific.

सालान् (sālān) - Sala trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāla

sāla - Sal tree, Shorea robusta

Note: Object of 'bhindyāt'.

इमान् (imān) - these (Sala trees) (these)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'sālān'.

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

(indeclinable)

एकेषुणा (ekeṣuṇā) - with a single arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekeṣu

ekeṣu - a single arrow

Compound of 'eka' (one) and 'iṣu' (arrow)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+iṣu)

• eka – one, single, sole
  numeral (masculine)
• iṣu – arrow, dart
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates the instrument of piercing.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

जानीयाम् (jānīyām) - I would know (I would know, I should know)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular and plural)

Note: Object of 'jānīyām'.

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed (epithet for heroes like Rama)

Bahuvrihi compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'bāhu' (arm)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to Rama.

समर्थम् (samartham) - capable (capable, able, competent, fit)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, competent, fit, meaningful

From 'sam' (together, well) + 'artha' (purpose, meaning)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sam+artha)

• sam – together, with, fully, well
  upasarga
• artha – purpose, meaning, object, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective agreeing with 'tvām'.

वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vali

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vali (name of a powerful monkey king, brother of Sugriva)

Note: Connects to 'vadhe' (in the slaying of Vali).

वधे (vadhe) - in killing (in killing, in slaying, in destruction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking, destruction

From the root 'vadh' (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Indicates the context or object of being capable.